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• Creating Search Engine Friendly Web Pages By: Precision Web Marketing.
  Precision Web Marketing has provided several tips for Creating Search Engine Friendly web pages recommending approaches in Audience, how to get a page to rank well, keyword placement, & more! Click to find out more.



• Five Mistakes in Establishing a Buisness by Richard Streitfeld, CPA, CPE, Aaronson, Lavoie, Streitfeld, and Co. The article describes real-life "nightmare scenaios" that can be avoided through proper planning. The article is free -- the mistakes can be very costly. (The article is also available in Spanish)
  
  
• Cinco Errores que se Cometen al Establecer un Negocio Usted puede leer la "formación mal informada -- cinco errores en establecer un negocio" escrito por Richard Streitfeld, CPA, el artículo describen los "scenaios de la vida real de la pesadilla" que se pueden evitar con el planeamiento apropiado. El artículo está libre -- los errores pueden ser muy costosos.
  
  
• 10 Reasons To Sell Your Company To Your Employees By: John Abrams of South Mountain Company.
  In 1987 I sold my business, South Mountain Company, to my employees (and myself). My sole proprietorship became an employee-owned cooperative corporation. It was a hinge point in the history of the company. Ownership has become available to all employees, enabling people to own and guide their workplace. The responsibility, the power, and the profits all belong to the group of owners.
  
  
• How to Improve Your Chances of Success When Buying or Selling a Business By: Theodore P. Burbank.
  Publisher: Parker-Nelson Publishing. 1983 to Present - Established independent Brokerage Company to serve the M&A (merger and acquisition) needs of middle market companies.
  
  
• Acquisition Strategies By: Theodore P. Burbank. Grow Your Business so You Can Leave In Style With a Pile
  Publisher: Parker-Nelson Publishing. 1983 to Present - Established independent Brokerage Company to serve the M&A (merger and acquisition) needs of middle market companies.
  
  
• Community of Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurs by Robert Leaver We are in the Fourth Economic Era: Creativity Historically, our economy has passed through the eras of farmer/artisan, laborer and clerk. In the eras of farmer, artisan and early laborer, creativity and community were bountiful. Creativity was required to get the work done. Community was present because workers relied on the oral transmission of applied and the teaching of the elders. In the second half of the industrial era, and with all of the information/service era, mechanized work took out thinking, creativity and connecting in conversation with others. Creativity and community went dormant. Now, by necessity, they are back.
  
  
• Building the Next Economy by Robert Leaver & Justin Aina "As Rhode Island’s cities fare, so fares Rhode Island. Yet, the state’s urban communities face unprecedented challenges. Between 1995 and 2000, two thirds of all net job growth in Rhode Island occurred outside the cities -- precipitating a significant out-migration of wealth from the cities to the suburbs..... Download and read more!
  
  
• Incubation and How It Applies to Marketing by Jim Schakenbach, President/Managing Partner, SCT Group Inc. "As an entrepreneur or venture capitalist you’re used to hearing the term “incubation” used to describe a business model in which a fledgling company is brought under the wing of a benevolent protector – often another company that provides low-rent space, management, legal, or financial help, or a combination of all of these. The incubator provides valuable support and assistance during a critical stage as the vulnerable young company develops its new product and gets ready to survive on its own.... Download to read more!
  
  
• Corporate Extranet and Intranet by Red Dog Software
  
  
• Advertising & PR: What’s the Difference? by Jim Schakenbach, SCT Group Inc. "Two of the most commonly misunderstood terms in advertising and PR are, well…advertising and PR. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard these terms used almost interchangeably by CEOs, company presidents, even vice presidents of sales and marketing. The fact of the matter is they are distinctly separate disciplines, each with its own inherent advantages and disadvantages for disseminating messages to a target audience.... Download to read more!
  
  
• Writing Effectively by Jim Schakenbach Managing Partner, SCT Group Inc. Download to find out more! "I don’t need much encouragement to get up on my soapbox and rant about any number of topics near and dear to my heart, but one topic in particular is in dire need of a good airing and that’s the King’s English.....
  
  
• Innovative Entrepreneurial Practices Innovative Entrepreneurial Practices Each EFNE Entrepreneur-in-Residence has picked one or two from the list or proposes a different one for discussion at the Cafes.
  
  
• Corporate Mind vs. Entreprenuerial Mind Chart developed by Robert Leaver that discusses five different ways that the entreprenuerial mind is different from the corporate mind.
  
  
• Six Qualities of Entreprenuers There are many business people in the region building the next economy. Yet, not every businessperson is an entrepreneur. What sets an entrepreneur apart is the integration of the six qualities he or she lives daily in every business or civic decision. Also discusses new formations for the next economy. By: Robert Leaver
  
  
• Entrepenership is Not Just for Start Ups Graphic discription developed by R. Leaver of the cycle of Entreprenurship.



• Honing Your Pitch Jim Schakenbach, SCT Group Inc. If you’re getting ready to launch a new product or service, or even a new company, chances are you’ve spent a lot of time, effort, and probably money to prepare for the roll-out. But how much time have you spent developing and practicing what to say? If you’re like most business people, probably not a lot, and that can come back to bite you.



• In Search of A Slogan By Jim Schakenbach Managing Partner, SCT Group Inc. One question from clients that has popped up frequently over the years is “do you think we need a slogan?”. The answer is a resounding “maybe”.