Jim Kendall
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Financing options exist for small businessesJul 04, 2011 6:11 am - Bank financing has been extremely difficult ever since careless underwriting and other excesses by Wall Street and banks of all sizes brought the financial world crashin...
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New franchise owner in Lombard shares decision processJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - If starting your own business seems the best way out of a no-job hole, you have choices to make: Ÿ You can, for example, shoestring a consulting business with little mor...
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Franchising lacks buzz, but may be successful optionJun 20, 2011 12:00 am - With so many people looking for a job, or looking to replace a lost job with their own business, it's somewhat surprising that there isn't more buzz about franchising. M...
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What will you do when employees become caregivers?Jun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Your top salesman’s widowed mother went down with a broken hip. The one staffer your most important client listens to just got a call that her father suffered a stroke t...
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Entrepreneurial centers bloom in suburbsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - From a simple way to determine your entrepreneurial DNA and connect with similar business owners to possible development of a Fox Valley Entrepreneurship Center next yea...
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Smaller businesses returning to trade showsMay 30, 2011 6:00 am - With economic recovery still spotty amid concerns that it won’t take much for a second dip, conventional wisdom would indicate that exhibiting at trade shows isn’t on th...
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Startup reality: After three years, still starting upMay 18, 2011 12:00 am - It’s not easy getting a business started up, especially if you face the financial pressure of being out of work at the same time. Ask Rosette Marturana. Three-plus years...
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Peer groups, advisory boards provide feedbackMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - It gets lonely at the top. “When you're the boss,” says Sybil Ege, “you have no one to ask, ‘What should I do?' You're out there by yourself. You need to bounce ideas of...
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Businesses begin to adapt to high gasoline pricesMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - What to do about high gas prices? Late last year, Tasty Catering replaced its four oldest delivery vans with four new Ford Transit Connect commercial vans. “We have 50 t...
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Marketing is not a do-it-yourself projectApr 20, 2011 12:00 am - You might be a wizard when it comes to producing widgets, but that doesn't mean your widget skills will translate to marketing. Marketing is not a do-it-yourself project...