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	<title>Eumelos &#187; Strategic Business Planning</title>
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		<title>Business Plan 101 How to Write a Table of Contents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what business you plan to start in your next entrepreneurial endeavor you need to be thinking about writing a business plan. Even if you are not seeking funding for your new business or already have secured funds from family members, angel investor types, personal savings or partners. A business plan helps you start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business News - The Oxygen of Any Business For Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business news, without it, no business can compete today, nor succeed. It has become the oxygen to the business system. You cant seem to get enough of it.
A few years ago business news was ruled by the magazines, and one often had two or three professional journals, subscriptions to daily business newspapers and magazines. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Financial Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/business-financial-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance in relation to business is concerned with the task of providing funds needed by the enterprise in terms that are most favorable in the light of its objectives. The finance function of a business is concerned with procurement of funds and its effective utilization in business. It covers financial planning, forecasting of cash receipts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ERP Role in Selling Your Mid-size Business - Microsoft Great Plains and CRM Example</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/erp-role-in-selling-your-mid-size-business-microsoft-great-plains-and-crm-example/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you own the mid-size business and actively work in it as executive manager or lead, say marketing,  you probably know exactly what needs to be done on the daily basis to keep it running.  However, in many cases this business critical knowledge exists in your head only.  This means that if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge Management Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/knowledge-management-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge management is a technique of methodical compilation, transfer, safekeeping and management of information inside organizations, along with systems designed to make the most of that knowledge. It refers particularly to tools and techniques developed to safeguard information and knowledge held by individuals who make up the organization. It is at once a software bazaar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Development Strategies in Legal Publishing Can Work for You</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/business-development-strategies-in-legal-publishing-can-work-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoping people will buy your published material or products will be the death of your business! No longer is the traditional one-way publishing model or company-centric thinking acceptable or profitable. According to Mark Rousseau, General Manager for Findlaw/Lexpert at Thomson Carswell, \&#8221;You need to find out what the clients needs are and develop products and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Planning Process</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-planning-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Strategic Planning Process starts off with an evaluation of the organizations performance of business. The specific issues which are to be addressed by the plan identified. These may be the key areas of business, which are of utmost importance in the organizations functioning. Determination and clarification of the roles of every participant in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced Process Control Increases Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/advanced-process-control-increases-profits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advanced process control has come to be a term synonymous with computer based technologies. Many companies use this process to help them with increasing their profits by improving the product capacity and minimizing expenses. Some companies have reported that they have cut their operating expenses by up to 6% once they started using advanced process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Value - What is the Value of all this Value?</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/business-value-what-is-the-value-of-all-this-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Value is an impressive word. People talk about value creation, value propositions, customer value, value chains, enterprise value, shareholder value, value management, etc. It sounds like they know more than the rest of us. But, what is the value of all this value?
Many enterprises have a strategy to create value. How do they define and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Will You Compete After You Buy the Company?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/how-will-you-compete-after-you-buy-the-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of businesses are bought and sold everyday. Each deal\r is different. Every acquisition candidate needs to be\r systematically evaluated prior to purchase as to its existing\r competitiveness within their targeted markets to determine what\r strategic augmentations need to be made to maximize eventual\r return on investment.
As a business buyer you will need to estimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positioning For Success:  How to Remain on Top in a Competitive World</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/positioning-for-success-how-to-remain-on-top-in-a-competitive-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/positioning-for-success-how-to-remain-on-top-in-a-competitive-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to legendary Ad man Rosser Reeves, most business professionals understand the need for a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) - a reason why people should choose to do business with you over any of your competitors.  However, when they are asked what this reason is, you will often hear similar standard answers.  We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purchasing Consultants</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/purchasing-consultants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/purchasing-consultants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses operate in circumstances which are caused as a result of macro- and micro-economic factors. Macro-economic factors are due to myriad forces such as political stability and unforeseen natural calamities upon which businesses have little or no control. For instance, businesses have little control over oil price hikes caused as a result of war in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Market Research and Planning: What Size and Composition is your Market?</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/business-market-research-and-planning-what-size-and-composition-is-your-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/business-market-research-and-planning-what-size-and-composition-is-your-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even for well-established companies, I find many businesses have difficulty defining their target market. Yet the size and value of your market is key to planning your marketing, to setting your sales targets and to raising money from your investors.
Since precise information is rarely available, I help my clients to make educated guesses based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese By-Passing Government and Going Straight to Entrepreneurs and Corporations</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/chinese-by-passing-government-and-going-straight-to-entrepreneurs-and-corporations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/chinese-by-passing-government-and-going-straight-to-entrepreneurs-and-corporations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it appears by the Chinese Hu Visit that the Chinese understand who runs the world and it is not the government of the United States of America or the massive incessant and bigoted blob of bureaucracy it employs. So Chinese Hu comes to America and who does he visit? Bill Gates and Microsoft and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice To Manufacturers Creating A Business Plan</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/advice-to-manufacturers-creating-a-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a manufacturer wanting to use your business plan to attract investors, then your plan must do two things. It must:




Comfort prospective investors with putting their money into your hands, and


Show why potential customers will award business to you rather than your competitors.
\r 
Earn the Trust of Skeptical Investors
Prospective investors want to select [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating A Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/creating-a-business-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/creating-a-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to start a business of your own, it will help you to start out by doing some planning.  Whether you will seek outside funding or not, you will want to think through your business idea. The best way to do that is to write a simple business plan.
If you do decide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Developing Yourself a Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/the-benefits-of-developing-yourself-a-business-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/the-benefits-of-developing-yourself-a-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before examining the benefits of developing a business plan, it is best to examine exactly what business plans are. While business plans do come in a number of different formats, you will find that all business plans accomplish the same purpose. That purpose is to give a clear idea and plan as to exactly what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sample Supplier Readiness Questionnaire</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/sample-supplier-readiness-questionnaire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/sample-supplier-readiness-questionnaire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that Bird Flu Pandemic could in fact put your company out of business? Think about it? Employees cannot come to work if they are sick, as they could infect the rest of your team. Meanwhile some can work from home, but not all; do you have a plan? Why not; are you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Growth Strageties Your 4 Part Marketing Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/business-growth-strageties-your-4-part-marketing-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/business-growth-strageties-your-4-part-marketing-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your marketing plan should contain these four strategies for growing your business.  They are presented here by degree of difficulty and cost, from low to high.  The priority you assign to each strategy will be determined by the unique needs of your individual business situation, products or services.
1.  Strategy to Sell Existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Planning - Not Just For Fortune 2000 Companies</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-planning-not-just-for-fortune-2000-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Your Annual Strategic Planning Process Done?
Generally if you have more than about a dozen people in your company you need to have an annual strategic planning process.  With a small management team of three or four people it is not very difficult, and will likely go quickly because you discuss these things daily. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End Game &#8212;- What Does That Mean?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/the-end-game-what-does-that-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The End Game is actually a Chess terminology used in the context of the end game strategy to win the game. It focuses on centralization of the king, the role of the pawns, the principle of weakness and the bishops impact and that is as far as I will go with chess talk. I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Identified the Enemy?</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/have-you-identified-the-enemy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most powerful driving forces in human nature is competition. The desire to overcome something or some company, the need to win, the cause, can in many cases be more important than the day-to-day work of the company.
If your company and your people are to ever reach some level of greatness, you must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Key Elements and the Five Key Steps to Successful Branch-Division Planning</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/the-five-key-elements-and-the-five-key-steps-to-successful-branch-division-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Operation/Branch plans must define the objectives, timeline and resources required to meet the growth objectives of the business unit, department or branch.
Analysis of opportunities is useless if it doesnt degenerate into work. Operational planning, by definition, results in action plans for day-to-day work.
Branch/Operation Planning
The Five Key Elements:
1.	A definition of services to be provided
2.	Initiatives that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a Business Plan - What Makes a Good One?</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/writing-a-business-plan-what-makes-a-good-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/writing-a-business-plan-what-makes-a-good-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a business plan can be a lot of hard work or it can be great fun. An effective plan can help your company to greatness. A poor one can lead you out of business. No plan is like asking to fail before you even start.
Not every business needs a 200 page bound business plan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does a Business Angel do?</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/what-does-a-business-angel-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/what-does-a-business-angel-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Business Angel is an investor that provides growth capital to expanding companies or new companies. More and more investors are realising that using a mentor with access to personal finance  can be an attractive alternative option with the additional benefit of becoming involved in an exciting growing business. They are usually wealthy individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bounced Checks in Your Business Location Outlets</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/bounced-checks-in-your-business-location-outlets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/bounced-checks-in-your-business-location-outlets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new check cashing instant clearing will take some time to get use to. If checks clear immediately and deposits take a few days then franchise outlets may find more bounced checks in their establishment.
We might also see a major shift in Thursdays Advertising inserts in the Newspapers, also a shift in Thursday junk mail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your One-Day, Ten-Step Strategic Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/your-one-day-ten-step-strategic-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/your-one-day-ten-step-strategic-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You dont have to kill a tree or shut down the office for a week to create a successful strategic plan. In fact, you can create a successful plan for your business in just one day. It doesnt have to be an overwhelming or a monumental task. It doesnt have to be perfect or fancy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Your Strategy by Taking Decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/improve-your-strategy-by-taking-decisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/improve-your-strategy-by-taking-decisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The credibility of a strategy can be deducted from the way internal decisions are (not) taken.
We all take a number of decisions every day. Many of those are simple and have little effect. In your organization there are choices to make that can have a large impact, like the many investment decisions. There are however [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Plans What Are They Used For</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/business-plans-what-are-they-used-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/business-plans-what-are-they-used-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to business plans and their importance, you will find that there are a number of different reasons why business plans are important. Perhaps, the best way to go about understanding those reasons is to closely examine business plans, namely what they are used for. Business plans are used for a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sample Business Plan Outline</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/sample-business-plan-outline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/sample-business-plan-outline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a partner, funding, angle investor or venture capital you will be asked for a business plan.  Even if you are not in need of capital in the formation of your new business endeavor you will still be glad you prepared a business plan to help you prove to yourself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shift of Strategic Thinking</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/the-shift-of-strategic-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/the-shift-of-strategic-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American economy has relied on production from factories, mills and small businesses. Current economic indices are based on these production numbers, and the government, realizing we are losing these jobs overseas, has decided to add millions of dollars to give our children a firm foundation in math and science. But what if our countrys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Partnerships for Technology Companies</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-partnerships-for-technology-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-partnerships-for-technology-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forming Partnerships, or Strategic Alliances, is one of the key elements that make up the business development function in technology companies. I believe that alliances are underutilized, in many ways. Conceived and executed properly, alliances can greatly extend the partner companies reach in the marketplace.
VARIOUS AND SUNDRY PARTNERSHIPS
There are many types of collaboration that fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Every Service Provider Ought To Know About Writing A Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/what-every-service-provider-ought-to-know-about-writing-a-business-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/what-every-service-provider-ought-to-know-about-writing-a-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its easy to lose sight of what needs to be communicated to prospective investors when writing the various sections of a business plan. Successful business owners/entrepreneurs use each section of their business plan to work up interest, to present arguments and, most important, to build trust and confidence.
How To Earn The Trust Of Skeptical Investors
Usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Planning - Baldrige Assessment Case Study for Category 2 - A Way to Measure TQM Success</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-planning-baldrige-assessment-case-study-for-category-2-a-way-to-measure-tqm-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-planning-baldrige-assessment-case-study-for-category-2-a-way-to-measure-tqm-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous article entitled: Measuring TQM Success published on [June 03, 2006 08:50:17 am], I wrote about Baldrige Values and Concepts as well as the Baldrige Assessment Approach. In this issue, I will provide an insight on common assessment findings in Baldrige Criteria Category 2 - Strategic Planning from several companies being assessed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise Architecture Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/enterprise-architecture-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/enterprise-architecture-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enterprise architecture serves as a blueprint for a modern-day companys business process, such as the application and data, hardware and software infrastructure, and finally the knowledge and expertise. It is a cost-effective and long-standing solution for business ailments like low productivity and high production costs.  Thus, enterprise architecture has become vital for every enterprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maximizing the Value of Your Business at an Independent Broker Dealer (Beware the B-Myth)</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/maximizing-the-value-of-your-business-at-an-independent-broker-dealer-beware-the-b-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/maximizing-the-value-of-your-business-at-an-independent-broker-dealer-beware-the-b-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes, changes, changes. You cant pick up a Wall Street Journal on a given day without finding that one company has been bought by another. Most of the time you cant pick up one of the trade magazines in our business without finding that an independent broker-dealer has been bought by another independent broker dealer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consulting Firms-When and How To Hire</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/consulting-firms-when-and-how-to-hire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/consulting-firms-when-and-how-to-hire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ive got a consultant on retainer but he only comes in so often and if I need more than what weve agreed to it always costs more than I can budget.  How often I have heard this statement.  It goes back to the question we should have asked in the first place-  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a Business Plan: 10 Critical Pieces of Evidence to Include in Your Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/writing-a-business-plan-10-critical-pieces-of-evidence-to-include-in-your-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/writing-a-business-plan-10-critical-pieces-of-evidence-to-include-in-your-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Show me the&#8230;evidence!
When it comes to writing a business plan, many businesses focus on speed. By rushing to complete their plans, businesses often forget to gather critical evidence to support their plans. Investors never read business plans that lack evidence or consider the claims in them worthless.
Gather evidence to build your case, support your claims, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Flight in Ohio</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/urban-flight-in-ohio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/urban-flight-in-ohio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of Ohios downtown areas are in need of upgrading as folks pack up and move to the suburbs. Many downtown revitalization projects are currently going on there. Competition for sales tax, real estate, middle-income housing and quality of life is a power struggle, urban flight has been growing in Cincinnati and we do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your Brain on Hot Air Working on Project Planning?  Keep cool with Mind Mapping</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/is-your-brain-on-hot-air-working-on-project-planning-keep-cool-with-mind-mapping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/is-your-brain-on-hot-air-working-on-project-planning-keep-cool-with-mind-mapping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Planning is an inevitable process for handling any project, be it small or big.  Successful and timely execution of a project is vital to any project.  Hence proper Project Planning is indispensable.
The elements of Project Planning will involve estimating time for different segments of work, time planning for various layers of tasks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incorporation Services: What Are The Benefits And Privileges</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/incorporation-services-what-are-the-benefits-and-privileges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/incorporation-services-what-are-the-benefits-and-privileges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a very few years that Internet has been exiting, it has fast become a virtual shopping site where everything from the most common to the hard to find items can be found. Incorporation services are one. Most businesses choose to incorporate because of the benefits that can be derived from it.
Not long ago, only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Planning Process - SWOT Analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-planning-process-swot-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/strategic-planning-process-swot-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is SWOT Analysis? It is an abbreviation for Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats. It is a tool widely used as an integral part of Strategic Planning Process.
There are many ways how a SWOT analysis is used. It is not my intention to compare what are the differences but to share how I used it in my Strategic Planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Describing Intellectual Property in Your Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/describing-intellectual-property-in-your-business-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/describing-intellectual-property-in-your-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most companies that are worthy of raising venture capital have proprietary Intellectual Property (IP). In fact, the quality of the IP and the management team are often the two most important aspects of a venture capitalists investment decision. The challenge that many ventures face, however, is that most investors will not sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization and the Death of the Mid-sized Company</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/globalization-and-the-death-of-the-mid-sized-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/globalization-and-the-death-of-the-mid-sized-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you own or work in a mid-sized company then you probably know of a global competitor in your back yard. If globalization hasnt come to your part of the world yet, then you had better brace yourself. Its coming!
As recently as a few years ago, domestic mid-sized companies played by the same rules. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alice In Wonderland - A Parable for A Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.eumelos.com/alice-in-wonderland-a-parable-for-a-business-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eumelos.com/alice-in-wonderland-a-parable-for-a-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember reading Alice in Wonderland?
She asks the Cheshire Cat, which way I ought to go from here? \r That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, said the Cat.\r I dont much care where, said Alice.
Then it doesnt matter which way you go, said the Cat.
Alice was floundering because she, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning From the Jury - Are You Letting Assumptions Damage Your Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently completed 2 weeks of jury service and its an interesting and fascinating experience. Obviously I cant tell you about specific cases but I do have some thoughts on the process of being part of a jury.
In my first week, I was the foreman of our jury and that meant facilitating the discussion and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the &#34;Profit Leverage Effect&#34; Works When Using Reverse Auctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Profit Leverage Effect in purchasing tells us that if your organization must find ways to reduce or contain costs, the best place to start is in the Purchasing function.  This is because a high percent of many organizations total costs are in purchased goods and services.  When cost containment becomes a strategic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Great Plains Implementation: Placement/Recruiting Agency example - overview for consultant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Great Plains does wonderful ERP job for horizontal markets and clientele.  However in our opinion placement software market is underserved and needs custom modules to be developed.  In the case of Microsoft Great Plains we see numerous examples of in-house or outsourced customization done for Great Plains Dynamics/Microsoft Great Plains in order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Sample Business Plan Templates Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are planning on starting a business, but you have yet to develop yourself a business plan, you may want to think about doing so.
As nice as business plans are, they can sometimes be difficult to make and they can even be time consuming. That is why a large number of individuals make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Plan Long Term Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a business plan is not an easy endeavor, nor is predicting the future. You will need to spent adequate time in preparing your long-term goals and objectives. This will help you understand what you are doing and where you wish to be. Martin Luther King in is most famous speech said; I have a [...]]]></description>
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