What We Are Reading 

Ready to Retire? A Five Year Pre-Retirement Plan (Anne Tergesen  in the Wall Street Journal) 

http://on.wsj.com/mmj11_05X

“HIT” Tax Endangers Small Business

http://bit.ly/MMJ11_05Y

5 Estimated Tax Strategies for Business Owners (Barbara Weltman in American Express OPEN Forum)

http://bit.ly/MMJ11_05Z

Invest in Your Knowledge Base (George Lanza, IBBA M&A Source Chair) 

http://bit.ly/MMJ11_05ZB

Are Business Cards Dead? (Barry Moltz in American Express OPEN Forum) 

http://bit.ly/MMJ11_05ZA

US Chamber of Commerce Rejects White House “Cyber” Plan

http://on.wsj.com/MMJ11_05ZC

Goodbye Briefcase, Hello iPad- How Tablet Computers are Transforming the Retail Business (Jonathan O'Connell in Washington Post Capital Business) 

http://wapo.st/MMJ11_05ZD

Still Foggy on Cloud Computing? (Mikal E. Belicove in Entrepreneur) 

http://bit.ly/MMJ11_05ZE

Wells Fargo Bankers Answer Criticism of Lending Practices (Robb Mandelbaum in New York Times)

http://nyti.ms/MMJ11_05ZF

What We Are Reading

More news and links - SBA, technology  and the Washington Post 200:

SBA Launches Website Resource for Lenders (Business News Daily)  http://bit.ly/MMJ11_03V  

SBA Seeks New Revenue Limits (Marjorie Censer/Washington Post) http://wapo.st/MMJ11_03W

For Small Businesses, Cash Flow Crisis Continues (John Tozzi/Bloomberg Business Week)  http://buswk.co/MMJ11_03X  

Top Five You-Tube Marketing Mistakes (Amy Mae Elliott/American Express Open Forum)  http://bit.ly/MMJ11_03Y  

Why You Should Consider Business Interruption Insurance (Joyce Rosenberg/ABC News) http://abcn.ws/MMJ11_03Z  

The Post 200 – The Washington Post’s List of Top 200 Businesses http://wapo.st/MMJ1103 

What We Are Reading

These current articles have been brought to our attention by MABIA members:

• Eight Ways to "Spring Clean" a Business by Paul Spiegelman, originally appeared in Entrepreneur http://read.bi/MMJ11_03M

• 6 Ways to Get the Most from Your Accountant by Anne Field in American Express OPEN Forum http://bit.ly/MMJ11_03U

• Taking on Tax Breaks by Emily Maltby in the Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/MMJ11_03R

• Audits Add Shine to Firms: Studey Finds Certified Financial Statements Help Businesses' Loan Prospects by Angus Loten in Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/MMJ11_03S

• An Expose on the Secrets of Guy Kawasaki's Success by Chunka Mui in Forbes http://bit.ly/MMJ11_03T

If you read something inspiring or useful this week, please forward the link or title to us and we'll happily share them in the Monday Morning Juice.

What's Coming Up

April 12 - This meeting (at the Capital Grille in Bethesda) will feature members of the Sandy Spring Bank team who will discuss "Assessing Credit Cultures to Pick the Right Bank" RSVP to RSVP@MABIA.org

April 20 - IBBA Course "Restaurants: Selling and Valuation" - please email info@MABIA.org for more information

May 3 - Membership Meeting: Please note date change, to not conflict IBBA conference (May 10-14 in New Orleans)

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