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Press Coverage & Articles
Rich Russakoff and Mary Goodman have been featured in various media outlets, including the New York Times, MSNBC, and Fortune Small Business and Fast Company magazines.
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5 Steps: A Personal Guarantee and Your Business (and Future)
FOXBusiness, Jan 18, 2010
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"Business lending can either be a tourniquet or a transfusion," says Mary Goodman, CEO of Bottom Line Up Enterprises, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based consulting firm for small and mid-sized firms. "The tourniquet stops the bleeding short term... whereas a transfusion really brings in new life. Make sure, whether there's a personal guarantee or not, that you're borrowing for the right reasons."
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What Is the Boss’s Job Description?
The New York Times, Sept 8, 2009
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Rich Russakoff’s presentation for EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) was mentioned in The New York Time’s blog, You’re the Boss, The Art of Running a Small Business.
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The New Reality of Your Banking Relationship
American Express Open Forum, May 15, 2009
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Rich Russakoff "stresses that finding capital doesn’t always have to begin and end at the bank. “Keep in touch with your personal network. That includes business associates who are also going after capital,” he says. “Prices are going up for money and you need to shop til you drop for the best deal.”
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Leave No Stone Unturned in Search for Cash
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Magazine, March 2009
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Mary Goodman and Rich Russakoff offer “tips for generating cash in these difficult economic times” in this Chamber of Commerce Magazine article.
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Your Business
MSNBC, Sept 2008
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Mary Goodman appeared on this MSNBC show during the 2008 Inc. 500 Conference.
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Inc. Magazine
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Hurricane Blues, Oct 1, 2007 – This article follows up with Raymond Rathle to see if he followed Rich Russakoff’s advice on “selling his battered processed-food business.”
Case Study: Was Bankruptcy the Answer?, Dec 1, 2005 – Rich Russakoff, the business coach, is mentioned in this article about if a business can be saved.
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Case Study: New Orleans Business Struggles to Survive
Fast Company Magazine, Aug 2006
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Rich Russakoff weighs in on if Raymond Rathle should try to save his “New Orleans-based business, Carnival Brands” which survived a hurricane but lost [its] employees, customers, and insurance.”
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Can the ‘Rockefeller Habit’ help us grow richer?
The Philippine Star, Feb 20, 2006
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"Part of Rockefeller’s genius was his ability to achieve alignment with his management team," says Rich Russakoff. "They in turn would use these habits with middle management and then middle management would use them to achieve alignment with the entire company. The mantra is one percent vision and 99 percent alignment."
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Animal House
Fortune Small Business Magazine, Nov 1, 2004
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Rich Russakoff and other experts “help a frazzled North Carolina couple nail down their home-construction business.”
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More, Please!
Business Finance Magazine
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Rich Russakoff shares his expertise on various subjects in four articles for Business Finance Magazine::
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Huddle Up!
Entrepreneur Magazine, Dec 1999
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“Rich Russakoff, president of Bottom Line Consultants, and a coach for owners of small and mid-sized businesses, explains: "Too often, coaching happens only as a way to criticize an employee. But that's not being a coach; it's being a cop. A cop focuses on the past and finds fault. A coach focuses on the future and looks at past behavior only to find better ways to perform in the future. But many entrepreneurs think they're coaching when they're simply being cops.”
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Do Your Loan Officers Have What It Takes?
ABA Banking Journal, 1999
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Rich Russakoff wrote this American Banking Association journal article to share the nine essential characteristics of successful loan officers that distinguish them from their competition.
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SCORE
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How to Assemble a Loan Package
Rich Russakoff authored these two bank financing publications, which were sponsored by Visa and Inc. Magazine. More than 250,000 copies of each publication were distributed by SCORE and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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