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How to say yes, no, and maybe at work

To avoid burnout in today’s workplace, you have to be savvy about which projects you accept and...
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Podcasts

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...
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Do you even need more money to solve your problems?

It’s probably natural that a nonprofit lender like CEDF, will encounter a lot of small business owners...
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How to win when you’ve lost?

Show up, believe in yourself and be fearless. That’s the key. A few weeks ago I attended my...
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Replays of recorded presentations

Informative CEDF webinars and recorded seminars you may have missed

Build your business credit

Gerri Detweiler
Lots of attention is paid to personal credit scores and lenders consider yours to be a proxy for your character. But your business can...

Is Regulation Crowdfunding right for your business?

Cliff Ennico
There’s a canyon in the land of small business finance. On one side, businesses are built on foundations of savings, small loans, credit cards...

Small business financial fundamentals

Frederick Welk
Success in business depends on having control of your finances and control requires understanding how it all works. This webinarhelps you learn financial fundamentals...

Nail your remote presentations

Debbie Fay
COVID has changed the business world and the meaning of remote. So, your ability to look good and present effectively on screen to clients,...

Obtaining financing for your small business

Ricardo Vidal
Co-sponsored by the Spanish American Merchants Association CEDF Director of Lending Ricardo Vidal and President and CEO Jim Bzdyra will explain the process of obtaining...

Legal considerations of friends & family financing

Cliff Ennico
Beyond the founder’s personal savings and credit cards, money invested by family and friends is a fairly common approach to capitalizing a small business....

Articles

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

Training process

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...
interuptions

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...
Red stick figure followed by others

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

Man in block of ice

How to handle being frozen-out by colleagues

Buried in work

Helpers, experts, and rogues

email box

Six steps to good email hygiene

dog with a bad attitude

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

Yes men

Three types of ‘Yes’ people to avoid at work

Drowning in commitments

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

Successful woman

I could have chosen the easier path

Business woman floating away on a balloon

What does it take to succeed in business?

Santa's bag

Someday you’ll thank Congress

Examining digital ads

Are small businesses missing out on advertising?

Compass

Can your employees figure out what’s right?

Computer Malware

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

Empty Pockets

What if I can’t pay my loan?

Dead chicken

No escape from the fatal flaws

Winning a race

How are you going to compete?

Ghost of Christmas Future

Let’s be optimistic about disaster debt

Steel balls striking others

Seven strategies for expanding your influence in uncertain times

Fishing hook in 3D person

Don’t be a chicken when recruiting

Man on highwire approaching stairs

Will you choose fear or opportunity?

fuel scale with dollar sign

Without cash, your business is as good as closed

email

Go-to person’s guide to good email hygiene

Nick Tarzia

The opportunity of loss

money locked away

COVID-19: What about customer deposits?

Stuart Katz

Emergency legislation brings new employer mandates

negotiating commercial leases & renewals

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

digital media

It’s high time you learned SEO basics

red fish with blue fish behind it

It’s the leader not the concept

people surrounding money

Kickstarter may be your best option to raise capital

donuts

Give the customers what they want

breaking piggy bank

Where does small business get its capital?

angry bear

Be ready to wrestle the bear

Punching Amazon

Could you use the Golden Triplet?

Small Business As Usual podcasts

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

Podcasts

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...
Podcasts

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...
Podcasts

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...
Podcasts

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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Build your business credit

Gerri Detweiler
Lots of attention is paid to personal credit scores and lenders consider yours to be...

Is Regulation Crowdfunding right for your business?

Cliff Ennico
There’s a canyon in the land of small business finance. On one side, businesses are...

Small business financial fundamentals

Frederick Welk
Success in business depends on having control of your finances and control requires understanding how...

Nail your remote presentations

Debbie Fay
COVID has changed the business world and the meaning of remote. So, your ability to...

Obtaining financing for your small business

Ricardo Vidal
Co-sponsored by the Spanish American Merchants Association CEDF Director of Lending Ricardo Vidal and President and...

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