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Emergency Legislation Brings New Employer Mandates

There are very limited exceptions to the law.

Stuart Katz

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How will your customers ever forgive you?

It’s pretty easy to throw stones at airlines nowadays, what with stories of passengers being...

Frederick Welk

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Commercial Lease Renewal Dos & Don’ts for Tenants

Replay the outstanding CEDF teleconference featuring Jeff Grandfield. Approximately two million...

Jeff Grandfield and Dale Willerton

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What can a cow teach you about business models?

In the conventional world of Main Street small business, the model has been virtually the...

Frederick Welk

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Informative CEDF webinars and recorded seminars you may have missed

When Debt is Good and Equity Isn’t: Finding the Balance

CEDF

David Menard, Partner, Murtha Cullina, Attorneys at Law Frederick Welk, CEDF Director of Education and Communications Doesn't...

Cómo financiar tu pequeña empresa

CEDF

Ricardo Vidal, CEDF Director de Préstamos ¿Busca financiar su pequeña empresa en los próximos meses con un banco o...

You Gotta Know Your Numbers

Tom Maier

Making crucial business decisions without knowledge of, or checking key financial indicators is like flying an airplane with no instruments – in...

How to Finance your Small Business

Frederick Welk

Seeking financing for a small business in the coming months with a bank or nonprofit lender like CEDF? Confused about when equity...

Maximizing COVID-19 Tax Savings & PPP Forgiveness

Ed Muenzner

A flurry of legislation surrounding the COVID-19 crisis has brought assistance programs and changes to tax policy that provide opportunities for savings...

Harnessing the Power of Positive Thinking

David O'Brien

Our thoughts and related self-talk particularly during times of uncertainty determine how we feel both physically and emotionally. When we choose a...

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

Without cash, your business is as good as closed

Frederick Welk

Businesses this March quickly went from normal to cautious to a standstill. No wonder small business owners were in a state of...

Go-to Person’s Guide to Good Email Hygiene

Bruce Tulgan

One symbol of the collaboration revolution must surely be the little “mail” icon on our devices. All day long it flashes the...

The Opportunity of Loss

COVID-19: What About Customer Deposits?

Emergency Legislation Brings New Employer Mandates

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?

Think like your lender to understand how to land financing

How to win when you’ve lost?

When business credit scores start to matter

Networking might be the wrong approach

How to compete against Amazon

Is revenue-based financing right for you?

$10,000 for your soul

What would your employees say?

Is your selling environment all wrong?

This will be an unforgettable opportunity

Leave the flying to the squirrels

Are you following these seven natural laws?

Use the Yogi Berra method

Take Warren Buffet’s advice

Can you really withhold price information?

Is there such a thing as too much capital?

What’s wrong with being smaller?

Can you really finance a business on social media?

How will your customers ever forgive you?

Run your business like a champion

If I’m profitable, where did my cash go?

He ran a big company like a small one

How do you handle an employee’s big mistake?

Being a responsible business owner means surviving

Does 1 + 1 equal more than 2 ?

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 20-3 — preparation for change

CEDF

As a small business owner, it’s likely you’ll have to deal with change on a daily basis. Ralph...

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Small Business As Usual 20-2 — employee personal problems

CEDF

Organizational development consultant and author Bruce Tulgan explains you can be be humane, thoughtful and take the right...

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

CEDF

Lots of people are attracted to owning their own businesses. But not everyone stops to make a truly...

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

CEDF

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

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Small Business As Usual 19-8 — improving cash flow

CEDF

Cash flow problems have to be the number one problem small business owners face. Michael Mongillo of Eleven Arrows Consulting points out...

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Small Business As Usual 19-7, why borrowing got hard

CEDF

Small business owners might wonder what happened to the world where they could dial their banker on the...

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Small Business As Usual 19-6, emotions behind money

CEDF

Problems in business with money? Maybe it's all in your head. Corrin Gibbs Burke CFP®, CMC®, explains the emotional side of what...

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Small Business As Usual 19-5, what customers want

CEDF

Imagine racking up big debt and betting all on opening a small store only to find out the next day a big...

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Small Business As Usual 19-4, right place, right time, right customer

CEDF

Richard Portelance, CEO of CareerPath Mobile, developed a great solution that users loved, but the paying customers weren't ready to adopt it....

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Small Business As Usual 19-3, the right questions

CEDF

Are you asking the right questions about your business? Do you have the right business model? Are you solving problems for customers?...

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When Debt is Good and Equity Isn’t: Finding the Balance

CEDF

David Menard, Partner, Murtha Cullina, Attorneys at Law Frederick Welk, CEDF...

Cómo financiar tu pequeña empresa

CEDF

Ricardo Vidal, CEDF Director de Préstamos ¿Busca financiar su pequeña...

You Gotta Know Your Numbers

Tom Maier

Making crucial business decisions without knowledge of, or checking key financial indicators is...

Small Business As Usual 20-3 — preparation for change

CEDF

As a small business owner, it’s likely you’ll have...

How to Finance your Small Business

Frederick Welk

Seeking financing for a small business in the coming months with a bank...