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...
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Did I Just Get an Eye Roll?
Labor Day weekend is coming, which means the in-laws are coming--or as I like to call them the out-laws. My hubby's parents are great people, but after I quit work to devote time to my...
Tips for Surviving the Fashion Biz
My children’s clothing line, Glamajama, has been in business for almost five years now. Throughout those years I’ve seen quite a few designers come and go. One thing that I have learned is that it...
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...
Managing Your Business Credit and Cash Flow in a Down Market
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...
Throw Out The Long Term Plan – Do Something Now
From a post on 37 signals: A couple of Getting Realish ideas spotted in Best Life magazine: Greg Gianforte is the author of “Bootstrapping Your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company With Almost No...
The Stages of Building Business Credit: Where Are You?
Melanie Benson Strick is now a million dollar lifestyle success coach. But when she started her coaching and info marketing business, SuccessConnections, it never even occurred to her to build business credit. “The first two...
What the heck is an S-Corp??
“Sufferin’ succotash! What is the deal with that thing called an S-Corp and how do I get me one?” Yes, in my last blog I told you about the many benefits of an LLC and...
(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...
Do You Believe In (Imaginary) Friends?
When talking to Jody DeVere about her company Ask Patty, it's hard to know where DeVere ends and Patty begins. Both are smart, accomplished and energetic women, but only one has built several businesses, had...
(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...
Vision to Venture webcast is live!
Here's a link to the webcast of my 8 Secrets to Startup Success. Throughout April and into early May, I was on a seminar tour with the folks at Microsoft Office Live Small Business. The...
Don’t Expose Your Assets!
There you are. You just finished reading Rich and Jeff Sloan’s book and you are fired up! You have an idea that you are certain will make make the invention of those small yellow sticky...
Money: Raise Everything You Need without Borrowing a Dime
I’ve worked with over 600 different technologies and more than 300 entrepreneurs. Almost all of them who are trying to breathe life into a new business think they have a money problem. The funny thing...
Look for Lenders that Benefit from Your Success
I have another way for you to get money for your business without borrowing or taking on difficult money partners. We already talked about getting customers to prepay, but for now, I want to discuss...
How to Get Out of Crushing Credit Card Debt
In a previous article, I showed why it’s better to finance a business without any personally guaranteed debt, such as through using credit cards. But if you nonetheless find yourself dealing with crushing credit card...
Credit Card Financing: Viable (but only sometimes)
Are you financially strapped? Are you using plastic to support your startup? I've seen a lot of people finance their business with personal credit cards. Heck, I still do it sometimes. So I thought I’d...
Business Startup Checklist
You’ve decided to start a business. This is both an exciting and demanding time. The checklist below is meant to help new business owners by providing a list of the most common startup steps. Depending...
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...
Give Credit to Your Credit
While the average cost of starting a business today is approximately $10,000, droves of aspiring entrepreneurs walk into their bank each year seeking loans for much larger amounts. Here’s what they hear from their banker:...