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Channel Your Inner Cat to Survive in Business

On The Job

The statistics paint a bleak picture: From 2001-2011, only about 10% of companies actually met their growth targets, Bain & Co. Only 13% of Fortune 100 companies were able to sustain as little as 2% annual real revenue growth from one decade to the next over the past 50 years, reports CEB Inc.

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Startups Getting Smaller

Small Business Labs

employees in 2001 to 4.7 employees in 2011. employees in 2011. The key data from the report is on the size of startups: The average size of establishment births (new startups, excluding seasonal businesses)in the 1990s was around 7.6 employees, whereas the average size of births fell from 6.8 to 4.9%.

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Non-Profits vs. For-Profits for Social Change

Small Business Labs

  According to the Urban Institute : Between 2001 and 2011, the number of nonprofits has increased 25 percent; from 1,259,764 million to 1,574,674 million today. The founders simply have to include these in their articles of incorporation (or add them later).

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PPI Facts That You Should Know About

Small Business CEO

Experts have estimated that the total value of these mis-sold PPI policies comes to nearly £50 billion pounds, with most of these mis-sold ppi policies being sold to consumers over the previous ten to fifteen years (2001 to 2016.). PPI Compensation.

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Is the U.S. Becoming Less Entrepreneurial?

Small Business Labs

For example, Census data shows there were about 405,000 new employer businesses (businesses with at least 1 traditional employee) started in 2011. This was 2nd lowest level of new business formation in several decades (2010 was slightly lower).   2. .  We'll report back as the results come in over the next couple of months.

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Thursday Morning & 20 Years of Celebrating You & Your Profession!

Office Dynamics

Skipping to 2001, the conference centered on Don’t Gamble on Leading Your Team: Help Your Organization Maintain a Competitive Edge in the New Economy and was hosted in Las Vegas, NV. And yes, this was the year that Hurricane Floyd stared them straight in the eye! The conference emphasis was on thriving during the economic slowdown.

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3 Steps for Successful Business Growth

Office Organization Success

Having been running my own online solo service business since November 2001, and working with many clients over the years (from start-up businesses to multiple six and seven-figure businesses), I have discovered that there is a very specific 3-step process to running a successful, long-term business. . c) 2011 Tracey Lawton.

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