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Posted on Saturday, February 11th - 2012

Best Practices to Maximize Your Life's Work

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Most owners think, dream, worry or consider how they will eventually capitalize on what they have spent years and a lot of their waking hours creating. Many hope and assume there is somebody out there with a bunch of money, time, talent and the same “screw loose” as them for their entity-child. Many owners turn out to be right... Many people also win the lottery. Thankfully, business owners can take action to improve their odds of success.

- by Ted Capistrant



Posted on Monday, October 24th - 2011

How My Company Hires for Culture First, Skills Second

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"Hiring good cultural matches is the best way to assure the continued success of your company. It leads to higher retention (43 percent of our employees have been on board for five or more years), better employee engagement, and deeper connections with customers. In your hiring process, isn't it time you looked beyond skills to what's most important -- your company's values?"

- Alan Lewis, Owner & Chairman of Grand Circle Corporation



Posted on Thursday, September 15th - 2011

More than Talk: Action in Mobile Marketing

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“More than Talk: Action in Mobile Marketing ” is part of Watershed Publishing‟s Data Insights series featuring trends, data and research. This collection brings together months of surveys, reports and insights released by nationally recognized research and marketing organizations focused on what is happening with mobile marketing.

- Sponsored by HubSpot



Posted on Tuesday, August 9th - 2011

Overcoming the Perfect Storm

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The accounting profession's perfect storm.  The first storm facing the profession has been brewing for years.  The majority of firms in the country have no partner retirement programs or formalized succession plans for the tens of thousands of Baby Boomer partners that are either retiring now or over the next 10 years.

- by Joseph A. Tarasco



Posted on Monday, July 25th - 2011

Phantom Stock Plans: Real Incentives for Key Employees

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Despite the name, phantom stock plans are very real incentives used to attract, retain and reward key employees. These plans also have real benefits in terms of tax implications, ownership control, and, in comparison with qualified plans, the relative ease of planning and administration.

- Skjold Parrington Business Attorneys



Posted on Tuesday, December 21st - 2010

Business Value Drivers

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There are many factors that drive your company's value.  From the highest level you can consider your company's value to be a function of your EBITDA (an earnings figure) and your Multiple (a factor representing both internal & external intangibles).  Of course, a professional valuation is extremely calculated and comprehensive when done correctly.  The article to the right is one professional's high level explanation of eight value drivers that impact your EBITDA and Multiple.  Enjoy.

- PBN Team



Posted on Wednesday, June 2nd - 2010

Health Care Reform

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On March 23rd, 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law.  The attached one page article, from our friends at North Star Employee Benefits, looks at the key changes in the new legislation & the time-line for when the changes will apply.  Click the link at right to download the pdf.

- PBN Team



Posted on Friday, May 14th - 2010

The Balanced Scorecard

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Business owners and managers have traditionally used financially driven KPI (key performance indicators) to benchmark employee performance over time.  At PBN we do not mean to discount the relevance of financial metrics; instead we challenge you to think of the bigger picture.  Clicking the pdf link to the right will give you access to an article on "the balanced scorecard" approach.  We hope you enjoy the information.

- PBN Team






 



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