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Renee’s Rule™: Make my life E-A-S-Y!

July 27, 2009

Recently, I sent an email to key business contacts letting them know my turnaround client needed a new CFO.  I received approximately 160 resumes. The […]

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Renee’s Rule™: Know what you don’t know.

July 19, 2009

Over the years, I have had the pleasure of working with many wonderful CPA’s who truly put their clients’ interests ahead of their own.  They […]

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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 that may be at risk, […]

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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.  The post features some of […]

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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 be exploring in several different […]

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Renee’s Rule™: Don’t sell to customers who won’t pay.

May 10, 2009

I have been shocked by the number of companies I’ve met recently that have been placed on COD or credit hold by their vendors but […]

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Renee’s Rule™: The sooner, the better.

March 22, 2009

Recently, I visited a potential client.  The company was at Death’s Door.  Their bank had not required any financial statements from them since September 30, […]

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Renee’s Rule™- There is no subsitute for common sense

March 4, 2009

It seems like every minute a new book with the “latest” business “secrets” hits the market.  In reality, however, running a business profitably and well […]

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Renee’s Rule™ — It never hurts to ask.

February 26, 2009

Approximately 20 years ago, I began compiling Renee’s Rules, which I will share from time to time on this blog.  (My son Jason created a […]

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