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		<title>Top 5 Reasons for Business Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some recent articles have included some extraordinary &#8211; yet not surprising &#8211; statistics: companies with just the strategic section of a business plan have 50% more profits and revenue than non-planning businesses. Another survey found business planning companies have 63% higher revenue growth and 100% more profit. If that isn&#8217;t enough reason, here are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Need a Business Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why You Need a Business Plan &#8211; WSJ.com What a great article on Planning for Business in the Wall Street Journal! And no, I didn&#8217;t commission it. Planning &#8211; note the active voice &#8211; is at the heart of my practice and my life. Is it because my dad had me sitting at the kitchen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning, Growth and Accountability</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly everyone would agree that accountability is important to successful business management. How many have identified it as a critical component to growth? Virtually every one of our small business owner clients encounters it as a common symptom while they are trying to go from a micro business to a small business, or from small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2008/11/14/focus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is well established that concentrated attention and focused thought are more productive than the start-and-stop too many of our days are like. That working in dribs and drabs is also a common symptom of business owners who work IN their business more than they work ON their business, then wonder why they never make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Becoming a Small Business Statistic</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2008/10/30/avoid-becoming-a-small-business-statistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tool Kit &#8211; How to Avoid Becoming a Failure Statistic &#8211; NYTimes.com: The link above takes you to the New York Times, and one in a growing number of cautionary articles online and offline directed to Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners &#8211; just like Small Business Central! Another similarity among that ballooning number of commentaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Plans&#8221; vs. &#8220;Planning&#8221; &#8211; SPECIAL OFFER</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2008/10/25/plans-vs-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard the quote by our 34th President, Dwight Eisenhower while he was Supreme Allied Commander? Good advice for soldiers as well as business owners. &#8220;The plan is useless, but planning is essential.&#8221; And there couldn&#8217;t be a better time than right now. During a recession, pragmatic business planning is vital. Strategic plans are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Crises Call for Better Marketing Plans &#124; Entrepreneur.com</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2008/10/02/economic-crises-call-for-better-marketing-plans-%e2%80%93-marketing-plans-%e2%80%93-entrepreneurcom/</link>
		<comments>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2008/10/02/economic-crises-call-for-better-marketing-plans-%e2%80%93-marketing-plans-%e2%80%93-entrepreneurcom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic Crises Call for Better Marketing Plans – Marketing Plans – Entrepreneur.com: &#8221; &#8220;PLAN&#8221; is NOT a four-letter word! At this time more than any other, having a clear, current and actionable plan for your business is of critical importance. This article is written by the head of Palo Alto Software, makers of the leading [...]]]></description>
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