Women Business Owners: Coming on Strong
If there were any doubt that women owners are an ever-growing force on the independent business scene, new studies of leading female entrepreneurs...
27 June, 2012
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Saying “Hello” — More Important than You Think
The telephone rings, the caller receives a message welcoming them, then she is asked to dial the extension of the person she wants...
27 June, 2012
Lessons Learned: Comments from Those Who Failed
The following appeared in a study, Financial Difficulties of Small Businesses and Reasons for Their Failure, prepared for the Small Business Administration (SBA)....
27 June, 2012
The Independent Contractor Revisited
As the federal government and the state governments look for more ways to bring in money, the independent contractor status is a likely...
27 June, 2012
Entrepreneurship Is Alive and Well!
A recent article in the Boston Globe reported that although more attention is on the large, primarily publicly held companies, more and more...
27 June, 2012
Small Companies Are Innovators
Small companies are the innovators. The need for large companies to acquire small companies is necessary in order for the former to capture...
27 June, 2012
Small Company Growth Trends
The median sales of a company going public has gone from an average $15 million in 1999 and 2000 to $164 million in...
27 June, 2012
A Board of Advisors
In most jurisdictions, a board of directors is not required for privately held companies. However, many of these companies have appointed what might...
27 June, 2012
Closing the Price Gap
The deal is getting down to the wire, the price differential is close, but the parties are not yet in agreement. Following are...
27 June, 2012
M&A Trends
A recent article in M&A Today offered some observations concerning current and future M&A trends. “The business world is constantly changing. For the first...
27 June, 2012