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Getting to Yes: How to Position Your Business for Funding Success

We all need bankers, and finding the right financial partner could be one of the most important decisions you will make as a business owner. Sure, asking for financing is never easy, but as our “How to Position Your Business…

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Eric Martin, CEO of 80amps, on Practical Innovation

JOKE: Two guys in the woods spot a bear charging toward them. The first guy says to the second guy, “Can we outrun this bear?” The second guy says, “Heck, all I need to do is outrun you!”   But…

Virginia CEOs Report Economic Outlook in 2014 4th Quarter Survey

Robins School of Business – Virginia Council of CEOs survey once again finds strong optimism among chief executives in central Virginia.     Each quarter the Virginia Council of CEOs (VACEOs) and University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business partner…

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Becoming Unboxed Technology

  Walk into the workspace, and the walls are covered with varying sizes and lengths of quotes. Collectively, it reads like an inspirational sounding board: “The good life is a process,” “Imagination will take you everywhere,” and even “Just keep…

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Finish Big

No, this is not another end of the year, rah rah blog post. Rather, I just started reading Inc. editor Bo Burlingham’s new book, Finish Big. Bo co-led our 2008 CEO Retreat with Doug Tatum.   The book starts with…

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