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Empowering Small Business Growth Through Consulting

Business Consulting Agency

Strategic Planning and Business Development Small business consultants play a pivotal role in strategic planning and business development. They work closely with business owners to assess current operations, identify growth opportunities, and develop actionable strategies to achieve long-term goals.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Earlier that month, the administrative assistant informed everyone that health insurance costs would rise without additional subsidies and no one would receive holiday bonuses this year. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office.

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Setting Up a Foundation for Consulting Success

Successful Independent Consulting

If you can, pay your health insurance with this same card since it too will be tax deductible. Use this credit card for as many expenses as you can, including recurring expenses like your cell phone and internet service and health insurance. Determine if you need business insurance or need to increase your personal coverage.

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

Zweig writes that any form of modified profit isn’t cash flow. There’s now a plethora of Ebitda clone terms including those showing “profit” before things like stock-based pay, marketing, business development, and administrative expenses. Medical insurance expense. For more, just Google the terms Warren Buffet and Ebitda.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business

First, small businesses tend to be more productive than larger ones and may be especially unlikely to invest in risk management that diverts resources from production. In essence, the fortunate firms took on more debt, committing the business to a stream of cash flows and expenses far into the future to pay for their losses.

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Why Buying a Company Can Be Better than Starting One

Harvard Business

These companies are able to attract and keep the right customers, those who value its product or service and will purchase year after year. You’ll learn what they value, and you’ll adapt to find products and services they appreciate.

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business

Recent analysis by Bain and SAP found that only 7% of bank credit products could be handled digitally from end to end. These low-cost and reliable sources of funds are from taxpayer-insured deposits and the Federal Reserve’s discount window. The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat.

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