If you are looking for financing there is a 'trick of the trade' that can potentially save your business time, money and frustration. Don't sign the application! Sounds like a crazy idea doesn't it? Let me explain. Like any industries there are the good guys and not so good guys. Once you sign an application there are several things that migh Read More
If you want to maximize the sale of a business, you need to create a self sustaining model so your new buyer can run the business and make a profit. It is easier to sell when you create a self sustaining business with automated work flow systems working. Read More
Aaahh the Spend It part of the budget. I personally love this part, and who doesn't? To be able to buy those luxury or "big ticket" items, you first need to go through the Save It stage. Read More
Small and medium-sized enterprise may be key players in emerging markets as they are in more developed nations. This post from the Vital Wave Consulting blog suggests Chinese-run banks are increasing lending to SME's following a global trend. In many diverse regions in the developing world these companies may employ up to one third of the total w Read More
An article in the New York Times' small business section reports on a Maryland University business school study that suggests venture capital firms often ignore business plans and even an entrepreneur's past startup experience when deciding what projects to fund preferring to go on instinct and their experience instead when judging a venture's Read More
Oliver Waller, director of OneMinuteU, shares some secrets about small business tax breaks including what to deduct and what to watch for. Be sure to check with your own tax preparer and carefully research any advice you might get online, but the suggestions in this brief article may open your eyes to some of the amazing possibilities out there an Read More
From the Microsoft Small Business Center columnist Joseph Anthony gives 7 tips for buying a business. Among his suggestions are to remember that you are buying not only a business but a lifestyle and also the importance of getting your own professional advice before striking a deal. Read the rest of Anthony's advice and if you've had experience Read More
In the midst of earnings season, the market is responding in typical fashion. In one of my previous articles from earlier this month, I talked about some of the things the market needed to see from earnings season in order to stabilize and move higher. Well, we're seeing them. Now what? Read More
Read a credit card agreement , and you will likely find that disputes with the company have to go into mandatory arbitration. And not just any arbitration. You agree to go into arbitration (as opposed to suing) with — in many cases — the 87868419SP003_Credit_Card_RNational Arbitration Forum. Read More
What do we have today? Interest rates that got lowered quickly and have hit bottom at a “range between 0% and 0.25%”, essentially zero percent. Think this is going to end any differently than producing another painful bubble that will pop? Of course not. Read More
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