Jim Kendall
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After slow start, ready-to-cook business looks promisingApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - October probably wasn't a good time to open a retail store. But Palatine-based Entrees By You opened its retail location in the downtown Chicago Ogilvie Transportation C...
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Small business bankruptcy is complicatedApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Stephen Costello's visitors typically "walk out feeling better" after they've talked with him, which is a little surprising because Costello is a bankruptcy attorney. He...
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You can sell out now, but maybe you shouldn'tMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - If the past few months have been too much and you absolutely want to chuck the whole business, then Paul Heinze has what could be good news for you. "If the bank is poun...
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Even in on-line world, face-to-face networking neededMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - It may be easier to "sit in your office and interact with your computer screen," as Lillian Bjorseth says, but her admonition that "Face-to-face networking will never go...
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Peer groups can help business owners copeMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - You'd think the $12,000 that Doyle Research Associates, Inc., shells out so President Kathy Doyle can belong to one of Vistage International's chief executive peer group...
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Successful e-mail marketing means going back to basicsFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - This should be the time for e-mail to come to the fore as a low-cost, slam dunk effective marketing tool - unless your e-mails go to the SPAM box. Or, says Jordan Ayan, ...
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New businesses find nicheFeb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Who in their right minds would start a business in an economy like this? Neda Darwish is one. She's owner of Sugar Monkey Cupcakes, Inc., which opened its downtown Naper...
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Recession could bring more business to freelancersFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - If Nicolas DeGrazia is right, 2009 could be the year of the freelancer. "I have a general sense that more of what we're seeing on the corporate side is a scaling back" r...
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Plan marketplace disruptions that favor your businessJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Adam Hartung thinks you should plan for some marketplace disruptions - with you, not the economy, doing the disrupting. Hartung isn't advocating anything radical, except...
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Selling in a fear-based economyJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - There's a touch of the selling evangelist in Russ Riendeau, but that could be a good thing for the rest of us: Business owners sell; and today we're selling in what Rien...