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Renee’s Rules™ for the Recession

July 3, 2009

Both national and regional bankers have told me recently that they expect a second wave of troubled companies…..For those companies [...]

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A blog of interest

June 30, 2009

The internet is a wonderful thing! Sam Thacker, the Finance Expert at AllBusiness.com (He helps companies find financing),  someone I [...]

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Renee’s Rule™: What gets measured matters.

June 28, 2009

Every manager knows the axiom “What gets measured is what gets done,” but too often managers overlook key measurements. An [...]

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Eddie Bauer Bankruptcy

June 18, 2009

Today, I was interviewed by TheDeal.com about prospects for Eddie Bauer after its Chapter 11 filing.  Click here to read [...]

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An unexpected delight!

June 16, 2009

Some years ago, I recruited a first-rate controller to a client company.  To accept the position, she had to sell [...]

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Are You Guilty of These Bad Business Habits?

June 9, 2009

The “headline” of my post today is the headline of the June 9th post on the VC Task Force Blog.  [...]

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Pearl Ace Hardware: A beacon of hope in an ocean of dreadful customer service

June 6, 2009

When I’ve abandoned almost all hope of ever finding good customer service anywhere ever again, I stop by Pearl Ace [...]

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Renee’s Rule™: If you can’t understand what someone is saying, he may not be saying anything.

May 27, 2009

I’ve seen some pretty scary hiring mistakes.  Here is an example in which “The Emperor Had No Clothes.” In the [...]

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Are you smarter than an economist? An update

May 17, 2009

Click here to go to the new contest page we created so we could add an entry form and a [...]

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Renee’s Rule™: “Bigger” may not be “safer.”

May 17, 2009

When is it “safer” to hire a “big” professional firm rather than a smaller one?  This is a topic I’ll [...]

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