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Twelve tips for getting a small business loan

Understanding how things look from the lender’s point of view can help prepare a small business for...

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Choose your competition wisely

Not being a coffee drinker, I indulge in the guilty pleasure of buying a $1 fountain diet...

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Update on small business assistance programs

Since mid-March new programs have been proposed and launched. Get an update on what state and federal...

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Gather the courage to deal with uncertainty

I wish I could say that all of our CEDF borrowers experience smooth sailing after they close...

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Informative CEDF webinars and recorded seminars you may have missed

How to buy a business

Tom Maier

The common entrepreneurial dream involves starting a business from scratch, having thought up the proverbial “better mousetrap.” An alternative approach to business ownership is...

Never Run a Business to Make a Living

Jeff Schwartz

Have you heard the joke about a patient in the hospital? The nurse tucks him in and asks, “Are you comfortable?” The patient replies,...

Nonprofit Grant Writing

Tracy V. Allen

Winning a grant is more than simply completing paperwork. Each funder may require varying levels of detail in the submissions, but the real challenge...

Super-Charged Networking Success: It’s More than Just a Meeting

Chip Janiszewski

Networking is an ongoing process of developing trusting relationships. This webinar will help you learn: Why you may have totally misunderstood what networking is all...

Nonprofit Bookkeeping Essentials for Grants

Danosky & Associates

Nonprofits run off the generosity of others. But grants come with expectations, including showing how the organization spends money. Learn the accepted methods for...

Planning a Successful Business Exit

Judi Otton

Only a small percentage of businesses outlive their owners. Some owners sell out. Some transfer interests to family or partners. Some close the operation....

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Small Business Chalkboard -- Articles to help plan and operate your enterprise

How to create a shareable job aid

Bruce Tulgan

The number one most effective form of shareable job aid I have seen is the humble checklist. It’s a simple but powerful tool used...

Transform work interruptions into opportunities

Bruce Tulgan

If you’re wondering whether interruptions from colleagues have disappeared during the COVID-19 pandemic, rest assured, they have not. Ask just about anyone—those side conversations...

If you want to build real influence, don’t fall for the...

How to handle being frozen-out by colleagues

Helpers, experts, and rogues

Six steps to good email hygiene

Five bad attitudes you do not want to become known for...

Three types of ‘Yes’ people to avoid at work

The cascading effects of overcommitment at work

How to say yes, no, and maybe at work

Five simple steps to achieving alignment at work

The peculiar mathematics of real influence

I could have chosen the easier path

Business woman floating away on a balloon

What does it take to succeed in business?

Someday you’ll thank Congress

Are small businesses missing out on advertising?

Can your employees figure out what’s right?

Covid-19 work from home is a hacker’s paradise

What if I can’t pay my loan?

No escape from the fatal flaws

How are you going to compete?

Let’s be optimistic about disaster debt

Seven strategies for expanding your influence in uncertain times

Don’t be a chicken when recruiting

Will you choose fear or opportunity?

Without cash, your business is as good as closed

Go-to person’s guide to good email hygiene

The opportunity of loss

COVID-19: What about customer deposits?

Emergency legislation brings new employer mandates

negotiating commercial leases & renewals

COVID-19: Negotiate a Rent Abatement or Deferral in your Lease

It’s high time you learned SEO basics

It’s the leader not the concept

Kickstarter may be your best option to raise capital

Give the customers what they want

Where does small business get its capital?

Be ready to wrestle the bear

Could you use the Golden Triplet?

Small Business As Usual podcasts

The art of operating small enterprises and the issues faced by the owners

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Small Business As Usual 21-3 — fiscal fitness

Everyone knows how important it is to have enough financial information to make wise decisions. It would be a lot easier if you had...

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Small Business As Usual 21-2 — unintentional entrepreneur

Some people appear to be born entrepreneurs. Others seem to end up owning businesses having never contemplated that career. But is that the same...

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Small Business As Usual 21-1 — fortitude

What do you do when you lose 85% of your business? Stephen Richmond of Painting with a Twist in Hartford describes his approach.

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Small Business As Usual 20-6 — diversity, inclusion & equity

Karen Hinds of Workplace Success Group explains why small business owners need to be engaged with diversity, inclusion and equity and how it can...

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Small Business As Usual 20-5 — facing uncertainty

What makes some entrepreneurs better suited for the most emotionally challenging part of business ownership -- uncertainty? Dr. Len Wysocki has insights into the...

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Small Business As Usual 20-4 — building community

Michael Cervellino of Belle Academy had figured out how to deal with COVID-19 long before the pandemic hit through charity events and old fashioned...

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Small Business As Usual 20-3 — preparation for change

As a small business owner, it’s likely you’ll have to deal with change on a daily basis. Ralph Mesite shares how he prepared for...

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Small Business As Usual 20-2 — employee personal problems

Organizational development consultant and author Bruce Tulgan explains you can be be humane, thoughtful and take the right approach to dealing with employees who...

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Small Business As Usual 20-1 — should you go into business?

Lots of people are attracted to owning their own businesses. But not everyone stops to make a truly informed assessment of whether it’s right...

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Small Business As Usual 19-9 — bread saved my life

We've all heard stories about how the challenges of small business ownership cause personal crises. In contrast, Jennifer Acuna, owner of Loafing Around, LLC...

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Replays of recorded presentations

Informative CEDF webinars and recorded seminars you may have missed

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Small Business Chalkboard -- Articles to help plan and operate your enterprise

Small Business As Usual podcasts

The art of operating small enterprises and the issues faced by the owners

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We Teach SuccessEducation for small business owners