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Turnaround Management
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: David T. Allen, Managing Partner, Lake Pointe Partners, LLC
Topic Title: Turnaround Management
Description: What is turnaround management? When should I consider bringing in a turnaround specialist? Can all failing companies be saved?
Disc: $10.50
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How Do I Manage All The Demands And Problems Caused By My Own Employees?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Michael J. Derrick, President, The Partner Group, LLC
Topic Title: How Do I Manage All The Demands And Problems Caused By My Own Employees?
Description: When we were small, it was like a family. But with growth has come too many headaches. All I seem to do is handle people problems. What can I do?
Disc: $10.50
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Why Do I Need A Business Advisor Or Coach?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Carl Gould, Managing Director, Coaching - Mentoring - Training
Topic Title: Why Do I Need A Business Advisor Or Coach – I Have Friends And Relatives?
Description: What is the role of a business advisor? What of a coach? How do I select an advisor if I decide I need one? I’m nervous about having an outsider involved in my business. How confidential is our discussion?
Disc: $10.50
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The Biggest Mistake An Owner May Make
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Edward F. McCormick, CEO BizMach
Topic Title: The Biggest Mistake An Owner May Make
Description: Most small business owners have 75% or more of their total assets tied up in their business and are counting on those assets for retirement. The sale of their company is critical to their ability to exit the business, but many owners find their business is not saleable when they are ready to exit or they sell it for far less than it is really worth.
Disc: $10.50
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What Does It Really Take To Be A Successful Entrepreneur?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Patrick Murphy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Management, DePaul University
Topic Title: What Does It Really Take To Be A Successful Entrepreneur?
Description: What is it that separates success from failure in an entrepreneurial business? How do I know if I have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
Disc: $10.50
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Alliances Are Way Too Much Trouble For Me To Worry About
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Patti Guerzo, President, Guerzo Business Solutions Center
Topic Title: Alliances Are Way Too Much Trouble For Me To Worry About
Description: Do I need a staff of lawyers to use alliances? How do I find alliance partners and what do I do when I find one anyway? I don’t have time to network to even look for alliances – why is this important?
Disc: $10.50
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Are My Employees Resisting Change And Preventing My Company’s Growth?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Steven Oschman, President of Oschman & Associates LLC
Topic Title: Are My Employees Resisting Change And Preventing My Company’s Growth?
Description: Growth often requires change, but when improperly implemented, resistance may doom the change to failure. How can I successfully implement changes in my company?
Disc: $10.50
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How Do I Manage All The Demands And Problems Caused By My Own Employees?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Doug Duncan, President, Your HR Solutions, Inc.
Topic Title: How Do I Manage All The Demands And Problems Caused By My Own Employees?
Description: When we were small, it was like a family. But with growth has come too many headaches. All I seem to do is handle people problems. What can I do?
Disc: $10.50
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My Product Or Service Has Great Functions And Features, So Why Isn’t It Selling?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Walter Herbst, Dean of the Northwestern University New Product
Development Masters Degree program
Topic Title: My Product Or Service Has Great Functions And Features, So Why Isn’t It Selling?
Description: My products are twice as good as my competition, but mine aren’t selling. What’s the problem? Do I need to add still more functionality to win?
Disc: $10.50
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This Business Would Be Great If It Weren’t For The Customers
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Brad Farris, President, Anchor Advisors
Topic Title: This Business Would Be Great If It Weren’t For The Customers
Description: Customer complaints, late payments, returned products – it’s enough to make me want to quit. What can I do to manage my customers relations and perhaps find better customers?
Disc: $10.50
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I Don’t Have To Manage My Sales Staff
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Steve Fretzin, Owner & Coach, Sales Results, Inc.
Topic Title: I Don’t Have To Manage My Sales Staff – They’re All On Commission.
Description: Without sales we have no business, so why is managing sales such a problem? How can I do a better sales forecast? What do I have to do to double sales in the next 12 months?
Disc: $10.50
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I Never Have Enough Cash
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Jon Paul, President, Value Added Finance Resources
Topic Title: I Never Have Enough Cash
Description: What can I do if I’m always short of cash? Do I need a line of credit? How do I know if I’m undercapitalized? What is cash flow planning anyway and how do I do it?
Disc: $10.50
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I Can’t Afford Marketing Or Branding
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Bob Killian, President, Killian Advertising
Topic Title: I Can’t Afford Marketing Or Branding
Description: What can I do? I have almost no money to spend on marketing. Besides, my customers all know me and what I do. Is this just some business school topic or does it matter to me? Is branding only important if I’m big?
Disc: $10.50
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Is Management Only For The Big Guys?
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Topic Title: Management Is Only For The Big Guys
Description: I’m small. Why do I have to worry or even know about management? What is management anyway? My employees just manage themselves; they’re all experienced.
Disc: $10.50
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I Don’t Need a Business Plan
Acorns to Oaks: Growing Your Small Business with Host Tom Long
Guest: Kimberly M. Dougherty, President, Birch Advisory Services International, LLC
Topic Title: I Don’t Need a Business Plan
Description: Many small business owners do not have a business plan and do not plan in general. How big of a problem is this? Is this a source of failure or just a waste of time?
Disc: $10.50
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