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	<title>Endorphin Advisors Blog&#187; Business Planning</title>
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	<description>Business Development &#38; Marketing Strategy to help businesses take big, bold steps forward</description>
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		<title>Interim &amp; Part-Time Chief Operating Officer Services</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2012/02/06/532/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Endorphin Advisors provides Interim and Part-Time COO Services which can help a business owner most effectively run their business, while freeing up valuable time and money to build the business.

Endorphin Advisors helps manage business development issues, strategic planning, product development, pricing strategies, revenue and expense forecasting, margin optimization and strategic marketing strategies.]]></description>
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		<title>Exiting Through Succession Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Succession planning is a specific exit strategy. An exit strategy involves a business owner removing her- or himself from the business regardless of whether the business continues. A succession plan is an exit strategy that involves a business owner transferring the business to a third party to continue as a going concern. There are two options as to who will be the successor that I will discuss in this article:]]></description>
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		<title>Center for Economic Growth &#8211; 15th Annual Technology Awards (A Review)</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2011/06/29/center-for-economic-growth-15th-annual-technology-awards-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Center for Economic Growth 15th Annual Technology Awards June 29, 2011 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albany, NY Keynote Speaker: Jon Gordon Jon spoke of the 4 critical qualities needed for successful companies, which are: 1. Optimism 2. Vision 3. Trusting Relationships 4. Innovation He also drew a comparison between the need for these characteristics in successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positioning Your Business:  Are You a Ghost?</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2011/06/08/positioning-your-business-are-you-a-ghost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endorphin advisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the eyes of potential customers, you look just like your competition.  You’re a mechanic, acupuncturist, insurance broker, banker, PR pro, IT guy, consultant or designer.  You are broadly defined – like a ghost - and there are lots of you to choose from.
 
That thought should scare you and keep you awake at night.  I’m not kidding.  If that is how your customers think of you, your chances of winning business are truly slim.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Planning: Are You Missing The Point? (And The Fun?)</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/08/26/business-planning-are-you-missing-the-point-and-the-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s go against the grain here and challenge ourselves to perform at a higher level than we believe possible.  Andrew Carnegie was an innovative thinker in his belief in the power of the imagination and the importance of written goals.  (See an extraordinary book from Henriette Anne Klauser called “Write It Down, Make It Happen.”)

How about using the business plan to set out some goals that stretch the limits of what we believe we can do?  Wouldn’t it be exhilarating to revisit these goals and to see what can be achieved?  Perhaps to see some of the goals we have achieved that we only dared to dream?

Wouldn’t that exhilaration be worth a little work in the business planning area today?

“What Are You Prepared To Do?”

As my father used to say, and sometimes still does, “this is not practice.”  This life we lead today is the only life we get.  This is not practice.  Or to fall back on one of my favorite sayings, which comes from Sean Connery in the film, “The Untouchables,” “What are you prepared to do? 

I love that line.  Maybe it can spur some of us on to set high goals and work like hell to try and achieve them.  Now, that would be a worthy goal.
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		<title>Planning To Cash In Your Business For A Comfy Retirement?  You Have A 1 in 4 Chance of Success</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/06/15/planning-to-cash-in-your-business-for-a-comfy-retirement-you-have-a-1-in-4-chance-of-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exit Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Planning To Cash In Your Business For A Comfy Retirement? Small Business Owners Have A 1 in 4 Chance of Successfully Selling Their Business. Read on to find out some of the things that make small businesses less desirable than larger businesses, and this will give you some ideas about how to prepare your business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Endorphin Difference:  What Makes Endorphin Advisors Unique and Effective?</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/06/10/the-endorphin-difference-what-makes-endorphin-advisors-unique-and-effective/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/06/10/the-endorphin-difference-what-makes-endorphin-advisors-unique-and-effective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this new video, Erik Bunaes from Endorphin Advisors discusses the philosophy of Endorphin Advisors and how our unique,  consultative and coaching-oriented approach to management consulting has brought new energy, confidence, clarity and success to our clients.]]></description>
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		<title>New Web Video About Endorphin Advisors (from Erik Bunaes)</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/05/25/new-web-video-about-endorphin-advisors-from-erik-bunaes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/05/25/new-web-video-about-endorphin-advisors-from-erik-bunaes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 03:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Endorphin Advisors adds new video from Erik Bunaes discussing Endorphin Advisors' services, capabilities, experience, team and web properties.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Owners&#8217; Perilous Decision:  When Do I Sell Out?</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/05/11/business-owners-perilous-decision-when-do-i-sell-out/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/05/11/business-owners-perilous-decision-when-do-i-sell-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 17:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the single most important calculations to a business owner at some point in time, particularly when contemplating their retirement or "end game," is the balance between "what is my business worth?" and "will that be enough to comfortably meet my retirement needs?"]]></description>
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		<title>Small Businesses Are Small For A Reason &#8211; It Could Be Professional Negligence</title>
		<link>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/05/09/small-businesses-are-small-for-a-reason-it-could-be-professional-negligence/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.endorphinadvisors.com/2010/05/09/small-businesses-are-small-for-a-reason-it-could-be-professional-negligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 17:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have worked with &#8211; and interacted with even more &#8211; small businesses over my consulting career. Often, I am inspired, impressed and occasionally totally blown away by the talent of many of the small businesses and their owners. These professionals and work-a-day folks alike are all trying to live their dream, make a living, [...]]]></description>
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