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      <title>Crowd sourced panel idea: managing for transtion</title>
      <link>http://growsmartbiz.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/12193-4690</link>
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&lt;div&gt;Managing for transition -- what strategies should owners take when they near retirement.  Discuss business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, strategies for selling to employees, and tax issues.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:55:19 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Topic for Panel 4</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Do-It-Yourself SEO and Public Relations
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      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:06:55 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mastering Technology for a Small Business</title>
      <link>http://growsmartbiz.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/10427-4690</link>
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&lt;div&gt;I think there should be a panel on technology.  In fact, panel #1 should be adjusted to say "technology &amp; innovation."  Today the biz that masters technology can keep its costs low, move fast and do more!
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:33:41 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Panel topic for GrowSmartBiz Conference</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Leadership and management challenges and strategies to successfully run a small business
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:58:39 PDT</pubDate>
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      <title>Managing Yourself for Growth  // Becoming an Entrepreneurial Leader</title>
      <link>http://growsmartbiz.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/9969-4690</link>
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&lt;div&gt;Entrepreneurs are different.  They see opportunities where others see problems.  They can put together partnerships where others only see competition.  They are single-minded about their vision yet actively seek out advice.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Truly living out your potential as an entrepreneur is challenging, exciting, and something no one does in isolation.  The panel would talk about how entrepreneurs drive their own personal growth while managing an action-packed business life.  They will talk about the essential attitudes and approach that enable entrepreneurs to go from strength to strength as their businesses mature.  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:01:44 PDT</pubDate>
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