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Events: Small Business Owners - compete to win $25,000 prize package
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The Fort Worth Business Assistance Center (BAC) is conducting a business plan competition. Small business owners will compete to win a piece of a $25,000 prize package that includes cash and donated products and services. Applications due March 25.
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Human Resources: Groups Need to Support the Company Vision
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When creating groups and/or teams in your company to head up special projects or steer a process, be sure to start them off with a copy of the company vision statement.
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Events: Register now - "Ditch the financial statements"
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Wednesday, June 1, 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM - Today's business environment is more challenging than ever. Business owners are increasingly reliant on financial data to make key decisions and plan for the future. Yet financial statements often fall short in providing the insights business owners seek. Register now.
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Finance: Sell Receivables at Auction to Free Up Cash Flow
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Two years ago I came across an article in Inc. Magazine that described a new exchange to allow small and medium-sized businesses to buy and sell receivables for one to two percent, much like other negotiable instruments are sold but in an auction-type environment.
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Events: Discover Your Strengths
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 - Free "Discover Your Strengths" Clinic. The primary goal of this clinic is to help people make the most of their personal and professional strengths, whether they work independently, as a member of a team or are searching for a job.
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Less Skilled Labor Saves Time and Money
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One of our TAB Board members runs a service business. Each evening his techs return to the shop, dump their equipment and loose supplies, and go home. The next morning it takes up to 45 minutes for the techs to get organized before they can get out on the job again. Our board proposed hiring a less expensive warehouse employee for two hours a day to help unload the trucks and organize the supplies and equipment. The result is a savings of $9600/year and faster service in the field.
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By - Bob Ryan, TAB Twin Cities, East Metro board
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It is inevitable that you will make a mistake with customers at some point (we are, after all, only human). While it would be easy to provide excuses as to why things went wrong, try telling your customers the truth. Most of the time, you will find that the customer is very appreciative of the honesty and often they empathize with making a mistake.
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By - Thomas Flaherty, Pro Cabinet Solutions, Littleton, CO
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I used to have a hard time separating personal time from work time – especially since I have family in the business – but I found a simple way to signal to my brain that work is over and it is time to relax. I simply change my clothes when I arrive home. This doesn’t mean that business issues never come up in the evenings, but my state of mind while in my “play” clothes reminds me that these evening interruptions are the exception and not the rule. This has allowed me to more easily disengage from my business and better enjoy time with my family.
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By - Marty Watts, V-Kool, Inc., Houston, TX
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Jennifer Carter
President
TALEM, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
"I never leave a meeting without feeling re-energized and ready to get to work. TALEM is in a better position today as a result of my participation in TAB.
The value doesn't stop when the meetings are over either. I have built relationships with my fellow board members and I can rely on their input or advice in almost any situation at any time. The value comes in having a group of peers who know me and my business and they aren't afraid to hold me accountable so that my business can flourish."
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