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		<title>RSVP for Financial Education 101: Managing Credit and Building Wealth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial Education 101: Managing Credit and Building Wealth January 21, 8:30 a.m. &#8211; 2 p.m. George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center 1165 Angelina St., Austin, Texas Sponsors: Texas NAACP, Austin NAACP Cosponsors: National Association of Black Accountants Austin Cen-Tex Chapter, Texas Mezzanine Fund Media Sponsors: KAZI 88.7 FM, Economic Perspectives Free Giveaways Raffle for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3803&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to Interview on Growing Your Small Business with Jeannette Peten</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeannette Peten, president of Texas Tree Tamers and a One Page Business Plan Consultant shared her expertise on how to grow a small business on the January 1 edition of Economic Perspectives. Peten has over 20 years training, counseling, and managing small businesses. Most recently she has grown Texas Tree Tamers from to nearly $500,000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3797&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Co-Author of Great By Choice Guest on November 28 Economic Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morten Hansen, co-author of Great By Choice: Uncertainty Chaos and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All, will be a guest on the November 28 edition of Economic Perspectives on KAZI 88.7 FM.  Listen live online at kazifm.org. In Great By Choice, Hansen and co-author Jim Collins answer the question why do some companies thrive in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3762&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to Interview About Growing Your Business with Doug and Polly White</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hopeton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re an entrepreneur struggling with defining your role in the business you may want to listen to my interview with Doug and Polly White, authors of Let Go to Grow. In their book, the authors contend that for a business to reach the next level of success the owner has to &#8221; let go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3740&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Fitness Seminar Targets African American Families in November</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hopeton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Austin Cen-Tex Chapter&#8217;s First Annual Financial Fitness Seminar is being held Saturday, November 5, 2011, 8 a.m. &#8211; 3 p.m. at Huston-Tillotson University.  The Financial Fitness Seminar will feature a wide variety of free workshops that will provide will help families achieve better results in managing their personal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3721&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sources of Capital for Small Business Focus of September 19 Economic Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hopeton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Janie Barrerra, president of Accion Texas and Sam Thacker, a partner with Business Finance Solutions, are the guests on the September 19 edition on Economic Perspectives, 5:30 p.m. &#8211; 6 p.m. on KAZI 88.7 FM.  Listen live online at kazifm.org. Janie Barrerra, Accion Texas The mission of ACCION Texas Inc. is to provide credit and service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3709&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where the Jobs Are and Airport Blvd. Initiative Focus of September 12 Economic Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hopeton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Noer, Executive Editor of Forbes magazine,  will discuss some of the companies that are still hiring despite the economic malaise, and Robyn Emerson will discuss the City of Austin Airport Boulevard Initiative&#8217;s Community Vision Workshop on the September 12 edition of Economic Perspectives on KAZI 88.7 FM, 5:30-6 p.m.  Listen live online at kazifm.org. Forbes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3707&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>REBRODACAST: Interview on Increasing Profits and City of Austin Surety Bond Assistance program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hopeton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jonathan Byrnes, author of Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink:Why 40 Percent of Your Business Is Unprofitable and How to Fix It, and Luke Luper, who leads the City of Austin&#8217;s Bonding Consulting Services for minority and women contractors, will be the guests for the two segments of Economic Perspectives on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3702&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to Firdos Vohra Discuss Value of MBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hopeton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firdos Vohra, a second year MBA student at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business, talked about why she decided to obtain an MBA on the July 4 edition of Economic Perspectives.  To listen to the podcast of this interview click here: Firdos Vohra Interview.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3693&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gina Montana Podcast About Doing Business in New Orleans After Katrina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hopeton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed the interview with Gina Montana about her experiences working in New Orleans as an entrepreneur after Hurricane Katrina click here: Gina Montana Interview.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4403338&amp;post=3689&amp;subd=econpers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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