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		<title>&#8220;Bring on the Rainmaker!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[M&#38;A Transactions require one in 2010.


A Rainmaker is described as one who is known for achieving excellent results in a profession or field, or who is believed to be capable of producing rain, as through magical or ritual actions. And whether you’re the owner or another key person in your organization, you need to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Re-Writing the Business Warriors Code&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insights on Control and Influence.

  
This article is dedicated to all the spouses or significant other in the life of an entrepreneur business owner. I must make a confession. After 34 years of marriage with 30 years in business as an owner or key executive, I finally get it. It’s the difference between being King Arthur [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Grace Under Financial Pressure&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CFO role in the great financial hurricane of 2009.
October is still hurricane season and 2009 could be coined as a hurricane year in financial terms. Everywhere we look today there’s news of impending change. For 20 years I have carried the wisdom of an anonymous poem to remind me that change is more how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;To Get Business Results &#8212; Try This Process&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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How OODA achieves results. 
 


I’m always enthused when asked to be a guest lecturer, especially in a graduate level entrepreneur class. It takes me about a nanosecond to agree to participate. For me the energy and interaction of being a guest lecturer fosters my creative thinking, application of new processes and stimulates critical analysis. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The 5 C’s of Lending&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Putting on your banker hat. 
 
There’s a saying to remember - “Loans and debts make worry and frets.” For those of us in business, loans are a way of life and the past six months may certainly have lived up to the proverb. What’s important for us to understand is that the basis for making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Waiting Game &#8212; Ally or Foe?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaining comfort in the new economy 
 
It’s a game that most business owners play at one time or another. It’s called the Waiting Game. When things go haywire, and unplanned financial change is thrust upon a business, there’s a tendency to duck the shrapnel coming from all directions and wait it out. Ironically, it’s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Questions Are The Answer&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 13:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We somehow ignore the age old wisdom of using “an abundance of caution” and “the sniff test” when it’s more convenient to believe we’re smarter than our instincts coupled with a prudent process. And usually that’s when it happens --- GUT-WRENCHING BAD. Our internal radar somehow gets tricked by rationalization. How? We get tricked by hearing all the right answers. Here are some ways to start upgrading your financial radar using questions rather than answers...Get Trusted Referrals, Evaluate Actions, Not Words, Take Time To Reflect and Write It Down.


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		<title>&#8220;The Age of The Golden Noose&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sound business judgment related to debt became distorted by the euphoria of the defined horizons we perceived in the last 5 years. The same debt we placed on the business when we thought we had a clear vision, now has severe consequences to business health. Debt, in other words, has become a Golden Noose around the neck. As the economy languishes, we’re about to find out that more and more of these Golden Nooses tightening -- sometimes without warning. Applying some fundamental debt diagnostics such as valuation, cash flow tools and becoming conscious of debt in your business plan are critical actions to loosening the noose.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;When The Bank Says No&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credible secondary market money finders, money brokers and hard money lenders in non-traditional capital markets are thriving. They are sophisticated financing tools managed by professionals in a quiet, credible network. The key is to find them and then tap into them.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Lessons In Business Transition&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For six years I held lead transition executive positions in three privately-held companies. My focus was leading the corporate re-vitalization of these $15.0 million to $100.0 million businesses. That “seasoning” offered me numerous opportunities to reflect on the stabilizing qualities I found invaluable in troubled times…patience, confidence and an open mind.
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