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<title><![CDATA[Supporting Underserved Entrepreneurs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs' initiative to help small business has drawn headlines. Here are some programs targeting microenterprises and inner-city entrepreneurs]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Announces $500M in Aid to Small Business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lords of high finance may seem unlikely sources of aid for small businesses. But Goldman Sachs (GS), along with Warren Buffett and several education and nonprofit groups, today announced a $500 million charitable project to aid small businesses over five years.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Special Report: Inner City 100]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the Boss Needs to Put Profits First]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Without a clear financial and operational plan that emphasizes profits, a $6 million printing business that could be thriving is steadily losing money]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More Turnaround Ace Case Studies]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Brooklyn Industries Manufactures in China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Founders Lexy Funk and Vahap Avsar were better at retailing than manufacturing. So they researched and tested Chinese plants and decided to outsource]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Special Report: Outsourcing]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[More Entrepreneur's Journals]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Swine Flu Should Prompt Business Checkups]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tech consultant Gene Marks explains why flu-related employee absences may turn out to be a good thing for fellow small business owners]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch a Product Like Barnes &amp; Noble]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To give a new item a boost, borrow a page from retailer Barnes & Noble's carefully orchestrated marketing campaign for its e-book reader]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Meet the Entrepreneurs of the Year]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young's annual awards recognize owners and managers running disruptive high-growth companies. Get pointers from some of this year's national winners]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[E&amp;Y Entrepreneurs of the Year, 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ernst &amp; Young's annual awards program recognizes owners and managers running high-growth companies. Meet this year's national winners]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Not Go Out of Business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Start by studying how your best customers interact with your brand and its competitors, then brainstorm ways to address any shortcomings]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the Boss Needs to Pay Herself More]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The owner of a garment factory works nonstop and takes a $25,000 salary, masking major cash leaks and operational flaws. It's time to reassess]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When a 'Pop-Up' Shop Makes Sense]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Retailers could set up a temporary storefront if they expect a seasonal spike in sales, says Pitney Bowes Business Insight's Deb Purcell]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Global Entrepreneurship Week Matters]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two of the initiative's proponents make the case for why it pays to encourage entrepreneurship among young people around the globe]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Medical Marijuana Business Matures]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the few places that allow storefront dispensaries, entrepreneurs are adopting nonprofit business models to cope with legal gray areas]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:26:46 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Ski Maker K2's Design Process]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Design and innovation strategy at Seattle-based winter gear manufacturer K2 focuses on harnessing ideas from employees and sponsored athletes]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:46:44 EST]]></pubDate>
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