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		<title>Five Reasons Small Business Will Weather the Downturn</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new column is out. The Small Business Edge: Why Solopreneurs and Small Businesses Will Weather the Downturn, looks at why I believe that small business has a big edge in this economy. Five quick reasons: Innovation Networks Competition Nimbleness Flexibility You can read the full column here. Then please come back and let&#8217;s talk in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>My new column is out. <a title="The Small Business Edge" href="http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2009/0509/IndependentThinking.htm">The Small Business Edge: Why Solopreneurs and Small Businesses Will Weather the Downturn</a>, looks at why I believe that small business has a big edge in this economy. Five quick reasons:</p>
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<li>Innovation</li>
<li>Networks</li>
<li>Competition</li>
<li>Nimbleness</li>
<li>Flexibility</li>
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<p>You can read the full column <a title="The Small Business Edge" href="http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2009/0509/IndependentThinking.htm ">here.</a> Then please come back and let&#8217;s talk in the comments about what you think. Do solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and small businesses have an edge? And what have you done to weather the downturn?</p>
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