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		<title>What happened to client service?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe last week was just a weird week &#8211; I certainly hope that&#8217;s all it was. I had two (count em&#8217; 2) really horrible experiences with small business owners (or their employees). Interestingly enough, they both happened within the automotive industry. 
The first was with a mechanic shop where our vehicle was in for some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurial DNA &#8211; What&#8217;s the big deal?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am not an endurance athlete. I figured that out after many painful attempts to keep up with super-human friends gifted to run, swim or bike for what appears to be an eternity. 
There is something in their genetic predisposition (or sheer will power) that allows them do to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Startup Dilemma: Getting my business idea ripped off</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[business startup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently answered a question on LinkedIn for an entrepreneur concerned about getting their business model ripped off by a bigger player with deeper pockets.
Question: As a startup, specially when the presence is quite small, how does one deal with preventing the business model from being copied by another company, which probably has a better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking &#8220;Jobs&#8221; with Rusty Humphries</title>
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		<comments>http://www.joeabraham.com/359/talking-jobs-with-rusty-humphries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days ago, I was on The Rusty Humphries show. Many of you wanted to listen to the recording so here it is in two format. 
The main topic of our discussion is the recent speech made by the President on the new plan to create jobs in America. Small business was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White House Jobs Summit &#8211; What should have really happened</title>
		<link>http://www.joeabraham.com/324/the-white-house-jobs-summit-what-should-have-really-happened/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joeabraham.com/324/the-white-house-jobs-summit-what-should-have-really-happened/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Granted, people like myself and small business advocate Jim Blasingame didn&#8217;t get our invitations to attend the Jobs Summit in DC this week. You can find my recent appearance on Jim&#8217;s radio show here.
But Jim and I shouldn&#8217;t be too offended. After all, neither did the US Chamber of Commerce, National Restaurant Association or half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now THIS is free enterprise at it&#8217;s best</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do entrepreneurs and small business owners do when banks forget what they are in business to do?
We get creative and survive.
This should be a lesson to policy makers in DC.  Bailouts and government funded programs were not necessary for this entrepreneur. He just needed the freedom to be creative and make free enterprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does unemployment encourage entrepreneurship?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the audio track from a recent radio show I did with host Wayne Powers on WBT (Charlotte) on the topic of growing unemployment and what that means for entrepreneurship.
We also end up talking about small business in general and what government should/should not do (purely opinion) to make this a better business and growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business Plan&#8230;Resurrected!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is interesting to see what economic change triggers.
Sure, it triggers us to count our pennies, buy in bulk, conserve energy etc. etc.
But you know what else I notice it has a lot of entrepreneurs doing?
It has them dusting off (and in some cases resurrecting) their business plans. That&#8217;s a good thing (more on that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing the Original Social Network</title>
		<link>http://www.joeabraham.com/113/reinventing-the-original-social-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joeabraham.com/113/reinventing-the-original-social-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Next Gen. Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
This post is in response to some questions and comments I got from the post I made on April 28th. If you haven&#8217;t read that post already, do that first by clicking here.
Ok, so we agree that Chambers of Commerce need to reinvent themselves to survive this changing marketplace. 
But if you&#8217;re a Chamber leader, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happened To The Original Social Network?</title>
		<link>http://www.joeabraham.com/80/next-generation-chamber-of-commerce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Survey respondent #1: &#8220;Oh yeah, I&#8217;m a chamber member. But I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m going to renew my membership this year.&#8221;
Survey respondent #2: &#8220;I am a member of my chamber, and the networking has been good. But I can&#8217;t say it has grown my business in any tangible way.&#8221;
A survey of small business owners shows [...]]]></description>
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