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This poll contrasts with the data Sageworks collected even earlier this year.

Brian Hamilton: Lackluster Year Ahead: Financial Professionals Predict No Change Brian Hamilton 2011

Sageworks surveyed financial professionals -- chiefly from accounting firms and financial institutions -- to ask how the economy will have changed one year from now.

Brian Hamilton: Lackluster Year Ahead: Financial Professionals Predict No Change Brian Hamilton 2011

Sometimes disappointment may stem not so much from flaws in the fantasy as the dreamers' failure to know themselves, says Brian Hamilton , a financial consultant to start-up companies at Sageworks Inc., in Raleigh, N.C.

Dreams Come True. Or Not. Rob Johnson 2011

"They're able to grow at a rapid pace, but they're doing it with a very thin cost structure," said Mike Lubansky , a senior financial analyst at Sageworks Inc., which does financial analysis of privately held companies.

Ubiquiti IPO Prices at Low End of Reduced Range Lynn Cowan 2011

In this single question survey, Sageworks asked each recipient to characterize their sense of what the economy will look like in a year from now as compared to today based on conversations with their business clients.

Brian Hamilton: Lackluster Year Ahead: Financial Professionals Predict No Change Brian Hamilton 2011

Sageworks surveyed 613 accounting and banking professionals at CPA firms, banks, and credit unions across the U.S. from August 19, 2011 through September 9, 2011.

Brian Hamilton: Lackluster Year Ahead: Financial Professionals Predict No Change Brian Hamilton 2011

"If you're not floating much stock, then you're not diluting existing shareholders," said Brian Hamilton , chief executive and a financial consultant to start-ups at Sageworks Inc.

Tech IPOs Take Low-Float Tack. A High-Risk Move? Steven Russolillo 2011

With the help of Sageworks, a Raleigh, N. C.-based accounting consultancy and private-company data provider, Forbes assembled a list of the 20 most profitable businesses, on a pretax basis, that aspiring entrepreneurs might launch ...

The Most Profitable Small Businesses Right Now 2010

"Industries which provide need-to-have solutions rather than nice-to-have solutions tend to do better," says Sageworks founder Brian Hamilton.

The Most Profitable Small Businesses 2010

Another thing to remember about profit margins: "There's a big difference between margin and income levels," notes Drew White, Sageworks 'chief financial officer.

The Most Profitable Small Businesses 2010