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Small Business Management

The Trouble With Growth

Kevin Doffing | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact
Read More: 10Ksmallbiz Scholar, Business Management, Business Growth, Small-Business-Management, What-Is-Working-Small-Businesses, Impact News
Kevin Doffing

The initial excitement over diving into new markets, making new hires, and cultivating more customer relationships is starting to wear off. It's at this point that I've come to realize three things I wish I knew four years ago about growing a company.

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What If? Why Not? Who Says?

Sonya Denyse | Posted 06.27.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Fear of the Unknown, Management of Change, Rules of Thumb, Umpqua Bank, Small Business Management, Small Business News and Trends, Small Business News
Sonya Denyse

In these times, I have decided to choose adventure over apprehension, to ask questions and, when appropriate, to rewrite the rules.

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A Tried-and-True Tool for Entrepreneurs: The Compounding Effects of Smart Cost Control

Frank Farwell | Posted 05.22.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Growing a Business, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Financing-a-Small-Business, Small-Business-Management, Cost Control, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Management, Small Business News
Frank Farwell

Are you dozing off yet? See, that's the problem. Cost control sounds so one-dimensionally simple it barely seems worthy of managerial-level discussion. Maybe that's why it rarely gets the attention it deserves.

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Top Signs Your Business Should Borrow

Brian Hamilton | Posted 04.29.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Small Business, Business, Small-Business-Management, Cash Flow, Small Business Loans, Small Business America, Lending, Wages, Loans, Borrowing, Business Borrowing, Small Business News
Brian Hamilton

There are times when it is good to borrow money, but those times are limited. So how do you know when you truly need to borrow for your business? The answer is not always obvious.

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How Do Entrepreneurs Tame the Red Tide of Employee Turnover?

Frank Farwell | Posted 04.16.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Entrepreneurs, Turnover, Finding Key Employees, Entrepreneurship, Small-Business-Management, Managing Employees, Small Business, Small Business America, Small Business News
Frank Farwell

What's it going to take to do Human Resources right and make employees, and yourself, happy? The answer: More than you think, especially if you're an H.R. klutz like me.

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Every Manager Is a Risk Manager

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 07.05.2011 | Business
Read More: Small Business Management, Management Business, Business Management, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

The often-unrecognized part of the manager's job is to identify these risks and prepare for them should they occur.

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