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Banks can’t lend you money on your business plan. It’s against the law. Banking laws have discouraged banks from investing in your startup since the Great Depression of the 1930s, when lots of banks went under. You have to have some assets – like your house equity – and you have to risk losing them Read More

So you want to start that company but you don’t have enough of your own money to do it. Most people think you either borrow the money or find investors, but neither of these are always possible.  Read More

Google Plus is being set to rise as the next competitor to social media giants like Facebook and MySpace, but what about the Google +1 button? Are people paying attention to it, and will Google want to continue its use in the future? Read More

Social media has forever changed the way businesses interact with their consumers. Social networks allow customers to express their opinions about a product or service in real time and broadcast it to their online network. Tweets and posts are shared around the world in a matter of seconds, putting Read More

If you consider yourself to be an aspiring entrepreneur, then you should also add another title: amateur accountant. One of the first steps of new business creation and start-up is to figure out how much money it will take to turn your idea into an actual, operating business entity. Read More

Kevin Hartford and Ed Newell started their business, Alle-Kiski Industries, in 2005 with loans guaranteed by the SBA. A year later, a second SBA loan was . . . Read More

Non-technical entrepreneurs are constantly on the hunt for a technical co-founder. Former Digg Creative Director and Milk co-founder Daniel Burka says he constantly hears from people who have the ‘greatest idea ever’ and they want to know how to get it built. Read More

Sometimes the hardest part of starting a business is actually starting. Katia Beauchamp can attest to that – while working on her startup Birchbox she realized that if she didn’t pare down the idea, she’d never launch. “Having an idea and a vision makes it hard to let go and get the company started Read More