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Business Plan Writing Versus Business Plan Development

Posted by Karen Fischer on Sunday, May 13, 2012, In : Business Practice 
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  I met with a potential client that was referred by the local bank who was looking to have their business plan assessed before submitting it to the bank for a small business loan.  They had found a company online that only developed business plans and sent me a copy. The client had already spent over $1K on the plan and owed $1K more.  The plan was poorly written and did not even include the required sections a bank will look at in order to determine credibility of the business....
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A True Small Business Success Story in Durham Region

Posted by Karen Fischer on Friday, May 4, 2012, In : Business Practice 
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This will be a little different than my usual small business blog article.  I hope the content is as inspirational for the reader as the person that inspired me to write it.  The focus of this article is about a small business success story in my local area.  This is about a company that has been in business for almost 40 years and was started from the bottom up that had less than 20 employees which proves you do not have to be large to be successful.


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