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Craig Grella

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President and Founder, Cornerstone Funding Services, Inc.

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Craig Grella is the president and founder of Cornerstone Funding Services, Inc. a business consulting company in Nashville, TN.

Mr. Grella helped to create one of the first entrepreneurship classes which he still teaches through city community centers and investment ...

Craig Grella is the president and founder of Cornerstone Funding Services, Inc. a business consulting company in Nashville, TN.

Mr. Grella helped to create one of the first entrepreneurship classes which he still teaches through city community centers and investment clubs around the country.

Mr. Grella is also an author and freelance writer, contributing over 400 articles to popular magazines, newspapers, trade journals, and business websites.

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WEB: CreativeREO

Jan. 17, 2011

Craig Grella and 1 other person answered this question

Are there are reports on the cost of Inventory in various industries and the cost breakdown

This is a classic Lean process application question which has been studied, at length, by the Lean Enterprise Institute. Sox has made companies rethink, and re-calculate their inventory costs. It's also the reason companies have bigger accounting departments than engineering departments. From their standpoint, it's ... more

Inventory Management

Jan. 16, 2011

Craig Grella and 3 other people answered this question

Will lenders loosen their purse strings this year, or do small businesses have to get creative?

Deregulation allowed banks to get too big, and in the process, to ignore the clients that helped them get that way...the everyday depositor. Further legislation will likely make it impossible to ever return to the free credit days of the 90's.
However, as long as a ... more

Business Finance

Jan. 16, 2011

Craig Grella and 3 other people answered this question

Is it harder now than it used to be to start a business? Do you think it'll continue to get harder?

It is easier than ever to start a business, but still tough to get financing for that business through public channels.
Most county and state governments allow businesses filings online now, and for under $100 in most states you can startup your own LLC or corp. ... more

Starting Own Business

Jan. 16, 2011

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Please provide your thoughts on the current state of the CRM market

I have been using salesforce for many, many years, and have implemented salesforce.com for several companies, and it is the only CRM I will use. I have installed databases with as few as 45 contacts and as large as 30,000 contacts, and have yet to ... more

Customer Service

Jan. 16, 2011

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How are mobile devices and geolocation applications changing your customer relationships?

We have two offices, and listings on google places, which highlights our business.
We don't really have drop-in or walk-in business services, but I'm constantly surprised at how many visitors end up at my site after finding us on google places.
In regard to front end customer ... more

Customer Service

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