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I believe myself to be a billionaire, but my bank account keeps disagreeing!

When you need clients, it sounds like a great strategy, but does it undermine your future?

Why You Should Drop the Client Who Demands You Drop Your Fee Discounting your services undermines your brand and your bargaining position with all future clients.

Changing banking trends - will they impact your business?

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102451734

JPMorgan to close 5% of bank branches The expense of teller transaction and popularity of online banking leads company to cut brick-and-mortar locations.

http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2015/january-february/dallas-tech-investors-angels-not-sharks

Dallas Tech Investors Are Angels, Not Sharks Dallas Tech Investors Are Angels, Not Sharks In contrast to TV’s Shark Tank, they take a collaborative approach to funding tech startups. By Steve Kaskovich From D CEO January-February 2015 Illustration by Phil Foster Comment On television, entrepreneurs who need money enter the Shark Tank. In real…

A great website to help with your year end business deductions!

Region X | Resources | The U.S. Small Business Administration | SBA.gov After settling down after the busy holiday season, another season will soon be here - tax season! As a small business owner, it is important to understand how taxes will affect your business, how to file properly, avoid audits and claim the right tax deductions.

http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2013/05/22/newbie-leadership-mistakes-and-the-important-lessons-learned/

Newbie leadership mistakes and the important lessons learned | SmartBlogs The following answers and images are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council, an invite-only organization composed of the world's most promising young e

No better time than the present to prepare for top dollar......

Retiring Boomers Sell Their Businesses Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales.

Letting things slide is poisonous: While the vast majority of you say you do a solid job of holding folks accountable for actions and performance, the large portion of you who don't are in a lot of danger. When people get away with not meeting expectations, not only do you not get the performance you need, you create a toxic culture, and while toxic cultures can be fixed, it takes work. When folks know they can get away with not delivering, they'll do it again. On top of that, their colleagues will see -- and possibly mimic -- their behaviors. Set a standard and hold people to it. It's a much easier fix than resolving the poisonous culture that can result. -- Mike Figliuolo is managing director of ThoughtLeaders and author of "One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership.

Why waste money on employees who don't want to improve......

You can't force people to improve themselves Companies should think twice about requiring employees to attend mandatory training sessions, Google's Karen May says. "People learn best when they're motivated to learn. If people opt in, versus being required to go, you're more likely to have better outcomes," May says.

Proof that the impending tax hikes are impacting more than just personal budgets - how are they impacting your business?

Short sales jump ahead of tax hike The number of

Interesting new perspective!

Because the Customer Is NOT Always Right! That's the tagline of a new website that aims to aggregate information about deadbeats and give business owners a forum to vent

Don't let your Business be discriminated against.......

Is Your Banker Discriminating Against You? Lending discrimination isn't limited to consumer loans. Here's how to protect yourself.