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		<title>Securing Financing for Your Medspa or Aesthetic Medical Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis X Acunzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Tuesday I gave a webinar on securing financing for your Medspa or Aesthetic Medical Practice.  This webinar was sponsored by Eric Hansen, Financial Adviser at Merrill Lynch. I outlined the preliminary thought process for investing in a new medspa or aesthetic medical practice, for the purchase of capital equipment or for the acquisition [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spabusinessmd.com&amp;blog=761984&amp;post=2101&amp;subd=acaramedspadevelopment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Securing Financing for your Medical Spa or Aesthetic Medical Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are contemplating adding a new aesthetic laser to your cosmetic medical practice or if you are seeking financing to launch a medspa, join me on Tuesday, January 24 as I discuss how you can secure financing. Here is the information for the upcoming Webinar: SPONSORED BY: Eric Hanson, Financial Advisor – Merrill Lynch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spabusinessmd.com&amp;blog=761984&amp;post=2058&amp;subd=acaramedspadevelopment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acara Announces Q1 2012 Complimentary Webinars for Cosmetic Physicians, Aesthetic Medical &amp; MedSpa Industry Professionals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis X Acunzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are six new Webinars in the Q1 series, and some are back by popular demand, including topics on development, management, marketing and sales.  Here are the new 2012 Q1 Webinars: 2012 Top Aesthetic Medical Trends Tuesday, January 10, 2012 &#8212; 1:00 pm, ET / 10:00 am, PT Join Francis Acunzo, cosmetic medical business visionary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spabusinessmd.com&amp;blog=761984&amp;post=2017&amp;subd=acaramedspadevelopment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take Advantage of the Recession Sooner Than Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis X Acunzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good News/Bad News!  The good news first.  It looks likely, based on a recent Wall Street Journal article, that the recession will be coming to an end as early as September of this year.  Bad news is that the great negotiating power buyers currently have will be going away. What does this say to me?  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spabusinessmd.com&amp;blog=761984&amp;post=995&amp;subd=acaramedspadevelopment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Easy&#8221; Answer to Turning Around your Failing Medical Spa</title>
		<link>http://spabusinessmd.com/2008/07/09/the-easy-answer-to-how-to-turnaround-your-failing-medical-spa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis X Acunzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often speak to owners of failing Medical Spas.  They contact us hoping that we can turn them around, make them successful or at least bring them to a break-even point. Most of the time when Acara assesses a Medical Spa we can quickly identify the &#8220;levers&#8221; to press that places the spa back on-track towards profitability.  Though it can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spabusinessmd.com&amp;blog=761984&amp;post=29&amp;subd=acaramedspadevelopment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Credit Crunch: How to Finance a Medical Spa in our Current Economic Condition</title>
		<link>http://spabusinessmd.com/2008/06/28/the-credit-crunch-how-to-finance-a-medical-spa-in-the-current-economic-conditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis X Acunzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is clear to everyone that the US is experiencing turbulent economic conditions. In the past 10 years there has not been a more difficult credit climate in which to finance a business and many agree that we are in a recession and possibly facing the wrath of inflation.  Truly when you look at food [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spabusinessmd.com&amp;blog=761984&amp;post=14&amp;subd=acaramedspadevelopment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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