To manage a small business,and avoid Burnout know the difference between profit and cash flow, create simple and effective marketing, and keep employees and customers motivated. Run a small business more efficiently than a larger business .Small, privately held companies have done an admirable job keeping their businesses afloat during the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression, but now data suggests they are feeling pressure that could lead to more layoffs and more small business failures.and Burnout. It got me thinking: Even in this recession, small-business owners cannot be afraid to shed their problem customers. It’s not always as clear-cut as someone violating your terms of service sometimes the situation falls into more of a gray area — customers pester you for extra Dubs or DVDs or free editing hours or, take more of your time than anyone else, are rude or never satisfied or perhaps repeatedly pay their bills late. Sometimes it’s not so gray… like when they’re dishonest or verbally abusive. and threaten you with that they have a friend with a Camcorder & that they can do the same job for way less, don’t buy into it once you lower your rates it’s almost imposible to raise them again, this kind of thing can make almost any small buisness stressed out The practice of dumping paying clients like a bad relationship may seem to go against the conventional wisdom of holding on to every customer you have, especially in the worst recession since the 1930s. But really, when is desperation the hallmark of a good decision? Cutting loose the big offenders is simply smart business.