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	<title>TeamNimbusWest Blog</title>
	
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	<description>Make rain. Grow your business.</description>
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		<title>Kids and Businesses should both grow up.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Within a few weeks of the birth of our first child, Diane and I were already imagining and anticipating how it would be when he was all grown up, had graduated from college and was out on his own. We had these same conversations after the birth of all three kids. 
 
From very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Business Actually Going Somewhere?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We love to know exactly what the near-term process is we’re supposed to be doing, we’re almost obsessed with it, to the point that at least in business, we’re too often okay with knowing exactly which direction we’re going without any idea where it’s leading us. It’s a little Yogi Berra-like “I don’t know where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Didn’t Learn to Run a Business in School</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.teamnimbuswest.com/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. 
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Albert Einstein
 
Centuries of academic emphasis on “teaching” (which fills our heads) instead of on learning (which fills our lives) has left us more proud of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conation – Maybe the Most Important Business Word You’ve Never Heard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The only motivation book I will recommend to others is Self-made in America, by John McClintock. John introduced me to an obscure English word that I now use as a cornerstone of my daily activity - conation.
 
I’ve truncated John’s working definition over the years to my own, which is still his, but slightly shorter: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Banks are Making SBA Loans?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.teamnimbuswest.com/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ARC loan is harder to get than it should be and serving a much narrower part of the small business community than intended, but if you can get one, it can be a great help to your business. Don&#8217;t take no for an answer - get creative!
 
What Banks are Making these Loans?
For a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SBA and Politicians Get Another Empty Photo Op With Small Business</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.teamnimbuswest.com/2009/09/the-sba-and-politicians-get-another-empty-photo-op-with-small-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would have happened if we bailed out only the banks and big corporations that didn&#8217;t need it?  How dumb would that have been?  That&#8217;s exactly what we&#8217;re doing with small businesses.
I&#8217;ve been working to get the politicians, the SBA, and the banks to work to support small businesses and live up to the expectations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When we use the phrase Social Networking, do we really get it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfblakeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.teamnimbuswest.com/?p=77</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not at all opposed to online networking - I use it all the time to build relationships, but no matter what medium you use to connect with people, it&#8217;s not about CONTACTS, but meaningful and lasting CONNECTIONS.  It&#8217;s ALWAYS about being social.  So maybe I don&#8217;t get it.
&#8220;Social networking&#8221; is the apparent standard description [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Four Cornerstones of Business Success &amp; Significance</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.teamnimbuswest.com/2009/09/the-four-pillars-of-business-success-significance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfblakeman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Four Cornerstones of Success and Significance are A Big Motivator and Three Bosses.
1) The Big Motivator - or The Big Why - Lifetime Goals
2) Boss #1 - A simple Strategic Plan that runs my daily business
3) Boss #2 - Process Maps and Process Descriptions to create freedom and a reproduceable business (and make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make More Money  - Stop reacting to shiny objects and winds of change.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.teamnimbuswest.com/?p=75</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses with the fastest growing revenue know exactly where they are going.  According to Inc Magazines 28th 500 fastest growing small businesses list, approximately 88% of them have a statement outlining where they are going. The other 12% are living dangerously.
 That’s no surprise. As simplistic as this next statement sounds, it’s incredibly profound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtual Small Business Growth Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many new businesses fail, and worse yet, almost all of them stagnate and struggle along for years - don&#8217;t be &#8220;that guy&#8221;. &#8230;Don&#8217;t become a statistic!
I&#8217;m supporting the mission of the Rockies Venture Club / Angel Capital Summit to help your new business survive and thrive.  I&#8217;m very involved with helping put on the [...]]]></description>
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