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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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The key to staying in business and being profitable, Hustead notes, requires regularly monitoring your overhead, labor, inventory expenses and revenue: “If you run out of money and go broke, you’re out of business.” As a result, he began monitoring the company’s finances on a weekly basis.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They’re a flexible expense. If you need a marketer ASAP, you can sort by project or title on freelance marketplaces. They can hit the ground running. They’ve seen your tech stack before — especially if you’re a DTC brand. They’re agile hires. They have stellar resumes. They can quit suddenly. How do you hire freelance marketers?

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Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Add up all your monthly expenses so you can estimate how much money you will have left each month. The best tip from my point of view would be to avoid unnecessary expenses. Then try and remove or refinance the most expensive lending. Build your own network!

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Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Senate bill won’t change small biz premiums: The Congressional Budget Office predicts the Senate health care reform bill would provide better, but more expensive, coverage in the individual insurance market, while having little impact on premiums for employer-based coverage.

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An Open Letter To Our Prime Minister, David Cameron

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Thanks to the sacrifices made by many these banks now enjoy plentiful profits and bonuses – a stark contrast to those whom have financed their survival. Any growth financing needed in this respect should also be financed. You ask a question, I answer!

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Let Go A Little and Help Your Business

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. We all start our own businesses because we have passion and drive, this can easily become lost in the day to day monotony of paperwork and tedious tasks, yet employing full or part-time staff can be expensive and risky. You ask a question, I answer!

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How Working From Home Can Work For You

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. While your competitors have to pay out for expensive office space that they don’t need as clients dry up, your business can continue to thrive. Massy Said on April 16th, 2010 at 8:26 pm Gas is the absolute worst… so expensive. You ask a question, I answer!

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