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“Accion is teaming up with Groupon to help small business owners affected by Hurricane Sandy.  A $5, $10, or $25 donation to this Groupon Grassroots  campaign will help Accion East and Online fund microloans to assist small businesses as they recover from Hurricane Sandy. Visit http://www.groupon.c Read More

As a home business owner, it helps to have an invoicing tool that you can rely on. One of the tools that I have found ideal for my freelancing business is FreshBooks. Read More

Entrepreneurs are more firmly in the spotlight than they have ever been thanks to TV shows such as Dragons’ Den, which is currently back on our screens. Entertaining as it may be, our CEO worries that the show could actually be damaging to young entrepreneurs of the future, and the digital industry Read More

Small business owners seeking financing from private investors can take heart from the latest data from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. The quarterly study of angel investors found that, as of the second half of 2012, the angel investor market seems to be on the Read More

You need to decide how much you’re willing to write a check for. In other words, how much of your own money (before any business loans) are you willing to risk? For example, if you’re looking at a franchise that has a total cost of $200,000, how much of that $200,000 is going to come from the mo... Read More

A great time to start a business can be when the economy is in a downturn because there is less competition and supplies, services and staffing is typically cheaper. That said, there is still a big challenge: getting financing.

Banks are not handing out lots of loans, especially to new start-up Read More

I met an ex-multi-unit franchise owner of McDonald's, recently. We shared a few things. His story was interesting. But, what he shared with me about today's McDonald's stores-his feelings about them, was pretty interesting... Read More

If you're going to end up becoming the owner of a franchise business, make sure you remember about the marketing fees that you'll be asked to pay. (Told to pay, actually.) And, make sure that you include them in your projections... Read More

$1 from 1001 people is better than $1000 from one person…and a lot easier to get! Less can be more! Micro funding can be defined has raising funds from social media, as well as media websites, for a specific purpose. Actually, micro funding is a common practice nowadays. People and organizations pr Read More