Jim Kendall
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How to ‘SCORE’ advice from experienced mentorsSep 17, 2012 6:00 am - You’re not the only entrepreneur who would like to find experienced-based input that will help you run the business you run: Bill Siniscalchi says the Fox Valley chapter...
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Who’s your best sales rep? Probably GoogleSep 10, 2012 7:06 am - Google may well be your best salesperson. The ubiquitous search engine’s job, says John Fox, is to get people to your website, which means, he adds, that it’s your job t...
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CFO advice: Watch the balance sheet, protect cashSep 03, 2012 6:00 am - Pay a little more attention to the balance sheet, a little less to the income statement. It also might be wise to protect cash — which you may need if there’s another do...
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Add microloans to small business financing optionsAug 27, 2012 7:24 am - Debi Thomas found startup money watching a TV program about The Boston Beer Co. Turns out the Massachusetts brewer, best known for its Samuel Adams craft beers, connects...
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Financing options include crowdfunding, new angel groupAug 20, 2012 6:00 am - There are some decidedly nontraditional but potentially fruitful solutions to the perpetual small business financing issue. For example, Rosette Marturana is hoping tha...
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Adapting advice makes Wheeling firm ‘better off’Aug 13, 2012 6:00 am - I was hooked as soon as I read Bruce Gillilan’s email. President of Simmons Engineering Corp., Wheeling, Gillilan wrote in June that he had “encountered one of your old ...
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Lawyer today may help you avoid a lawyer tomorrowAug 06, 2012 6:35 am - Your chances of dodging a costly trip, not to mention the additional legal fees, to deal with a suit filed by a formerly friendly client in, say, Montana are likely to b...
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Selling on Facebook: Puppies and babies helpJul 30, 2012 6:00 am - Small business success on Facebook and similar social media sites in some ways mimics success in traditional marketing: First, find your positive difference. Next, explo...
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Small businesses have intriguing healthcare choicesJul 23, 2012 6:00 am - There are some interesting strategic benefit options that have gotten lost in the bluster surrounding Obamacare, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Th...
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Wheaton ice cream shop misses out on heat waveJul 16, 2012 6:03 am - You’d think the owner of an iconic ice cream shop would have blessed the heat that enveloped the suburbs earlier this month. Not Lucas Bingham. His Tates Old Fashioned I...