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Our Goal is to support and mentor businesses in 3 key areas!

Starting Your New Business

Ask the right questions and find the right answers for issues such as entity type, financing, accounting structure, insurance, partnership, marketing and employees.

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Improving and Growing Your Business

Sales, Marketing and Advertising, Team Building and Recruitment, Systems and Business Process Development, and Customer Service.

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Selling Your Business for Maximum Value

Determine whether it is ready to be sold, its real value and an achievable selling price, as well as the potential structures for a transaction.

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Recent Mentor Articles

The United States Moves to a First to File Patent System

By Michael Sherrill, Sherrill Law Offices

The Federal Government instituted sweeping changes to United States Patent Law with enactment of the “America Invents Act” a few years back.  One of the most significant changes is a change from a First to Invent system to a First to File system. The old First to Invent system awarded inventors who were first to…

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The Leadership Challenge: Part II

By Sheri Stolp, The Stolp Group

In our prior newsletter, I touched upon the overall business case for employing Effective Leaders.  I have been fortunate to work closely with dozens of organizations ranging from small family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 companies who have achieved great success in establishing truly extraordinary places to work.  These organizations not only generate top and bottom…

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Isn’t It Time to Take Control of Your Worker’s Comp?

By Gary Sorenson, Insurance Brokers of Minnesota

Workers’ Comp is the way employers finance employee injuries. For every dollar the insurance company spends, you are likely to pay back $2.00 to $3.00.  It’s our job to stop the borrowing at such high interest rates. Because Workers’ Comp is so complicated and confusing, employers are left to assume that their premium audit reports…

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A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List

By Mark Hegstrom, Waterfront Financial Group

The baby boomers have re-defined everything they’ve touched, from music to marriage to parenting and more lately what “old” means—60 is the new 50! Longer, healthier living, however, can put greater stress on the sustainability of retirement assets. There is no easy answer to this challenge, but let’s begin by discussing one idea—a bucket approach…

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The Leadership Challenge

By Sheri Stolp, The Stolp Group

Have you noticed a recent surge in articles, books and other publications discussing the topic of leadership?  Each author claims to have the insider scoop on what specifically constitutes a great leader in today’s business.  So which personal attributes truly identify solid leaders?  Is it the individual’s communication style?  Their overall drive or tenacity?  Their…

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What is a Defined Contribution/Premium Reimbursement Plan? Should I Consider for My Business?

By Gary Sorenson, Insurance Brokers of Minnesota

Combines a Premium Reimbursement Account, and a FSA/HSA plan all into one simple-to-use product. Employer has ability to offer a “defined contribution” or tax free contributions to an employee for (1) insurance premiums, or (2) out of pocket medical expenses, or (3) both, and provide a (4) pre-tax platform for employees to pay for their…

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Why Your Team is Inherently Dysfunctional and What to Do About It

By Kelli Hoskins, Master Business Coach

This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.  There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.  Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job.  Everybody thought that Anybody could…

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“Why” Long Term Care Insurance?

By Gary Sorenson, Insurance Brokers of Minnesota

Rising life expectancy means that the potential need for “long term care” grows with every passing year of your life. Current statistics indicate that six out of every ten people in the United States will need some form of long term care during their lifetime. Most long term care expenses are not covered by Social…

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The Small Business: How do you know when you need HR?

By Sheri Stolp, The Stolp Group

For the small business owner, conquering challenges like creating new business opportunities, improving the bottom line or finding a new office can seem like small potatoes compared to hiring and managing employees. And as the business grows, entrepreneurs can experience major challenges in terms of finding great people, performance issues and the thing we all…

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