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		<title>Action Plan, Part 12 of 12 &#124; Strategies to ride the recovery</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/12/action-plan-part-12-of-12-strategies-to-ride-the-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lessons Learned <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/12/action-plan-part-12-of-12-strategies-to-ride-the-recovery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 11 of 12 &#124; Out of the Realm of Ideas</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/action-plan-part-9-of-12-out-of-the-realm-of-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategies to ride the recovery <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/action-plan-part-9-of-12-out-of-the-realm-of-ideas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 10 of 12 &#124; Building Customer Demand</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/10/action-plan-ii-part-10-of-12-building-customer-demand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategies to ride the recovery by Lindsey Norris Action Plan Online Small Changes, Big Rewards If you’ve been following this column, you may have noted that the recipe for success during a recessionary economy is essentially the same as during &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/10/action-plan-ii-part-10-of-12-building-customer-demand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 9 of 12 &#124; Strategies to ride the recovery</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/09/action-plan-part-9-of-12-strategies-to-ride-the-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When recovery is leaving you behind <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/09/action-plan-part-9-of-12-strategies-to-ride-the-recovery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 8 of 12 &#124; Winning the Price Wars</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/action-plan-part-8-of-12-winning-the-price-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategies to ride the recovery by Lindsey Norris Action Plan Online The past two years have been good to alarmists. The tombstone had barely been erected on the grave of the recession before the spectre of inflation was spotted in &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/action-plan-part-8-of-12-winning-the-price-wars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 7 of 12 &#124; Integrating New Staff to Your Team</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/07/action-plan-ii-part-7-of-12-integrating-new-staff-to-your-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategies to ride the recovery by Lindsey Norris Action Plan Online For once, you should ignore the numbers. In April, Alberta was singled out as the only province to show no employment growth since July 2009, which might make you &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/07/action-plan-ii-part-7-of-12-integrating-new-staff-to-your-team/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 6 of 12 &#124; How to Handle Tardy Receivables</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/06/action-plan-ii-part-5-of-12-how-to-handle-tardy-receivables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategies to ride the recovery by Lindsey Norris Action Plan Online There are a dozen ways to handle overdue accounts. In April last year, Linamar, which manufactures auto components, took an unusual approach. It released a press release detailing its &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/06/action-plan-ii-part-5-of-12-how-to-handle-tardy-receivables/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 5 of 12 &#124; Prepare to Launch</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/05/action-plan-ii-part-4-of-12-prepare-to-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 08:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prepare to Launch by Lindsey Norris Action Plan Online There are a host of reasons to introduce new products and services to your lineup. You can grow your business, squeeze your competitors and capitalize on new trends and technologies. But &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/05/action-plan-ii-part-4-of-12-prepare-to-launch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan Online 2010, Part 5 of 12</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/05/action-plan-online-2010-part-5-of-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 07:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to launch a new product by Lindsey Norris // // The Price is…Wrong Pricing your new product or service is one of the most important elements to introducing it to the market. Get it wrong, and it may never &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/05/action-plan-online-2010-part-5-of-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 4 of 12 &#124; Showing Appreciation to Loyal Staff</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/04/action-plan-ii-part-4-of-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Appreciating the staff who’ve been loyal by Lindsey Norris Action Plan Online Show a little love During the darkest days of the recession, as companies were laying off workers more regularly than Donald Trump, a surprising thing happened: productivity increased. &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/04/action-plan-ii-part-4-of-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 3 of 12</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/03/action-plan-ii-part-3-of-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review the Competitive Landscape by Lindsey Norris It’s not easy to run a business during a recovery. Everything you thought you knew about economic growth and consumer behaviour has been turned on end. Some companies are avoiding the madness altogether &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/03/action-plan-ii-part-3-of-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 2 of 12</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/02/action-plan-ii-part-2-of-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to Borrow or Refinance? by Lindsey Norris With interest rates at historic lows, it’s hard not to ponder the possibilities: pain-free expansion, acquisitions of pesky competitors or just lower loan payments. It’s a chance for smaller players to get &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/02/action-plan-ii-part-2-of-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan II, Part 1 of 12</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/01/action-plan-part-10-of-10-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to Change Gears by Lindsey Norris Throughout the recession, optimists have been happy to point out the benefits of recession to struggling business owners. Most of this advice has included “wait-and-see”: after the downturn, your weaker competitors will be &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2010/01/action-plan-part-10-of-10-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan Online 2010, Part 1 of 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 10 of 10</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/12/action-plan-part-10-of-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strengthen Your Business Relationships In 2008, an average of 1.3 million barrels of bitumen per day were produced in Alberta’s oilsands – a decrease of 1% from 2007. When production decreases, it may hurt the bottom line of the producer. &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2009/12/action-plan-part-10-of-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan Online, Part 10 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Improve Your Customer Relationships How to keep your customers on side when you mess up. Tips from the Trenches The software industry is infamous for its poor customer service. If you run into a problem, chances are it will take &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2009/12/action-plan-online-part-10-of-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 9 of 10</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/11/action-plan-part-9-of-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win the (Bidding) War by Lindsey Norris Bidding for a contract or customer is a fact of life in many industries, including real estate, advertising, construction and engineering. But if you aren’t accustomed to competing for business, the process may &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2009/11/action-plan-part-9-of-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan Online, Part 9 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Building the Economy of Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Action Plan Online, Part 8 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cut Costs, Not Morale &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span class=&#8221;mceItemObject&#8221; classid=&#8221;clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000&#8243; codebase=&#8221;http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0&#8243; width=&#8221;570&#8243; height=&#8221;290&#8243; id=&#8221;actionplan8&#8243; align=&#8221;middle&#8221;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span name=&#8221;allowScriptAccess&#8221; value=&#8221;sameDomain&#8221; class=&#8221;mceItemParam&#8221;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span name=&#8221;allowFullScreen&#8221; value=&#8221;false&#8221; class=&#8221;mceItemParam&#8221;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span name=&#8221;movie&#8221; value=&#8221;http://www.albertaventure.com/videos/actionplan8.swf&#8221; class=&#8221;mceItemParam&#8221;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span name=&#8221;quality&#8221; value=&#8221;high&#8221; class=&#8221;mceItemParam&#8221;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span name=&#8221;bgcolor&#8221; value=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; class=&#8221;mceItemParam&#8221;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span class=&#8221;mceItemEmbed&#8221; src=&#8221;http://www.albertaventure.com/videos/actionplan8.swf&#8221; mce_src=&#8221;http://www.albertaventure.com/videos/actionplan8.swf&#8221; quality=&#8221;high&#8221; bgcolor=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2009/10/action-plan-online-part-8-of-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 8 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Launch a Cost-Reduction Bandwagon WHEN CALGARY’S CIRRUS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES asked for input on ways the company could cut costs, everyone, from admin personnel to senior project managers, got involved. They had a reason to. In quarterly meetings, people would vote &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2009/10/action-plan-part-8-of-10/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 7 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Action Plan Online, Part 7 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Action Plan Online, Part 6 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Action Plan, Part 4 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<title>Action Plan Online, Part 3 of 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 17:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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