Jim Kendall
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How two businesses beat the recession to prosper todaySep 30, 2013 4:40 am - You’d think a veterinary ophthalmologist whose patients range from birds to horses — and include dogs and cats, of course — might not have survived the recession. But pr...
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Websites need attention, updates to be usefulSep 16, 2013 7:00 am - Your website may need some care. That thought has been lurking in my mind for some time, but it was pushed to the fore thanks to a networking connection I thought I had ...
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Planning your exit from the business requires actual planningSep 09, 2013 5:30 am - Talk exit planning with Peter Christman, and he’ll throw a bunch of statistics at you. The numbers can be grim. Here are two to consider: Ÿ The typical business owner, ...
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Face-to-face networking remains key to new businessSep 02, 2013 5:13 am - LinkedIn. Facebook. Twitter. All the social media sites. Who needs old-fashioned face-to-face networking? Maybe a lot of us, according to two highly successful entrepren...
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Small business weakness: Not understanding the numbersAug 26, 2013 5:00 am - We likely should listen when Dave Gay talks about suburban small businesses: Less than two months into retirement from his 21-year role as head of the Illinois Small Bus...
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Use social, traditional media to deliver sales messageAug 19, 2013 5:30 am - To determine the best way to reach your customer base with a sales-marketing message, you really need to know how your targets respond to various types of media — and me...
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Who will read the business book you’re writing?Aug 12, 2013 5:51 am - There are two reasons an entrepreneur should write a book. Ÿ Share information and experience with others in the small business community — an admirable, giveback appro...
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Successful serial entrepreneur shares her insightsAug 05, 2013 5:00 am - Karen Lennon's first business plan was seven words: We should be doing more in Chicago. Spoken during a breakfast conversation with Peter Fox, then head of Springfield-...
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Cheaper financing, better results spark business marketplaceJul 29, 2013 1:00 am - This may be the time to put your small business on the market. For one thing, financing tends to be available and, says Eric Dunn, “Money is really cheap.” For another, ...
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Increased small business activity points to economic gainsJul 22, 2013 5:30 am - If small business actually is the bell cow for economic activity, the outlook may be brighter than it has been in some time. At least that's what conversations with four...