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October 2, 2014

How small firms can keep top performers

  • As the economy and job market improve, keeping the best employees is vital for small businesses.
    • By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — People are quitting their jobs at a faster clip and that's pushing small business owners to work harder to hold onto top talent.

    Dance studio owner Andrea Bisconti has experienced the challenge firsthand. When Kellie Love, an instructor there, said she was planning to leave to start a business of her own, Bisconti decided to act. Love inspires students to keep coming back for more lessons and brings in more than a quarter of the studio's revenue, says Bisconti, owner of a Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Willoughby, Ohio.


     
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