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	Keeping Track of Business Nani had some problems answering questions. Most of us would. Our town: When this television show first began airing in 1994, one of our goals was to find small business owners who could teach the rest of us how to use our monthly financials as strategic and tactical tools... we finally found them! Keeping track of business... it is the job of everyone in a business and the best way for everyone to do it is to read, grasp and act on those monthly financial statements. If you share that information and give everyone bottomline accountability through those key ratios, your business will rally. You'll see the impact day by day, even hour by hour. In this episode you meet three small business owners. Two have gotten control of their finanicals – they're takin' care of business and Nani (just above) is doing better! more... » On Being a Principled Person » Equity capital and control » Social Capital and ROI » About privacy and about principles » Best Practices - Learn more every day A BUSINESS SHOW ON PBS-STATIONS? YES!!! Return more to your bottomline In each episode of this weekly television show you meet small business owners who talk about how they solved key problems. 1. This week's episode: Your financials are your most powerful weapon. Use them! 2. Staying healthy: We hate to think about it until we're really feeling terrible. 3. The Bottomline is the bottomline: Pricing is an art form. Do it right and pick up dollars and customers. 4. Who advises you? Mentor-protege, interns, a board. 5. Consider exit strategies at the start: There are only eight ways to leave your lover (or kick the kid outta the house). 6. What is your exit strategy? Focus on one; be open to all eight. 7. Key critical Ratios: How do you compare with others in your industry? let's find out. 8. Offbeat but in the money: Don't ignore Bachman-Turner Overdrive, (Who?), Hip-hop and Rap (EMINEM?). Q&A: What about the future? » What's your story? ...your legacy? » Where's this episode airing? ...the show? » Where can you get the cheapest money? » What's all this talk about algorithms? » What is the best way to go global? » What do people say about this show? » Where's this all going? » How can I get on the show? » Go to the next episode

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