How Students Can Improve the World and Your Business

Do you ever get really excited, because you come across a program which adresses a pet issue - a pet issue which is rarely adressed?  Well that’s how I feel right now.  I came across a great program yesterday which addresses a pet issue of mine, and could help your business, and your city in [...]

Innovation: How and Why

One thing that I consider fun (we all have to have hobbies) is taking something that appears on the surface to be a niche and only specific to a small group of people, and extracting essential principles which are Truths.  I then apply those Truths to completely different situations.  This is, in itself, is a type of [...]

Wishes for the New Year

New Year’s Eve can be a reflective time for anyone, but especially for small business owners.  In addition to all the personal resolutions, you have many for your business as well.  For many small business owners, the line between ‘Personal’ and ‘Business’ blurred such a very long time ago.
Here are some articles I have written in the past few months, [...]

NFIB Small-Business Sentiment - 14 Year Low

“Meanwhile, on the small-business front, the National Federation of Independent Business NFIB small-business sentiment index fell to a 14-year low.
“This is an important development given that the 2000s expansion has been built on growth in small businesses and given that historically the small business sector has accounted for over 60% of new jobs in the [...]

Getting Out into the Blogosphere - Technorati and Digg

Small and Large businesses alike have gotten on the blog-wagon over the past few years.  (Yours truly included, not to state the obvious).  Blogging is a great way to share information in a more casual, less official medium - and to communicate and share information with clients, competitors and the general public.  It is also [...]

Buying an Existing Business: Due Diligence

Athough I normally write about financing for existing businesses, I wanted to just provide some useful points here for anyone who is considering buying an existing business.  Key point: Due Diligence.
I came across this thread where a woman says she is looking for “creative financing” to purchase an existing business.  There are some great responses, [...]

Small Business Success Depends on Flexibility

When it comes to small business, success is usually connected to flexibility- in other words, how well can the business adapt and change to the demands of its market.
But what makes a business flexible?
Small business flexibility really boils down to three things:

Available working capital: This is one of the biggest challenges for small businesses, especially [...]

Business Acquisition: Buying Your Partner Out!

A business partnership is not a marriage – it won’t last forever (and lets face it 50% of marriages end in divorce). Basically you and your partner had a great idea, put a business together, got it off the ground and made it a success. But like any small business success varies. Maybe during the [...]

Free Online Business Finance Workshops

Today, I ran across a series of free business finance workshops that seem very helpful. They take a while to load, but they are very well done. There is a PowerPoint style presentation with a voiceover (not just reading what is on the screen.) Each workshop covers a different “How to” – I’ve annotated the [...]

Government Business Grants: Applying for Business Grants Online

After writing a post on making the decision to pursue the Government Grant path, I decided to put together some links for grant seekers.
· Here is a list of Federal Government Resources, including Grants, Contracts, and Auctions that provides a list of links to government grants.
· For information on finding and applying for government grants, and also [...]

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