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		<title>Possible Issues with Business Software and how to avoid them</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nevillecalvert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, software is an integral part of any business from small to medium enterprise levels. Though for many of you, it is often viewed more as a thorn in your side rather than the powerful tool that will take your business to the next level. There are a lot of factors, that influence how well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=260&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How do growth companies survive in complex times?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia’s small and medium-sized growth enterprises face ongoing and increased stress in these challenging times. Business owners have to make difficult decisions constantly and demands come at you from every angle, all day long. Successful entrepreneurs know, however, that there are enduring key principles that improve a company’s prospects for growth and continuing profits and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=236&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Capital Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nevillecalvert</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been a member of LinkedIn the global professional networking hub that is accessed by millions of professionals. There are various interest groups on the site and members are able to ‘Follow’ people whom they believe have some value to add through their various missives. I don’t make a habit of ‘Following” anyone, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=226&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cashflow still key to small business survival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nevillecalvert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing cash flow is one of the greatest challenges faced by rapidly growing businesses and without proper management, poor cash flow can stunt, or even end a business’s growth before it’s reached its potential. &#160; When a small business is growing rapidly there is often a need to pay out money constantly, to buy more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=222&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plan the Action! Action the Plan!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 07:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nevillecalvert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do get frustrated at things not happening quickly enough for my liking.  My frustrations tend to build up while I am waiting for things to happen.  You know what it is like, you finish a specific activity, and then you have to wait around for someone to either do the next bit or come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=218&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If I just had more time!</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/if-i-just-had-more-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nevillecalvert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably the most frequent response I hear from business owners is that there is just not enough time for them to do all that needs to done.  This is completely understandable if these owners, who are in the majority by the way, are working in their business rather than on their business. I recently met [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=209&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Banker is a bum! (He won’t lend when I need it most!!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nevillecalvert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cent for every time I have heard those words and I really would be a millionaire and possibly even richer.  The thing is it is simply not true.  Now, please do not think I am a big bank lover. I am not; I hate bureaucracy just as much as the next person and unfortunately [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=206&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Your New Business Started</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/how-to-get-your-new-business-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of starting your own business? We&#8217;d like to share this thought provoking article &#8220;10 Mistakes that Start-Up Entrepreneurs Make&#8221; By ROSALIND RESNICK<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=201&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Business Education is a Winner</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/online-business-education-is-a-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think there can be too many small business owners who would say no to having their business being given the once over by a business guru with a wealth of practical experience and the time to devote to picking the operation apart and then making suggestions of ways of making it work better! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=199&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So you want to be an Entrepreneur?</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/so-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianfindlay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common folly in many failed businesses is that the initial choice of business was wrong. Many a broken entrepreneur will acknowledge this in hindsight. This is why you need to honour the choice of what business you want to open. It is the first make or break decision you will take as your own [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=193&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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