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Improve Your Leadership Communication Skills and Make a Bigger Impact

Develop better leadership communication skills by understanding the importance of feedback and showing your team members greater humility.

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How Ownership Structure Influences your Exit

How Ownership Structure Influences Your Exit

The way ownership of a business is structured can influence your exit and transition planning. Understand how you should approach exiting in a multi-owner company.

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You Wouldn’t Build a Building Without a Blueprint

You Wouldn’t Build a Building Without a Blueprint: Don’t Draft an Agreement Without a Term Sheet

You would not build a building without a blueprint. The same is true for drafting an agreement: it should not be done without a term sheet.

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Role of the Board of Directors

The Roles, Structures, and Duties of a Board of Directors

The role of a board of directors is to represent shareholders. How that happens depends on how you define it, who serves, and more.

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Planning your exit strategy

Reaching Graduate Level: Eliminating Business Owner Dependence

All owners hope that their business can run efficiently while they are away. Eliminate owner dependence with strategies to build skilled management.

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employee v. contractor

Contractor v. Employee: Dept. of Labor Proposed Employee Classification Rule

Contractor v. employee violations occur in every industry. This is in part due to the regulatory processes in wage rates, labor agreements, and exemptions defining who is and who isn’t […]

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How Investible Start-ups Attract Investors and Raise Capital

How Investible Startups Attract Investors

A good idea is not enough to attract investors. Does your startup have these 4 traits that successful and “investable” startups all share?

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Invest New Effort in Your Business: Working with Veterans as Employees and Entrepreneurs

A Contemplation on Veteran’s Day Almost any business can benefit by choosing veterans as employees or entrepreneurial partners. Forward-thinking business people who have hired veterans can tell you amazing success […]

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why start-ups fail

10 Reasons Start-ups Fail

About 9 of 10 start-ups fail. Do you know why they do? How can entrepreneurs avoid common pitfalls? The more you know, the better your chance of being the 1 […]

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accounting and finance

‘Know Thy Numbers’ Installment #1 – Welcome to the Jungle, Series Introduction

Don’t leave numbers to the accountant. An introduction to accounting and its basic concepts can equip you to make better business decisions. 

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