Serial entrepreneur and best-selling business author Ruth King joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to share strategies from her books The Ugly Truth About Small Business and The Courage to Be Profitable. Ruth is a serial entrepreneur who has owned eight businesses during the past 25 years. Currently, Ruth operates Profitability Revolution Paradigm, an Internet broadcasting network with programming geared towards helping small businesses excel in finance, operations, and management….

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Mark Brigman is the founder and principal consultant at Kansas City-based Fidelis One, a training and consulting firm that specializes in helping companies grow by leveraging the power of strategic partnerships. Mark talks with Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon about situations in which a strategic partnership can be beneficial, how to identify a good strategic partner, how to set goals, communicate effectively and measure results. Be sure to listen to…