Jim Kendall
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A few New Year's resolutions for small-business ownersNov 02, 2021 12:32 am - Here are suggestions from three top small-business advisers about what a business owner might do to make 2008 a better year. Tony Massarro, tax partner at Porte Brown LL...
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Non-compete agreements must be crafted carefully to be legitNov 01, 2021 11:55 pm - Think that non-compete agreement you had your sales manager sign is going to keep her from taking customers with her when she leaves? Better think again, especially if y...
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Going green is good for the environment and the bottom lineNov 01, 2021 10:55 pm - Green finally seems to be catching on -- in practical ways that make sense for both the environment and small business bottom lines: • When Garvey's Office Products Inc....
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Credit tightening, higher rates unlikely to impede small businessesNov 01, 2021 10:00 pm - Small businesses don't directly compete for money in the world markets, but we are affected by interest rates: In the business-to-business sector, for example, many of o...
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Dreaming of your own business? Read this firstNov 01, 2021 8:57 pm - Charles Evans has a wife, three kids and a mortgage; a good job; and -- oh, oh -- a perhaps irresistible entrepreneurial urge "to do something on my own." That's likely ...
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Talking to employees can ease pain of benefit costsNov 01, 2021 8:38 pm - The monthly premium for our company's health insurance coverage goes up 16 percent on January 1. Ouch. Again. But Luis Cruz says our increase "is not too bad. Twenty-...
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Blogging is good business -- if you have something to sayNov 01, 2021 7:38 pm - Blogging can help build awareness of your business Should your business blog? Maybe. The blogging fervor has cooled a bit, and most days I think an e-newsletter may be ...
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Offshore sourcing can help small businesses competeNov 01, 2021 6:32 pm - OSI, Inc., is basing hopes for its Scruffer, a new barbecue grill cleaning device it hopes to sell to the big box stores, on a manufacturer in southern China. The cost,...
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Belt tightening often part of downtown revitalizationNov 01, 2021 5:29 pm - St. Charles' venerable Blue Goose Super Market, a downtown fixture for decades, is moving. The good news is that the store isn't going far, moving just two and-one half ...
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Revitalization forces downtown merchants to copeNov 01, 2021 4:30 pm - Retail is tough. Retail in the typical suburban downtown is tougher. And retail during downtown revitalization is - well, certainly not easy but maybe not quite as bad...