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	<title>Traci D. Ellis, LLC</title>
	
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	<description>For Women SANE Enough to Start Their Business</description>
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		<title>The Tax Man Cometh</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2013/01/08/the-tax-man-cometh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given that tax season is upon us, I hope that each of you took affirmative steps to minimize your tax liability in 2012.  There are a few things left you can still do in 2013 to lower your tax bill before the April filing deadline, and I encourage you to meet with your accountant early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get the “Flow” in Your Cash Flow Going</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2012/04/05/get-the-flow-in-your-cash-flow-going/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cash is KING.  When you&#8217;re a small business owner, keeping cash flowing in the doors is paramount to stay in business.  Many a business has failed&#8230;not for lack of a great idea or terrific service&#8230;but because the business owner couldn&#8217;t keep the &#8220;flow&#8221; flowing. I ran across a great article here on improving cash flow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Fear of Failure…and Success</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2012/03/29/overcoming-fear-of-failure-and-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launching a new business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.traciellis.com/?p=1391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I meet regularly with people who want to start businesses.  So, I hear a lot of a new business ideas.  Some are great&#8230;and some are just okay.  But, when I look at who actually launches the business, it&#8217;s not always the person with the best idea.  It&#8217;s the person who actually did something.  Who moved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trayvon Martin &amp; My Sons</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2012/03/22/trayvon-martin-my-sons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.traciellis.com/?p=1382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know this blog is about small business topics for women entrepreneurs.  Helping you to launch, grow and run your own business is my passion and I love what I do. But sometimes, a more important topic rears up in my face and won&#8217;t go away until I address it.  Like the Trayvon Martin matter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Planning: The Quadrant Approach</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2012/03/08/business-planning-the-quadrant-method/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Plan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Launching]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.traciellis.com/?p=1369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, in my last post, I suggested that the traditional business plan might not be the most useful document.  Ok, actually, I torpedoed the traditional business plan.  BUT, as I said then, I do believe that every entrepreneur should plan their business. So, if the traditional, 50 page plan is a waste of time, what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Reasons Why You Don’t Need a Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2012/02/29/four-reasons-why-you-dont-need-a-business-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.traciellis.com/2012/02/29/four-reasons-why-you-dont-need-a-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Launching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Launching a Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launching a new business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not that I don’t believe in planning.  I do.  But I don’t believe in business plans.  At least not the ones people traditionally spend an inordinate amount of time creating—instead of launching their business.  But, conventional business wisdom clearly disagrees with me.  In fact, conventional wisdom says that if you don’t write a business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Portfolio Career</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2012/02/03/the-portfolio-career/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launching a new business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women entrepreneurs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.traciellis.com/?p=1337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Or, as a good friend of mine reminds me, it&#8217;s also called the &#8220;hustle&#8221;.  Your hustle, your portfolio career, whatever you call it.  The point is more and more women are building one.  Combining multiple streams of revenue to create a living. I do it.  I&#8217;m an attorney with an active law practice.  I also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I’m Raising My Fees in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2011/12/13/why-im-raising-my-fees-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.traciellis.com/2011/12/13/why-im-raising-my-fees-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s official.  Effective January 1, 2012, I’m raising my legal and coaching fees across the board.  I’ve spent the last two weeks poring over 2011’s financials and which goals I met and which goals I didn’t.  And it’s clear.  I didn’t make two of my 2011 goals.  I didn’t open as many new clients (or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Entrepreneurial Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2011/10/21/raising-entrepreneurial-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.traciellis.com/2011/10/21/raising-entrepreneurial-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.traciellis.com/?p=1306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time, I often regret that I haven&#8217;t spent more deliberate time teaching and encouraging my two sons to be entrepreneurs.  I wonder if now that they&#8217;re 21 and 17, it&#8217;s too late.  So, this article from the Entrepreneurs&#8217; Organization blog caught my eye and piqued my interest. I like the suggestions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 5 Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make: Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.traciellis.com/2011/09/30/the-top-5-legal-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-part-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.traciellis.com/2011/09/30/the-top-5-legal-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-part-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partnership agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start up]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure that many of you who have read the previous four legal mistakes in this series are confidently (maybe even smugly?) sitting back saying to yourselves that you’ve never made the mistakes dealing with written agreements because you always use contracts…for vendors, clients, partners.  You name it.  You’ve got a contract.  But, I’m still [...]]]></description>
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