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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  August, 2003  

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By Stever Robbins, Entrepreneur Column Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 15--QUESTION: I run a small company and bring in about 30 percent of the business myself. Is it worth my time to get upset when my employees order expensive pens? It seems silly to fuss over small office items, but at the end of the year, even that can make a difference.

ANSWER: As the CEO, you need to be spending your time making the biggest difference possible in the things that are most important. In the short term, it sounds like that means pulling in 30 percent of the sales. Are the pens ...

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