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I worry about myself when everything is in order.  Isn’t a neat office the sign of an empty mind? How is it possible that my accountant and bookkeeper have overcome my chaos? How is it feasible that my efficiency expert has delivered on her promise to “get more done so I [...]

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After reading countless stories about deals that fell through -  I want to share with you a famous story that I resented reading, but in retrospect have found comforting.
Ping - A Frog in Search of a New Pond by Stuart Avery - tells of a frog who needs a new  [...]

If you want new business and wonder what to do next - we hear you.
If you want to do it by not going anywhere - don’t budge, keep reading.
If you wish someone would just TELL you what to do….here’s what to do.
Change the content on your website regularly with key words that people search for.  [...]

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Whether you are embarking on the entrepreneurial journey by choice or destiny- the method to entry is simple. You have a vision, skill or identify a hole in the market. You learn a bunch of stuff from people, courses, groups, schools and research. Then you put it into a business plan or not.  [...]

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I can see not wanting to keep meeting overhead - but lowering overhead to meet the future.
I can see my current business tools are not sharp enough and that sharpening them means finding new ones.
I can see that the power and depth of my relationships are as meaningful yesterday as [...]

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Chicago small business services are on sale and make the perfect gift to give yourself or entrepreneurs and small business owners you love. Give the gift of business success this holiday season.  Last call on these remarkable business services from Chicago Big Oogans.
1) WordPress Personal Blogging Coach - the fab [...]

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Each night while I’m asleep and the other side of the world is awake - people in far off languages comment on my blog.  I’m changing to pig Latin here to confuse the search engines: they send ude-nay pictures of famous people, words that take me to places I don’t want to go, [...]

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Whether we turn left or right, veer, maneuver or align, right now the challenge is to keep the faith and shoot in the right direction.  The code of the road is experiment, develop - innovate, try AND learn. Thanks to Erin Shakoor of Shakoor interior design, I discovered a writer worth [...]

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The Big Ooga is a Chicago networking group and business community filled with accomplished entrepreneurs and small business owners.  What is our definition of accomplished?  Professionals that are already loved by their clients; experts who have an excellent track record; people who go that extra mile; and in our case, people with a [...]