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<title>Robert Lee Goodman - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Robert Lee Goodman, MBA is CEO and Chief Dragon Slayer at both Start Up Company University and Ceo Resource LLC, a worldwide consulting company focused solely on start up and emerging companies. During the past 15 years, Ceo Resource has already helped, on a 1:1 basis, nearly 2,000 entrepreneurs and start up CEOs in over three dozen countries on six of the seven continents. After completing his MBA, Robert Lee Goodman successfully started four dozen of his own companies, raising $25 million from investors and venture capital firms. Some of these included: A $100 million real estate investment company with ... ]]></description>
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<title>Entrepreneurs - The Two Top Priorities For Your Start Up Company and Business Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 13:56:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As an entrepreneur with your business plan in hand, what are the two top priorities you have on every day's action list as you start up your start up company? Starting and running a company can be overwhelming. Endless new action items seem to appear magically on your To Do List as you day develops - with all of them either whispering or screaming to be your top priority. ]]></description>
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<title>Business Plans - The Second Biggest Mistake Entrepreneurs Make With Their Business Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:45:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This mistake is so critical that it jeopardizes the immediate survivability of your start up company - even before you get started. What is the second biggest mistake? Many cost-sensitive entrepreneurs depend on number crunchers, bean counters and newly minted MBAs for their projections - just to save a few dollars. Cash is always limited for start up companies - but this is one place you do not want to get trapped by false savings. Find out the best way for you to avoid the second biggest mistake for your new start up company business plan.]]></description>
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<title>Startup Company - What Are Accredited Investors and Why Should I Only Raise Money From Them?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:50:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I'm an entrepreneur and have finished my business plan. I'm getting ready to raise $2 million for my startup real estate company - but a friend of mine said I should only talk to accredited investors. I'm not exactly sure what an accredited investor is and I don't understand why I can't talk to anybody I want to about investing in my company?]]></description>
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<title>Fundraising - Can You Spend the Angel Investor Or VC Money As You Get It?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:48:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Question:  We just finished our business plan and are starting to pitch our deal to angel investors and venture capital. Since we are already spending money on buying stuff for the company, can we start spending the investor money as we get it?]]></description>
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<title>Personnel - Firing the Indispensable Employee in a Small Business Or Start Up Company</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:25:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do you fire the indispensable person in your organization - especially when you have a small business or start up company?  Many CEOs and entrepreneurs get too bogged down on this - to the detriment of their organization.  Here's an approach that might work for you.]]></description>
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<title>Entrepreneurs - What It's Really Like to Be Start Up Junkies - According to Reality TV?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:28:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a serial entrepreneur, I find reality TV a complete, contrived waste of time. I've never watched American Idol, Survivor, Amazing Race, The Apprentice, etc. Even the commercials showed me more than I ever wanted to know.]]></description>
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<title>Fraud - Bank Account at Risk If You Publish Your Checking Account and Routing Numbers Online</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:22:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Our company's 15 year old business checking account was just hit with dozens of counterfeit checks being presented for payment by defrauded consumers on Craig's List. So far, the total exceeds $100,000.  Small companies have enough dragons to slay without having to worry about a "Catch Me If You Can" counterfeiter and crook.  I am not Tom Hanks and this crook is not Leonardo DiCaprio - but I hope this article helps protect both consumers and companies.]]></description>
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<title>Funding - Can I Use Investor Money to Pay Me Back My Start Up Costs?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I want to raise $1.8 million from angel investors for my computer business to take it to the next level. Can I use $250,000 of the $1.8 million to pay me back the money that I have already invested in getting my company started?]]></description>
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