Small-business leaders discuss the strategies they're using to weather this economy.
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Doug Kelley is the court-appointed receiver of Tom Petters's assets. But for drama, it's hard to beat the time the mafia cancelled a hit on Kelley, figuring a Himalayan mountain would kill him instead.
After 22 consecutive years of losing money, the company now known as Clearfield is profitably supplying connectivity products to smaller telecoms.
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Create internal cash when outside credit is tight.
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An animated block of wood teaches us lessons in how not to invest.
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Best Buy is using social networking and a philosophy of openness to change the way it interacts with employees and customers. Along the way, it's learning new ways to sell its products.
The long-time Minnesota construction company's first sports project was the Target Center in 1987. Now working on the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium and the Minnesota Twins' Target Field, it has become one of the nation's largest sports-facilities builders.
For marketing, PR, brand, and design firms too small to catch the big jobs they want, Dan Mallin and Scott Litman have an answer: Join forces and split projects with other small firms.