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Ten Worst Consequences for Small Businesses Not Exit Planning [guest post]

By On February 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Here are ten of the most serious consequences suffered by owners who neglect to prepare their businesses for future sale or transfer (or, “exit planning”).

The sole owner dies or becomes permanently disabled, but has insufficient (or no) life disability insurance, no business succession plan, and no estate plan. The business experiences [...]

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GUEST POST: Social Media in the Small Business Workplace

By On January 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Following up on this year’s theme – “Preventive Maintenance/Planning for 2012,” a clear, communicated and enforced company policy on appropriate and inappropriate Social Media (“SM”) usage is becoming increasingly critical.  One need look no further than the recent Papa John’s Pizza public relations disaster caused by an employee of a NYC-franchised Papa John’s Pizza [...]

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DC Launches New Internet Infrastructure. Will it Help Anyone?

By On December 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

As you might very easily presume about me, I’m a strong proponent of advancing broadband and wireless Web access in the United States. So, when I learned that the DC government (using federal stimulus funding) launched their new high-speed, 100 Gb/s fiber-optic network, DC Community Access Network (DC-CAN), I was pretty excited. What’s 100 Gb/s? Let’s [...]

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