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	<title>Business Owner's Blog</title>
	<link> http://www.cherialguire.com/business-owners-blog.htm </link>
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	<copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2007 Cheri Alguire. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright>
    <pubDate>2008-04-25</pubDate>
        
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Down The Organization]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/31/down-the-organization/]]> </link>
    	  		<description><![CDATA[ 
				The title of this post is a play on the title of one of the best business books I know: Up The Organization by Robert Townsend. Townsend was president of Avis Car Rental in its prime and has some witty and insightful things about how companies (mostly big ones) should operate. The book has been [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/31/down-the-organization/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:53:48 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Are You Feeling Lucky?]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/31/are-you-feeling-lucky/]]> </link>
    	  		<description><![CDATA[ 
				Then click on Lucky Day for a two and a half minute video of some of the luckiest people on earth &#8211; pedestrians, drivers, even bank robbers. Stay for the last one &#8211; I laughed out loud. On a serious note, don&#8217;t disregard luck as a source of your business success. Not the only source. [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/31/are-you-feeling-lucky/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:25:05 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[The Good News about Bad News]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/18/the-good-news-about-bad-news/]]> </link>
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				I just asked for a meeting with the CEO of a start-up I&#8217;ve invested in. The reason? I just got their half-year report and there&#8217;s no bad news! Andy, if you&#8217;re reading this, I&#8217;m talking about you. Why is no bad news a problem? Because we&#8217;re running a business here and there&#8217;s always bad news [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/18/the-good-news-about-bad-news/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:37:08 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Treat Your Customers Right &#8211; Free Drugs?]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/01/treat-your-customers-right-free-drugs/]]> </link>
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				Wow. That title ought to get me some hits on the Google -  doncha think? But really this post is about &#8230; How to Treat Your Customers Right And about how I got get free drugs from people who are doing it wrong. I have rosacea, a disease that makes my face  break out like [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/08/01/treat-your-customers-right-free-drugs/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:48:48 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[3 Things Every Business Must Do for Success &#8211; Revised]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/07/31/3-things-every-business-must-do-for-success-revised/]]> </link>
    	  		<description><![CDATA[ 
				I&#8217;ve been saying for years, that there are only three things any company must do to succeed. And as simple as that sounds, I was wrong. The revised three things are: 1. Create Value that people want to pay for. 2. Find those people and sell to them. 3. Build an organization that does the [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/07/31/3-things-every-business-must-do-for-success-revised/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:56:24 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Guide to the New US Health Care Bill]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/07/19/guide-to-the-new-us-health-care-bill/]]> </link>
    	  		<description><![CDATA[ 
				UPDATE: Tom Cooper has pointed me to this TED TALK by Eric Dishman. One of the most innovative ideas in health care that I&#8217;ve heard about. Spend 17 minutes and watch it. If you run an American business, check out this guide to the new Health Care Bill. Thanks to Andrew Tobias for pointing it [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/07/19/guide-to-the-new-us-health-care-bill/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:03:13 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Why all the Business Competitions?]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/07/16/why-all-the-business-competitions/]]> </link>
    	  		<description><![CDATA[ 
				I don&#8217;t get the proliferation of Business Competitions I see lately. Being in business means you are competing for the customer&#8217;s dollars. What other competition matters? But consider that you&#8217;re not competing with &#8220;competitors&#8221; as much as you are competing FOR your customer&#8217;s trust and desire for the value you provide. I&#8217;ve said before that [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/07/16/why-all-the-business-competitions/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:15:12 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[How to Motivate Employees]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/06/29/how-to-motivate-employees/]]> </link>
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				Think for a minute about what would happen if your employees were better motivated. Would there be fewer problems at work? Would you get to spend your time doing different things? What kind of things? Would it mean more money in your pocket? How much? You probably won&#8217;t be surprised to learn that what motivates [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/06/29/how-to-motivate-employees/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:54:54 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Why Small Companies Don&#8217;t Grow Into Big Companies]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/06/26/why-small-companies-dont-grow-into-big-companies/]]> </link>
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				And why that&#8217;s a good thing! Just like a bicycle built for one doesn&#8217;t usually grow into a bicycle built for two, there is not a linear continuum from small company to big company like there is from little kid to big adult. It doesn&#8217;t work that way. Why? Because the business model has an [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/06/26/why-small-companies-dont-grow-into-big-companies/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:59:23 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Why Some Companies Scale and Some Don&#8217;t]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/06/06/why-some-companies-scale-and-some-dont/]]> </link>
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				It&#8217;s a statistical fact that people with bigger feet are better at spelling than people with smaller feet. Why? &#8230; They tend to be older! Sorry for the bad joke, but ask yourself what&#8217;s the difference between big companies and small ones? Did you answer things like: more customers, greater revenue, larger staff production capacity [...]<a href=http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2010/06/06/why-some-companies-scale-and-some-dont/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:14:23 +0000 </pubDate>
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