The good news for small fries is that tax software has gotten better over the years.

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The trouble is, small companies often do business with other small fries who jealously guard their financials.

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Why not use the Web to aggregate small fries like myself into a single virtual shop with national reach?

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But exactly how much help can small fries hope to get?

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The economics can be more favorable for small fries, too, especially in densely populated areas like New England where large developers can't secure sprawling tracts for mammoth retirement communities.

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The new and delicate challenge: Attracting small fries willing to pay a small monthly charge (or at least able to expense without approval) while not cannibalizing Zoom's high-end customer base.

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All business owners, particularly small fries, should operate their businesses with the knowledge that their vendor or customer could get acquired at any time, said Peter Hermann, a founding partner of Heritage Partners, a middle-market private equity firm.

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If you eat fast food once a week, a small switch from French fries to apple fries could save your children almost three pounds of weight a year.

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At this family-run stalwart, the mountain of fries that comes in even a small order borders on the ridiculous -- so no wonder the college kids keep coming back.

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