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	<title>In Four A Penny</title>
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	<description>Start ups, small business &#38; stuff from the founder of Clear Books</description>
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		<title>A Lesson Learned About Freelancers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We tried two different freelance web developers on a one off project recently and both were a massive let down and wasted months. Finally, we have got it right third time lucky. Here are some things I learned in the process.

Ensure communication channels are kept open. Our first freelancer came into our office and appeared [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.infourapenny.co.uk/2010/06/a-lesson-learned-about-freelancers/</link>
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		<title>Starting in Business? Work From Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I started developing the concept for Clear Books I spent 15 months working from a lounge. I avoided the costs that quickly stack up if you move into an office:

Rent
Rates
Heating and lighting
Internet
Service charge
Cleaning

Some of the things I did to make working from home work were to:

Hold meetings in a nearby pub/cafe/restaurant (I interviewed my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.infourapenny.co.uk/2010/02/starting-in-business-work-from-home/</link>
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		<title>Starting in Business? Choose Free Banking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clear Books, my accounting software company, has up until now banked with Barclays. I signed up out of convenience as our partner Fubra had an account manager which sped up the setup process. For a long time the account was inactive as we were in a development phase and not processing any transactions.
For a while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.infourapenny.co.uk/2010/01/starting-in-business-choose-free-banking/</link>
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