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How Small Business Owners Can Save on College Costs
10 Strategies to Help You Save on College Costs For small business owners, understanding three little words—expected family contribution, or EFC—can save on college costs (we’re talking thousands of dollars). How you structure your business, where you hold assets and which schools your child applies to all affect your EFC. So, where to begin? Try […]
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The Many Challenges Ahead for Private Equity Investing
Editor’s Note: This is an updated version of a similar article published in January of 2013. To view the original, click here. Private Equity Investing Has Exploded Over Past 10 Years The mindset in private equity investing doesn’t seem to have changed much since I first wrote about investing in private equity funds for Financial […]
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Effective Private Company Board Strategies Drive Goals to Completion
Private Company Board Strategies Create Advantage Strategy has been defined as the art of finding an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace. It is implemented through defined objectives, strategies and tactics. Whether public or private, driving strategy is how boards create value. Public companies tend to have well-staffed strategy groups, of which M&A is one […]
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Make Outreach Effective Fast: Learn How to Use Facebook Ads
Learn How to Use Facebook Ads to Keep Up with the Pace Chances are if you’re reading this, you may be one of the 50 million businesses maintaining a Facebook page. Businesses in all shapes and sizes have a Facebook presence, all the way from Starbucks (37,240,603 likes as of press time) to Harvard Business […]
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Effective Outside Directors Provide Leadership When It Is Needed Most
Whether a company is public or private, the mission of its board of directors is to provide leadership in four key issues: strategy, capital structure, succession planning, and risk management. While regulators will enforce matters at public companies, outside directors are often the only external force to drive change at private companies. So long as […]
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Thought Leadership Opportunities: Don’t Pay to Give Yourself Away
I Am Special. Are you? I know this to be true… Because a stranger who wants my money told me so Thought Leadership Opportunities aren’t Opportunities I am special because people frequently seek me out to offer me thought leadership opportunities, thus increasing the likelihood that new clients will hire me as their attorney. Look, for […]
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A Venture Investor’s Perspective: 3 Ways Startup CEOs can Manage Venture Investors
[Note from the Financial Poise Editors: Although this article speaks to startup CEOs, we at Financial Poise recommend this read for potential investors and CEOs alike. It’s always helpful to understand perspectives from a different angle, and we think this article can be applied to companies both large and small.] As active seed investors, we […]
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Justin Timberlake Investments Go Bai, Bai, Bai and Stay N’Sync
Bai, Bai, Bai Former N’Sync front man and Mickey Mouse Club kid, pop superstar Justin Timberlake is now making a name for himself in the business world. Earlier this year, Timberlake starred in a Superbowl commercial for Bai beverages. Not only is he using his famous face to endorse the product, but he was also […]
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Hey Business Owner, Are You Making these Common Social Media Marketing Mistakes?
Why Social Media Marketing? Originally seen as a fad, social media marketing is now an integral component of 21st century business. Is your business on board? You need to look no further than America’s most successful companies and social media itself for proof. According to research from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 97% of the Fortune 500 use […]
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When it comes to Succession Planning: Plan “B” Is Always Plan “A”
Learn from our succession planning and business leadership experts about the right (and wrong) ways to approach succession planning.
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