Expansion, Growth Strategy

Running with the Big Dogs

Small businesses worry that clients might judge them by their size, but being small is OK—as long as you make the most of what you have….

Expansion, Growth Strategy

Veteran Beginners

After Iraq and Afghanistan, returning servicemembers are tackling a new mission: a life of entrepreneurship….

Expansion, Growth Strategy

Statistics have shown that only about 50 percent of new businesses last more than five years. Assuming a business succeeds, what then possesses some entrepreneurs to start up a second business while still running the first? A lot of things. Some serial entrepreneurs have a recurring itch to build something from nothing. Others may have a small, successful business but want more money or a new challenge. And some may…

Finance, Health, HR, Management, Money

Surviving the Knockout Punch

Is your business ready to overcome an unexpected disaster? It was a snow day that turned Cheryl Obermiller’s life upside down. The owner of Obermiller Construction went into the office as usual that morning and, by the next day, found that her company had been robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The accountant who had been working for her for almost a decade had been forging checks and stealing…

Category: Expansion, Growth Strategy

Running with the Big Dogs

Veteran Beginners

The Second Time Around

Surviving the Knockout Punch

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