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		<title>So you want to be an Entrepreneur?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>How to do Market Research?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 07:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recurring question amongst small business owners is this: Does a small business owner need to know how to do market research? The short answer is &#8211; yes, absolutely! No business can operate successfully without knowing something about the market(s) it is working in. However, the term &#8220;market research&#8221; is more often than not associated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=191&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Business needs a Toolbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 10:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every business needs a toolbox &#8211; some literally need a toolbox (if you are a plumber, carpenter etc), but all businesses, especially small businesses and entrepreneurial start ups, need a business toolbox that can supply the business owner with the skills and knowledge to run and grow the business. A busy small business owner in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=184&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market research is one of the best ways to find out information, factual or perceptual, from existing or potential customers, about your product or service offering. However many small business owners don’t employ market research methodologies because they find them too academic and perceive them to have no relevance in their small business. Essentially any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=122&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While a plethora of marketing tools are available to small business owners the most important marketing tool any small business owner needs is a marketing plan. Without a plan you are literally operating blind with no notion of what is effective or non effective in terms of achieving your objectives. However within the marketing plan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=120&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Business Management</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/business-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com/?p=115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While some people find business management comes naturally, they are definitely in the minority. For most small business owners it’s one of the most frustrating and challenging parts of owning their own business. Most small business owners have specialist skills in their area of expertise. Whether it’s retail, plumbing, hairdressing or any of the other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallbusinesstoolbox.wordpress.com&#038;blog=5360668&#038;post=115&#038;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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