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How Thinking Small Will Grow Your Small Business

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Many small-business owners are taught to think big. How quickly can they scale the business? How soon can they start hiring employees? When can they expand to more locations?

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Before you start daydreaming about an overnight success narrative involving a massive global footprint, pause and focus on this moment. Entrepreneurs, and lean and bootstrapped small businesses, are advised to think small and reap the benefits that come with adopting this mindset.

Here’s how thinking small will

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Everything You Need To Know To Secure Financing for Your Brick and Mortar Business

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Ridofranz / Getty Images

Starting a small business is not an easy task, and one of the most significant challenges that small business owners face is securing financing. In this article, everything you need to know to secure financing for your brick-and-mortar business — including the loan application process, the types of loans available, and the factors lenders consider when approving loans — will be outlined.

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The Loan Application Process

Make sure you have a clear business plan

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Protein Fudgesicle – Maria Mind Body Health

Remember Fudgesicles? I LOVED them!

My easy protein fudge cycles are not only awesome for all of you, but for your children! If you have children who are picky eaters and don’t eat enough protein, make them my protein fudge cycle! Better yet, have your children make them! Yes, these healthy fudgesicles are so easy, your children can make them! Kids are more likely to eat something new if they make it!

All they need to do is measure and toss the ingredients into a blender! The hardest part is the wait!

HOW TO MAKE KETO PROTEIN FUDGESICLES

To make

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New Strategies to Help Small Businesses Survive a Recession

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Fifteen years ago, the collapse of the US housing market led to the Great Recession — a prolonged, painful economic downturn that caused businesses to close and people to lose their homes. The Great Recession was particularly disastrous for small businesses. The number of startups founded in the years following the financial crisis plummeted, and 1.8 million small businesses went out of business entirely during the two-year period between December 2008 and December 2010.

In our current environment, many economic observers are sounding the alarm about another potential recession. Inflation, supply chain

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Sumter celebrating sacrifices and impact of small businesses

The Sumter Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the impact that small businesses, like Air Solutions and Triple B’s BBQ, have on the community.

SUMTER, SC — It’s Small Business Week, and tonight, Sumter is celebrating the sacrifices and the impact that small businesses have on the community.

Triple B’s BBQ opened its doors at this location on Peach Orchard Road in Dalzell a few months ago. Co-owners Chris and Nicole Armstrong say as a small business, they rely completely on their community’s support.

“It’s like, you have to have it or you won’t live,” Chris shares. “You’ll lose everything you’ve

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Small business calls for back-to-work legislation for PSAC workers

The longer the PSAC strike lasts, the greater the risk of financial harm to small-business owners

Published April 25, 2023 • 3 minute read

Picketers march around the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council as approximately 155,000 public sector union workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) continue to strike in Ottawa.
Picketers march around the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council as approximately 155,000 public sector union workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) continue to strike in Ottawa. Photo by Blair Gable/Reuters

By Jasmin Guénette and Christina Santini

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Workshops planned for small businesses

Apr. 26—Small business owners know there’s a lot more to run a business their customers never see.

An upcoming workshop called Manage by the Numbers is designed to help small business owners better understand that financial data should be the primary influence in business decisions.

“It is the fuel that propels growth and the information minimizes mistakes,” organizers said. “Financial information can be used by owners and managers to track performance, make decisions, motivate teams, and maintain a big-picture mindset.”

The workshop from 9 to 11 am on May 23 at The Wick 3.0, 501 Gloucester St., Suite 200, is

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