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This past month I did the unthinkable I got a subscription to a service that will provide me with a steady stream of information. I know what you are thinking, “There is so much free data out there why would you pay for it?” That’s a really good question. The truth is that there is […]
William Vanderbloemen, President/CEO, Vanderbloemen Search Group In March of 2010, I left my job, my wife and I put our life savings on the table, and we started a business. We were committed to building it from scratch – debt-free and with no venture capital. Our new business – a search firm serving churches –
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It’s almost April 15th. In fact it’s right around the corner so it should be no surprise that many small business owners are thinking about taxes. OK, let me be even more blunt- owners are dreading the thought of taxes because in takes time and money! Here’s a couple of interesting statistics. According to NSBA,
This past week I attended the National Plastics Exposition (NPE) to do some videotaping for a client. As I walked the massive show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando I marveled at the booths. One had a machine that was literally as big as a house. Others had smaller, but still impressive, equipment,
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It has been a brutal travel season with unbelievable snow. In spite of that, business still needs to get done. In the past, four weeks I have spent more nights in hotels than in my own bed. If you travel, you know that means lots of time waiting. Waiting in airports, waiting in rental car
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~~I was recently asked a common question during a Q&A. “What is a brand?” Believe it or not, I get asked this question all the time, simply because the word “brand” carries with it many different definitions. Depending on what one does for a living, what they’ve heard, what they’ve learned, or how they perceive
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Speaking before the House of Representative Committee on Small Business was not exactly on my bucket list, but maybe it should have been. This past week I got a rare invitation to testify on behalf of the National Small Business Association. So, I decided to make the trip to Washington, DC. It was not exactly
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Richard Milam, CEO, EnableSoft Inc. Unless you are in the accounting field, the chances are good that this March you’ll be struggling alongside millions of other business leaders who are rushing to file their 2014 taxes on time. This can be a time of great panic as you or your finance team rush to get
A Harris Poll was recently released on the Most Loved and Most Hated Companies http://www.harrisinteractive.com/vault/2015%20RQ%20Media%20Release%20Report_020415.pdf The names of the most beloved are certainly not a surprise. In the Top 10 are Wegmans Food Markets, Amazon, Samsung and Costco to name a few. Particularly of note are the themes which included a focus on reputation. As
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In this day and age of social media, contests are all the rage. At CK & CO we have sponsored contests and competed in contests. This past year we sponsored a video contest for high school and college students and awarded a cash prize. We also just competed in a contest sponsored by Supplier Connection.
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