Jim Kendall
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Small business tax wrap-up brings good, bad newsApr 30, 2012 5:30 am - There’s good news and bad for small businesses about the just completed tax season. First the good: Ÿ We made more money. “We saw the best (client) earnings since 2008,”...
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We read more e-books, but indie bookstores prosperApr 23, 2012 6:00 am - Of course Kindles and Nooks have changed book retailing, but maybe not as much as doomsayers once predicted. According to Pew Internet, part of the Washington, D.C.-base...
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Ignore the shouting, ‘hold tight’ on health plansApr 09, 2012 6:00 am - The Supremes took their vote on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare, if you prefer) March 30. The rest of us — including the apparently endless par...
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Face-to-face networking provides instant feedbackApr 02, 2012 6:41 am - Face-to-face networking — you know, where you meet real people and actually talk with them — is harder, says Lillian Bjorseth. But, she continues, that traditional style...
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Cloud computing plusses: Backup, document sharingMar 26, 2012 5:19 am - Let’s begin with Jason Burton’s simplified explanation of cloud computing, which, he says, is your ability to “access data and software that is stored on another system,...
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Family business falters, then recovers with SBDC helpMar 19, 2012 7:00 am - Family businesses can get especially dicey when the brother who runs the business — say Marchese and Sons Inc., a land surveyor in Roselle — lays off staff. “I laid off ...
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Want new business? People, relationships still matterMar 07, 2012 1:00 pm - With the economy apparently improving, small business owners are thinking business development again. Websites are essential. Tweets might work, but Twitter really isn't...
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Don’t ignore character traits when hiring employeesMar 05, 2012 5:12 am - “The new worker who doesn’t quite fit isn’t the end of the world — if your company has 15,000 employees,” says Jeff Rosset. “But if you have 11 employees, it’s a problem...
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Successful entrepreneur shares start-up adviceFeb 27, 2012 4:00 am - Tom Walter opened his first business, a hot dog emporium named Tasty Pup, 41 years ago in Niles. He since has started-up 28 other businesses and acquired three more. Mos...
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How to get your business ready for better timesFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Climbing out of a recession should be more fun than falling into one. However, getting your business ready for what may be modestly better times ahead isn’t an easy tas...