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US Senior Open - Free tix for best posts!

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Office Space Available for Entrepreneurs

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What would you say to today's new college grads?

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Ann Clifford replied to Pat Coyle's discussion 'US Senior Open - Free tix for best posts!'

Can you believe I actually thought I had a chance to win Greg Norman's heart? I was so disappointed to find out that he was in love with Chris Evert. (A little triva . . . Evert and her ex were friends with Greg and his ex many years back?) I foun...

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Ann Clifford replied to Aaron Padgett's discussion 'difficulties running a small business' in the group Business Owners

Managing people is one of the most difficult aspects of running a business. Although new business development and other business functions are challenging, managing people is probably the most "emotionally" challeninging. I network a lot with busi...

May 24

Chad Myers replied to Ann Clifford's discussion 'Office Space Available for Entrepreneurs'

Hi Ann We probably wouldn't be able to fit in the 10x13 space and therefore would need two offices. In comparison, we are looking offices similar in size that is around $500. Let me know if you are interested in negotiating price. Chad 317.431.4306

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Ann Clifford replied to Ann Clifford's discussion 'Office Space Available for Entrepreneurs'

Chad - We are in brand new Class A office space. Our space is best suited for companies that have clients/guests that come to the office for meetings. Doesn't sound like our space makes sense for your business, but thanks for checking. Just curio...

May 20

Chad Myers replied to Ann Clifford's discussion 'Office Space Available for Entrepreneurs'

Thanks Ann. The rent is more expensive than other office we are consider, but I appreciate the quick response. Chad

May 20

Ann Clifford replied to Pat Coyle's discussion 'What would you say to today's new college grads?'

Young grads without jobs need to get their foot in the door. To do this, they must be willing to do whatever it takes. Consider the following: Intern for a month with no pay. Go to network meetings. Volunteer at events to meet business leaders. T...

May 20

Ann Clifford replied to Ann Clifford's discussion 'Office Space Available for Entrepreneurs'

Hi Chad, Yes, we still have a couple of offices available. Each office is about 130 sq ft (10 x 13). Monthly rent is $350/office. Includes access to conference room and kitchen. Internet access also included. Would you like to stop by to view th...

May 20

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How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?: Friend

What is your greatest strength?: Helping companies hire better!

What are you working on?: Recently became the HR alliance partner for a life science company in Indianapolis. We are actively hiring mid and senior level manager in quality control, R&D,, program management and manufacturing.

How big is your business?: small company

What is your Job Title: Owner

What is your Company Website?: http://www.safarisolutions.com

What is your alma mater?: Indiana University

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Talent: Build vs Buy

Had an interesting discussion with a new client about whether it is better to build or buy talent. I’ve had similar conversations with other clients over the years. Small businesses face the dilemma frequently. Do they hire and train newbies, or do they hire experience? It may appear to be cheaper in the short run to hire and train newbies. But, you have to spend a lot of management time to train newbies and the ramp up time for them to become effective in their jobs is long. Yet, if you hire ex… Continue

Posted on June 29, 2009 at 4:48pm —

Talent: Do you have a “Who” Problem

I had the recent privilege of participating in a “how to hire” workshop conducted by Geoff Smart, author of the NY Times best selling book, WHO. His tagline on his book is, “Knowing what to do is not the major challenge faced by executives — finding who to do it is!”

Geoff Smart is a very smart man. (Pun intended.) Geoff has been helping major corpora… Continue

Posted on June 20, 2009 at 4:30pm —

Sales Success

In today’s competitive market, sales success is vital to an organization’s sustainability. What new things are you doing to close deals now? What have you done in the past that has worked well? Are there things that you do or offer to your sales reps that helps them maximize their performance?

Posted on May 19, 2009 at 12:00pm —

Do you have the right people on the bus?

I recently read the book, The Energy of Money. During this time of economic turmoil, I thought the book might have a few gemstone tips to keep me energized. Author, Maria Nemeth, Ph.D., uses the term “Trouble at the Border.” This term meaning that along our pathway of intention, we will undoubtedly come acro… Continue

Posted on May 18, 2009 at 12:00pm —

Hiring: A Game of Risk

Safari Solutions helps companies “hire better.” Notice I didn’t say hire the best candidate each and every time. Why? Because there are too many variables to guarantee 100% hiring success.

Our role is to help a company reduce their risk of hire by conducting due diligence on each viable candidate. After completion of a thorough evaluation (scre… Continue

Posted on May 14, 2009 at 12:00pm —

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At 11:21pm on April 26, 2009, Dan Miller said…: Ann,

I am so glad to be a part of Smaller Indiana and and as such I want to give you a token of my thanks for being a big part of Indy's growing business partnership.
I am the owner of Veterans Computer Solutions and we are proud to be a service company interested in helping to build other minority or women owned businesses. To that end we would like to offer Safari Solutions a complementary 1 year subscription to our network maintenance service.

Our maintenance subscription provides monthly maintenance on all computers and servers attached to your network. This program applies all updates from Microsoft, AntiVirus and Spyware programs, runs diagnostics on all hardware and tweaks systems for optimal performance.

Please let me know when we could stop in an finalize the maintenance subscription.

Thanks

Dan

At 2:22pm on March 17, 2009, Brandon Bauer said…: Hello, I am new to Smaller Indiana and thought I would reach out to connect and say hello. My name is Brandon and I am the Director for Musical Medicine. We build music libraries for hospitals.

Are you planning on attending the Chocolate Blues and Business Networking Festival next Thursday? I hear it's going to be huge, they expect about 1,500 people to attend. It should be a great networking day! I have free tickets, if you need a ticket, let me know and I'll email you one. If you want more details about it, it's listed under events on the 26th.

Have a good day and I look forward to networking with you. Please let me know if I can ever do anything for you,
Brandon

At 3:30pm on February 26, 2009, Brandon Sobotka said…: Thank you for speaking with me yesterday Ann. I appreciate your insight and advice!

At 11:32am on February 19, 2009, Brandon Sobotka said…: Hi Ann. I unexpectedly had a few things pop up last week, but I would still appreciate to opportunity to talk. Are you available anytime next week. I still have your #, may I contact you early next week.

At 8:39am on February 4, 2009, Brandon Sobotka said…: Hi Ann! I read your profile and I was curious if maybe would could assist each other. I'm looking to connect with HR professionals. Im sure you're extremely busy, but may I steal a few minutes of your time?

At 11:22pm on February 1, 2009, Brandon Sobotka said…: Thank you for the comment. I'll definitely put the book on my list of future reading material.

At 5:42pm on January 21, 2009, Kyle Lacy said…: ANN! Good to meet you last night :)

At 9:18am on January 20, 2009, Deborah Denman said…: Hello Ann, good to see you on here, I will be at the function tonight hope to see you there.

At 12:31pm on January 16, 2009, Brian Rowe said…: Ann,
Glad you found me on Smaller Indiana. We have started to do very well as our positioning has been effective for the declining economy as businesses seem more willing to work with smaller more nimble companies than maybe they had in the past. I hope things are going well for you.

At 12:27pm on January 16, 2009, Chris Baggott said…: keep it up Ann. I'm finding that if you set a really stiff goal you get a lot more productive. One thing about Compendium, it is absolutely a volume driven strategy.

I'm not sure if you saw one of my posts the other day. We doubled our posts from 225 in the third quarter to over 500 in the fourth and our traffic increased by a factor of 5. It Quintupled!

Set your goal for 5 posts a day and see what happens.

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