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		<title>Financing for soap making business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting start up financing for a company that makes handmade soap can be tough, but here's an unusual approach that might work in this case.]]></description>
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		<title>Financing a new restaurant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting outside financing for a start-up restaurant is tough. Here are most likely sources. ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employees and Human Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Start your own business! (My response to a question on EIUhow to tackle unemployment&#8211;so widespread among young people in many parts of the world. Perhaps it&#8217;s my American bias, but I think that encouraging entrepreneurship is a big part of the answer. The worst policy is to create government jobs or government-funded jobs. Unleash and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Small Businesses Fail for Lack of Money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thrive in tough times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business failure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running out of money is often the endpoint of years of bad business decisions. Here's how to avoid this fate.]]></description>
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		<title>To Thrive, Banish Doom and Gloom</title>
		<link>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/to-thrive-banish-doom-and-gloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[management attitudes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't let yourself get discouraged by retelling the same old story about how bad things are. ]]></description>
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		<title>When All Else Fails, Try Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t tell you how many business owners I work with treat regular outreach to their best customers and prospects as a last option.]]></description>
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		<title>Can you stop a former staffer from poaching your clients?</title>
		<link>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/can-you-stop-a-former-staffer-from-poaching-your-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employees and Human Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you get your clients to identify with your company rather than with a particular employee?]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Business</title>
		<link>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/sustainable-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thrive in tough times]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question on LinkedIn: What does sustainability mean for business? MVH answer. Great question! Sustainability means using a resource so that it lasts and renews, doesn’t get used up, and doesn’t have a negative impact on its environment. For a business, this would mean that it is self-sustaining and self-renewing. It has to make a profit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Thrive in Tough Times</title>
		<link>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/how-to-thrive-in-tough-times-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/how-to-thrive-in-tough-times-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic wellbeing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[14 quick lessons, based on the actions of successful small business owners I work with]]></description>
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		<title>Small Businesses Are Growing Again!</title>
		<link>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/small-businesses-are-growing-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m hearing good news from the owners I work with--from all kinds and sizes of businesses. Read what they are saying.]]></description>
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