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Lenders can tell at a glance if your loan application is worth considering. Learn how to cater your story to them. Read More

Here they are; a collection of resources that all franchise buyers, or at least prospective franchise buyers, need to move towards making an intelligent fact-based decision. There's risk involved and I'd like to help you lower it, if you're in fact looking to own what you do. Read More

Do you have a 1st Class website or blog that’s focused on franchising, entrepreneurship, finance-lending, small business issues, marketing/pr, or copywriting? If so, here’s your chance to get some ink! (Real-live-black-ink.) Read More

Software company, Intuit plans to give $1 million to small businesses in the next nine months. Here's how to get some. Read More

After you’ve gone through the several steps to get in front of an investor it’s crucial not to make a mistake, yet many investors can list off mistakes they see on a daily basis. Here five investors talk about the common mistakes entrepreneurs make when pitching their business. Read More

Being in business means making decisions. Whether it is the exact shade of paint to add a touch of gloss to a product or the need to purchase equipment or sadly make someone redundant, business life is full of choices and the need to be decisive. Sometimes we are so bound up in the need to make dec Read More

In its first year, Kiva, a non-profit microlending organization, helped fund a spinach farmer in Cambodia, a hot dog stand man in Nicaragua, a carpenter in Gaza, a bee keeper in Ghana, and a fish seller in Uganda. Behind each of these businesses lies a story. Now we can add Detroit stories to the m Read More

A common concern often raised by experts who review business plans and financial projections has to do with under-estimated selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) cost assumptions. As a business scales, variable costs ratchet in tendem. But SG&A is often driven by factors other than sales. Read More

I really couldn't believe this, when I came across it. A recent press release announcing a “$7.6 million Franchise Giveaway” by ActionCoach, formerly known as Action International, is causing me to have major neck pain.... Read More