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LinkedIn Learning

How to Protect Business Profits in a Financial Downturn

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Make your small business recession proof. Get practical strategies for cutting costs, analyzing your finances, negotiating with vendors, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • The small business challenge
1. Strategic Overview
  • Recession for small businesses
  • Advantages and disadvantages of a recession for small businesses
  • The one fundamental truth
2. Cutting Costs without Cutting Labor
  • Analyzing your spending
  • Cutting costs
  • Prioritizing your spending
  • Renegotiating with vendors
  • Exiting contracts
  • Asset recovery and disposition
3. Making Tough Labor Decisions
  • Prioritizing labor decisions
  • Making the toughest decision
4. Planning Ahead
  • Limiting the downside
  • Preparing for the upside
  • Going forward

Taught by

Jason Schenker

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