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  Lunar New Year: Will small businesses roar back in 2022, the Year of the Tiger?

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  Tuesday is the first day of the lunar, or Chinese, new year. I’m excited because this year is a “Year of the Tiger.” And a tiger year should be a very good year for entrepreneurs, startups, and small business owners, whether or not you’re Chinese. Each year of the Chinese lunar calendar is …

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  4 counter-intuitive ways to grow your small business in 2022

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  We are living in odds times. Not exactly a breaking-news headline, I know. But true nonetheless. With the world still topsy-turvy from two years of pandemic living, some of the old rules don’t seem to apply anymore. Indeed, what worked before may not be working now. In Chapter 2 of my new book, "Your …

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  Small business owners share their best advice for starting your own company

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  Starting a new business? If you are, you’re certainly not alone. In fact, these past two years have been banner years for people launching a new company. Perhaps they were quitting jobs as part of the “Great Resignation.” Or, maybe since folks working from home had more time, or maybe it was just …

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  8 New Year's resolutions for small businesses: Pick a daily priority, prepare for emergencies

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  Every year, I create a list of my small business New Year’s resolutions. I think of these as a way to focus priorities for the coming year. I invite you to join me as you and your small business face 2022. Before I drew up this year’s list, I went over some of the lists I made in prior years. In …

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  Is there any free government money to start or grow a business right now? Yes. Here's how to find it.

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  With “free” pandemic money (expanded unemployment funds, PPP grants) all but gone now, and with the “Great Resignation” in full swing, a question many small businesses and would-be entrepreneurs have is: Is there any free government money to start or grow a business? The answer is yes, but. Consider …

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  'Safety first': B&B Beauty Salon in California puts clients' welfare ahead of profits during pandemic

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  For Willie Mae McKinney, entrepreneurship is a family affair. McKinney, 72, inherited the Sacramento, California-based B&B Beauty Salon in 1976 from her husband’s aunt. Today her daughter Catherine works side by side with her at the salon and teaches cosmetology. But the salon has also taught …