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Finally Starting Your Business This Year? Here’s Your Ultimate 12-Point Checklist
You’ve had the idea for a while. Now is the time to act. This startup guide will get you up and running fast.
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6 Essential Tips For Surviving The First Five Years In Business
A new business venture is like a new marriage: it’s really exciting and fun; then it’s a lot of work and fun. Then it’s a lot of work and not so fun; and then it’s just a ton of work mired with headache after headache and you are learning way too many hard-earned lessons and wondering how you got here. But if you can survive the first two to three years, you will likely make it for the long haul and reap the rewards, which are bountiful.
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3 Questions Every Business Owner Should Always Be Asking Themselves
Here are three clarifying questions they’ve posed to me during those times when I felt most uncertain about whether I was on the right track with my work.
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2018 Report to the Nations
The report provides an analysis of 2,690 cases of occupational fraud that were investigated between January 2016 and October 2017. All information was provided by the Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) who investigated those cases. The fraud cases in our study came from 125 countries throughout the world — providing a truly global view into the plague of occupational fraud.
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2017/2018 Compensation Guide for Anti-Fraud Professionals
The ACFE has completed its 2017/2018 Compensation Guide for Anti-Fraud Professionals. Based on participant responses, the median total compensation for a CFE is $89,868, compared to $68,629 for non-CFE.
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