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School Days: Teaching Tech in Motor City

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ABC Scribes

ABC Scribes now has more than 100 scribes working for approximately 70 doctors in the Dayton area. The company’s year-over-year sales growth has averaged 40 percent for the past five years, and Kwiatek maintains a waitlist of 10 to 15 physicians seeking his scribes’ services. In 2018, ABC Scribes was named an American Small Business Championship finalist.

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360U

Laura Beyer and Maria Van Abel created 360U as a way to merge their business training, love of softball, and desire to empower young women. The athletes in their program not only improve their softball game, but also gain life skills like increased confidence, situational strategies, and mental approach techniques. Beyer and Van Abel, who are sisters, started by jotting down ideas on a whiteboard – and by seeking help from SCORE. Last year, they registered more than 1,500 athletes for 360U lessons and project that they will register 4,000 by the end of 2018. With a four-to-one instructor-to

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Common mistakes employers make with at-will employment in Texas

Texas law permits private employers and nonprofit organizations to offer at-will employment – a term used to refer to an employment arrangement in which either party may terminate the relationship at any time without cause. Unfortunately, some employers make mistakes that make it difficult for them to enforce at-will employment relationships.

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Knowing Your Cost to Boost Your Profits

There are many reasons people start a business, but the bottom line is that you must clear a profit or the business will not survive. (Even a non-profit business must have a profitable bottom line to survive!)

Small businesses tend to place a lot of emphasis on the quality of product or service that they deliver, and on the profit they make. Costs influence profit.

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Rhombus Guys

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What Makes a Truly Great Product Great?

How do you make great products? This article delves into some of the ways you can make a great product for your business.

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Gyroscope Capital

The sales cycle in the money management field is a long one, and Mike is successfully executing his marketing plan with SCORE’s help. Since working with SCORE, Gyroscope’s portfolio’s assets rose from $158 million in 2015 to a current $230 million. In the same period, clients increased from 274 to 498.

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MagicMusic Productions

MagicMusic Productions has now produced more than 32 albums and sold more than 3.5 million copies. Emile performs concerts across the U.S., and MagicMusic even hosts a “fairytale adventure” cruise up the Danube River in Hungary, where travelers can hear Emile play every night.

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ConnectA Pharma

ConnectA Pharma Resource has provided personnel and project support to the big Top 10 pharmaceutical companies, as well as smaller companies. Donaldson says, “We have provided a variety of project support, ranging from strategic to tactical, and some of our contracts have been ongoing for over five years.” Clients choose her companies, Donaldson says, both for the quality of their staff and their unique approach. “It’s about how we think,” she says. Donaldson has expanded to four companies – in addition to ConnectA Pharma Resource and iVate Strategy, she owns integris3 BioSolutions and

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