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Small Business Closure Scenarios

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   By way of comparison, the SBA chart below shows small business closure and startup rates between 1990-2015.      On average about 8% of small businesses closed each year between 1990 and 2015 and 10% closed at the height of the Great Recession in 2009. Business closures are tracked by U.S.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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When Harry Hecht, an Orlando, Florida-based mentor with SCORE—originally named the Service Corps of Retired Executives—encounters business owners who are reluctant to outsource, he has them track their time. “I This article was published in February 2015 and has been updated. Photo by Zivica Kerkez /Shutterstock.

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The Quest for My Best Sales Month Ever

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The other offers me an unsolicited assignment to write about the relationships that formed after a retired soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder sent his Purple Heart to a NASCAR driver. The most lucrative month of my solopreneur career was September 2015. I made $14,772.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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With the support of generous sponsors, volunteers and donors, the couple has overseen a multitude of makeovers, giving families under incredible stress a huge home blessing and a new reason to smile. Then, in 2015, fueled by the revelatory experience, he opened NeuroHope. Eighteen months after his accident, Leeuw walked again.

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