Using Severence Pay to Start It Up
This post is simple: A reporter for one of the top 3 news sites in the world contacted me. She interviewed me already, but has now asked that I inquire within the StartupNation community as to...
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Espresso Shot Insight: More granny businesses
Grandmothers have many great qualities. This idea had a "Greatest Generation" ring to it: Capturing their ability to make the most of limited resources. With just that talent in mind, Oxfam recently recruited a team of...
Interview with Newt Barrett, Author of “Get Content. Get Customers.” Part 2
Thanks so much for joining us for Part 2 of our interview with Newt Barrett of "Get Content. Get Customers." If you missed Part 1, please click here to Read Part 1. Heather: You mention...
Interview with Newt Barrett, Author of “Get Content. Get Customers.” Part 1
According to the Domain Name Industry Brief by VeriSign, 24 million new domain names were added in 2008. A 16% increase over 2007’s numbers. In case you haven’t noticed, the web is getting crowded. Just...
Small Biz Owner Gets Voice Heard in Senate
Instead of waiting around, Andrew Field, founder and president of PrintingForLess.com, and an award-winning entrepreneur, created his own economic stimulus plan for small businesses and sent it to U.S. Senator Max Baucus, chair of the...
Credit Card Debt Out of Control? Help May Be on the Way
As 2009 gets under way it’s painfully obvious that the economy is still struggling. Sales are continuing their downward trend, unemployment is rising, and many Americans are still having trouble paying their mortgage. After struggling...
Can Cutting Seconds Cut Costs?
As the old saying goes, "Time is Money." Big retailers such as Gap, Limited Brands, Office Depot, Toys R Us, and the Meijer grocery chain are all jumping on this bandwagon as they try to...
Hay Hotels…Anyone?
Interesting article in the NYTimes: Leave it to the Germans to combine livestock with lodging. In the last decade, hundreds of farms throughout Germany have transformed old barns and potato warehouses into heuhotels, or hay...
Financial Turmoil – Monday Morning Memoir 10/20/08
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I last wrote. The last few weeks have been filled with market turmoil and internal growth struggles. As the Presidential race heats up it appears as though the...
Inside the Angel Investor Mindset
Angel investors have become more cautious in light of the recent economic uncertainty, trying to reduce their risk exposure by including more angels in each deal, according to the Angel Market Analysis for the first...
Economy Got You Down? 9 Things to Do NOW
With the non-stop news reports of Wallstreet's record losses, the rising unemployment rate, and the dismal forecasts for holiday spending, it's easy to become paralyzed with fear of the unknown. While there may be several...
Who Needs Money?
Like all of us...... I like to pass on information that can help entrepreneurs. I found this site that gives great resources on business funding. Check out www.netpreneur.org and look under the funding section. From...
Nobody Wants New?
I just returned from the ABC Kids Expo in Vegas this past week. The show is a children’s industry tradeshow that connects children’s manufacturers with buyers from specialty boutiques, department stores, and chains. Buyer traffic...
Common Obstacles: Money Now v Later
In several of the interviews that I've done, one of the frequent topics that comes up as an aside, is Money now vs. Money later. Many business owners are torn between the product or service...
Helping Cedric and Kymberly on The Big Idea
On a recent appearance on The Big Idea with Donny, I was one of three people on a panel. It was our role to help people fed into the show via satellite and phone. It's...
Holy Crisis, Batman!
For those of you who run a business or are trying to get one off the ground, I bet you've had a run-in or two with a crisis of some kind. It may have taken...
(Part 4) How Suzy Batiz made $1 million: She did it without an influx of cash
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...
(Part 2) How Suzy Batiz made $1 million: She protected her concept, used friends’ input
As I indicated in Part 1 of this series of blog entries, Suzy Batiz, founder of Poo-Pourri, shared her advice, further proving what a true shining star she is, right here, living and working among us in...
Financing The Start Of Your 50+ Business
Even with the most disciplined cost control and effective collection of money your business can run short of cash. As a matter of fact, this is a fairly constant situation when you are growing your...
The Angel Honey Pot Continues to Grow
According to the 2006 Angel Market Analysis released today by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, the angel investor market experienced steady growth in 2006, with total investments of $25.6...