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How a Group Purchasing Organization Can Save Your Business Money

How a Group Purchasing Organization Can Save Your Business Money by: Ken Hamilton GPO’s (Group Purchasing Organizations) have been around for about ten years primarily in the healthcare industry. The basic concept of a GPO is that a group of b...

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Could You and Your Business Benefit from a Business Coach or a Consultant?

Could You and Your Business Benefit from a Business Coach or a Consultant? by: Vishal P. Rao The surprising answer is "probably". Most individuals don't realize that a certified business coach or business consultant can add enormously to th...

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If One Does Not Do Any Planning, One Is Planning To Fail

If One Does Not Do Any Planning, One Is Planning To Fail by: The International Business Foundation MARKETING STRATEGIES An enterprise may adopt different marketing strategies dependent on the size and position of the business in its industry. Th...

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What 80% of Businesses Don’t Know: Tips for Improving Your Working Capital Management

What 80% of Businesses Don’t Know: Tips for Improving Your Working Capital Management by: Anindya Kar What is the number one way to prevent failure in business? Take a minute to really think about your answer. What comes to mind? Increasing pa...

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Student Home Purchase Plan

Student Home Purchase Plan by: John Carle & Sharon Gregresh Tuition costs are climbing, housing costs are climbing, it seems like all the costs for students are climbing these days. Students can afford cost increases less than any other demograp...

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How to Walk the Floor and Talk to Customers

How to Walk the Floor and Talk to Customers by: John Stanley This may seem a strange topic to introduce. Yet, it is the most under-used skill by many retail managers, but one of the most important roles in their supervision. 1. You Are the Mait...

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You Can't Do It All Yourself

You Can't Do It All Yourself by: Denise O'Berry As the economy improves, so does the outlook for small business. That may mean you'll find way too many things to do and not enough time for you or your staff to complete them. Or ma...

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Can Nurses Be Entrepreneurs?

Can Nurses Be Entrepreneurs? by: Tammie Mericle Yes, Nurses can be entrepreneurs. In today’s market place nursing has a unique service to offer not only to hospitals but nursing homes, private care and doctor offices. We as nurses have the ski...

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The Top 10 Priorities That Guard Your Five-Star Reputation

The Top 10 Priorities That Guard Your Five-Star Reputation by: Gala Gorman Making money doesn’t make your reputation... your reputation makes you money. Gala Gorman Whether your business is product or service-oriented, the loyalty and dedicat...

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Invite Self-Managed Staff

Invite Self-Managed Staff by: Linda LaPointe "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being." Goethe Two hundred years ago, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German poet and philosopher, k...

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