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December 23, 2004 Issue #034 Family Business Experts

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In This Issue...

1. Our Managing Director Announces -

4. Around the Family Business Experts web sites

1. Our Managing Director Announces -

Our message for this issue is simple but deep... our webmaster, David Jones, and all of us at Family Business Experts, join me in wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And for all of our readers, regardless of faith or nationality, please enjoy safe celebrations, hopefully with your families.

For those of you who are doing business online, or considering making the move next year, you might have noticed that we moved our "online business" section to its own web site Starting Online Business . We just summarized and linked a substantial amount of useful information in the latest newsletter and we invite you to click over to the archive library and follow some of those links - in a few minutes of reading you will get a tremendous insight into some of the exciting developments that are unfolding for online business.

Don Schwerzler, Managing Director
Family Business Experts

Our Tips and Recommendations

Families love the FamilyLore Game!
Unique and customized for every family. Interactive board game celebrates family history. Family stories & events shared & remembered.

FamilyLore Game

More businesses than ever are using the Internet to reach local markets. If your business isn't one of them, you're going to be left behind.

Local Business Online

BizPlanBuilder [Jian] Helps you create your business plan quickly by organizing your thoughts into carefully scripted text. Great spread sheet templates for the financial projections. Includes resources and not just blanks to fill in.

BizPlanBuilder®, MarketingBuilder®, Contract Templates...
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Project KickStart is the fastest, easiest way to plan and schedule projects.

Project KickStart gives you the power to think through all aspects of a project before you begin. You'll create project plans and strategies guaranteed to get the results you want -- fast.

Define project phases. Clarify your goals. Anticipate obstacles. Establish tasks. Delegate assignments. Set due dates. Check off tasks when they're done. Bump dates. And much, much more!

Project KickStart for any project in your family business.

Looking for Examples of Good Vision or Mission Statements?

Mission Expert is the first multimedia software solution for creating effective organizational mission statements.

4. Around the Family Business Experts web sites

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Background information, testimonials to our service and understanding, and answers to FAQ's [Frequently Asked Questions]. Family Business Experts

There are many articles accessible from this page on the left side navigation bar.

Read the review of The Practitioner's Guide for Organizing an Organization and click on its ASK THE EXPERT link to contact Dr. Byrne who is an experienced user of the diagnostic tools.

Take our fr*ee assessment on the 29 Leadership Practices to see how they affect your family business.

Take our fr*ee Holonomic Top Down Assessment to see what underlying practices might be at fault and causing problem symptoms in your family business .