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The Corona Virus for Small Businesses

Consultant Journal

It’s a question on the minds of many entrepreneurs, as Fortune 500 companies announce new protocols for travel, meetings and even use of coffee cups. If your business meets with clients in person, you may want to look at your policies and processes to help keep clients and yourself healthy. Client Engagement.

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The 5 Growing Pains of Service-Based Businesses in 2023 (and how to overcome them)

Asamby Consulting

Check out our privacy policy. Work with contractors To get over that initial cash-flow issue, it can make sense to rely on contractors instead of employees. You can join a project meeting with each client once a month. Don't be tempted to bring on the "best available" talent, if they don't meet your requirements.

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SBA Acquisition Loans – A Win-Win-Win Especially for the Seller

Martinka Consulting

2013 - it’s hard to find a non-SBA acquisition loan on a deal that meets the SBA qualifications. And, SBA loans are much safer than many other kinds of loans and, because SBA loans are considered “cash flow loans” (not requiring full collateral), they have better approval considerations. Financing with an SBA.

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The Case for Stock Buybacks

Harvard Business

A comprehensive survey of financial executives concluded that “repurchases are made out of the residual cash flow after investment spending.” Repurchases are much more flexible than dividends, the alternative way in which companies return cash to their investors, which attract less ire. Buybacks are a red herring.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. This has long seemed intuitively true to us. What We Actually Measured — and the Limits of Our Knowledge.