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	<title>Dennis Purvine</title>
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		<title>Trust &#8230;But Verify</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2012/03/12/trust-but-verify/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial statements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integrity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote an article entitled ”Not every good-looking financial statement tells the truth” that was published in the Puget Sound Business Journal on March 9, 2012. This article relates some of my experience with financial statements that were deliberately falsified. The link to the PSBJ for my article is at the bottom of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eliminate resumes?</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2012/02/23/eliminate-resumes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resumes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blogger Seth Godin, known for his very short blog posts, wrote about eliminating the resume.  Then, Matt Youngquist, a career counselor and coach wrote a blog entitled &#8220;Time to Ditch the Resume &#38; Embody Your Greatness?” Seth and Matt make some very important points – most resumes alone do not give the hiring manager enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Receptionists</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2011/12/16/a-tale-of-two-receptionists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[receptionist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The job of receptionist is seriously undervalued in the business world.  It is typically viewed as an entry-level position and staffed and paid accordingly.  It is frequently eliminated altogether.  I believe that businesses ignore the reception function at their peril.  The receptionist may be the first contact a customer has with a business and first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Service &#8211; Remember my name</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2011/01/05/customer-service-remember-my-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2011/01/05/customer-service-remember-my-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courtesy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A client of mine, someone who has traveled and entertained extensively, told the following story. It is a story with a message worth remembering, especially by any of us attempting to provide a service or a product for a fee. My client was entertaining a group of business associates at an elegant restaurant in another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Busines &#8211; 7 steps to get you there</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/12/30/buying-a-busines-7-steps-to-get-you-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/12/30/buying-a-busines-7-steps-to-get-you-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[becoming a business owner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy a business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are two basic ways to become a business owner.  You can found a new business or you can buy an existing one.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Five Monkeys OR We&#8217;ve always done it that way!</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/10/31/a-tale-of-five-monkeys-or-weve-always-done-it-that-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outside advisor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a story floating around, one that I call A Tale of Five Monkeys.  Here is the story. Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My CPA doesn&#8217;t do that!</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/07/26/my-cpa-doesnt-do-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/07/26/my-cpa-doesnt-do-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPA Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I started my own public accounting firm, most of my work was preparing tax returns and financial statements. This work is certainly necessary since the Federal government requires the filing of tax returns and banks will not issue, or renew, a line of credit without a financial statement prepared by a CPA.  In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash Flow in Tough Times</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/07/08/cash-flow-in-tough-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/07/08/cash-flow-in-tough-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dennispurvine.com/?p=42</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know our economy is still struggling.  As a result, many businesses are strapped for cash.  This is particularly true for small businesses, which haven’t had government largesse to fall back on the way some of the big guys have. Cash flow is the lifeblood of business.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intellectual Property &#8211; a finance perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/07/03/intellectual-property-a-finance-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dennispurvine.com/2010/07/03/intellectual-property-a-finance-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Intellectual Property (I.P.) can be protected by patent, copyright, trademark, etc.  Companies that create, or purchase, intellectual property presumably create value for their business. (More on this “value” later.)  As such, the costs incurred in acquiring the I.P., whether done in-house or purchased from an outsider, should be capitalized and shown on the balance sheet. [...]]]></description>
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