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VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 4 • SUMMER 2011

Leading Edge www.LeadingEdgeAlliance.com The Leading Edge Alliance is an international professional association of independently owned accounting and consulting firms. The Leading Edge Alliance enables member firms to access the resources of a multibillion-dollar global professional services organization, providing business development, professional training and education, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities nationally and globally, around the corner and around the world. Members are top quality firms who are very successful, have deep client relationships, and strong ties to the community. The Alliance provides members with an unbeatable combination: the comprehensive size and scope of a large multinational company while offering their clients the continuity, consistency and quality service of a local firm. Member firms have access to the best and brightest teams of business advisors—a peer-to-peer connection that provides the right business solutions for clients. To find out more about the Alliance, contact Karen Kehl-Rose, president, at (630) 513-9814 or kkr@The-LEA.com. Leading Edge Advisory Committee Tricia J. Egry / Alpern Rosenthal Mary Franklin / Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Co., LLP Jen Lemanski / PKF Texas Pam Metzger / Sikich LLP Gary Voth / PKF Texas Karen Kehl-Rose / The Leading Edge Alliance In affiliation with Smart Business Content Marketing www.sbnonline.com Ann M. Gynn / Editor Danielle Toth / Associate Editor Stacy Vickroy / Art Director Andrea Jager / Graphic Designer

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4 8 Money is not evil 5 talked-about tech trends – should you care? Experts talk about how to fly your business into the global marketplace

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9 News and information from our firm Bits & Pieces Top 10 things about doing business in ... China Workplace: Acquisition leads to merger of office policies, cultures

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