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Few business assets are as valuable as advice from those who have come before you. Why should you have to learn lessons the hard way when you can have many years' worth of designer business wisdom on tap just for you?

Whether you are a novice at this or head of a more mature operation, there are always issues you can use advice about. And some, like cash flow and commodity pricing and trend management, just never seem to go away.

But advice from those who have already learned the ins and outs of our business can make things far more managable. The conduit for this is the Discussion Forum where you post a question and anyone who has an answer replies to your question. Our industry is filled with generous veterans -- God bless 'em! -- who are happy to share what they have learned.

If a particular question falls into the area of expertise of one of our Advisory Council members, we contact them separately to ask if they will respond -- in case they missed the original message.