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		<title>How to Raise Funds Start Up Capital with the Secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa Nichols - How to Raise Funds Start Up Capital with the Secret

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my company, Motivating the Teen Spirit, over 532,000 investor dollars. now, when I first became an entrepreneur, I had no idea how to raise money. as a matter of fact, the first $15,000 check I received, I let it sit on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Team with Contractors and Freelancers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Business Structure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Outsourcing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[independent contractor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted By Deborah Brown On August 4, 2008
What makes a great team? Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

That quote got me to thinking about the 21st Century version of a small business team.
Usually we think of a work team as involving employees.
However, today’s small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partner With Complementary Businesses</title>
		<link>http://businessnow.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/partner-with-complementary-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Business Partners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, July 8, 2008
By Pattie Baker

Got a fencing company?  Make a point to meet the dog breeders and pool builders in town.  Are you a real estate agent?  Get to know the handymen and painters.  Child care provider?  Team up with obstetricians.  Are you a graphic designer?  Find a writer you can recommend to clients, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Define Your Market Niche</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 26, 2008
By Pattie Baker

Trying to be all things to all people?  Give it up. You’ll never differentiate your company from your competitors if you do that.  By focusing your efforts on a particularly profitable type of customer for your service offering, or highlighting a service in which you are truly an expert, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertise Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[local ads]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 24, 2008
By Pattie Baker

Started a new business? Good for you. Small business growth in the United States is booming, and more and more people are looking to “buy local” for their product and service needs. Now the challenge is getting the word out to the customers who want what you offer, at the [...]]]></description>
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