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Managing Your Business Credit and Cash Flow in a Down Market

Written by: Rich Sloan July 28th, 2008
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As if we didn’t know it, the New York Times wrote today,
“Banks struggling to recover from multibillion-dollar losses on real estate are curtailing loans to American businesses, depriving even healthy companies of money for expansion and hiring.”
Yep, tough times. We all are well aware of the fact that everyone’s getting more conservative including customers, vendors [...]

Posted in Accounting and Financial Management, Bank Financing, Business Financing, Business Models, Finance, Finding Funding, Growth Capital, Growth Strategies, Home-Based Business, Personal Finances, Running a Business | 1 Comment

I drew pictures at a sales meeting, and it worked

Written by: Rich Sloan July 11th, 2008
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I made a public promise on this week’s telechat with Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. The promise was to use the techniques that Dan recommends at a very high-powered sales presentation that I was to give yesterday to a big potential partner.
Well, I did [...]

Posted in Angel Investors / Venture Capital, Bank Financing, Business Financing, Finding Funding, Growth Capital, Growth Strategies, Market Your Invention, Marketing, Running a Business, Sales, Sales Proposals, Sales Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Strategies & Smarts, Writing a Business Plan | 7 Comments

(Part 4) How Suzy Batiz made $1 million: She did it without an influx of cash

Written by: Rich Sloan June 23rd, 2008
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More from Suzy Batiz, StartupNation community success story. She made over $1 million in first year revenue for her Poo-Pourri product line.  Read what Suzy shares below in Part 4 of her advice to fellow entrepreneurs who want to break a new product onto the market. In Suzy’s words:
How can you grow without an influx [...]

Posted in Accounting and Financial Management, Business Financing, Finding Funding, Growth Capital, Growth Strategies, Inventory Management, Manufacture a Product, Running a Business | 1 Comment