You’ve already selected the particular franchise you want to buy. Do you know how you’re going to pay for it? If you think it’s just a matter of going to your local bank and getting a loan, think again. In addition to other criteria, unless a bank loan is backed by collateral — property acceptable […]
Running a business involves many expenses that require up-front financing to keep it operating smoothly. Financing your business effectively involves knowing about financial arrangement options, and which lenders to approach.
This article will explain the difference between available financing options and what to take into consideration in choosing the right option, or combination of options, to […]
WOW! Be sure to catch the Trend of the Week and then make planning for 2006 for your small business a flawless process. Listen to Anita Campbell as she shares with you the Top 10 Small Business opportunities for 2006.
Then sit back as Anita interviews Hector Barreto the head of the SBA (Small Business Administration), […]
How do you launch a successful high-tech business? If you ask the typical MBA, they’ll give the same answer. Write a comprehensive in-depth business plan, take it to investors to secure a healthy initial round of funding, recruit the heaviest heavyweights you can, and start the PR machine cranking.
But, of course, they’d be completely wrong.
If […]
“Among the most frequently asked questions I get from start-up companies is: How much should I pay for licensing in a technology?…While most companies seem to use a valuation method I like to call “pulling a number out of the air,” there are three primary methods used by licensing professionals to assess the value of […]
Check out this new site where you can find the links to turn your entrepreneurial dreams into reality. Created by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Junior Achievement, this site walks you through five easy steps of business ownership - whether you’ve just had a brainstorm for your first business venture or you’ve been at […]
Over Half Do Not Have Accounting Software
More than half of U.S. small businesses do not use accounting software.
AMI Partners, Inc., a research firm that specializes in global small business market research, notes this in a recently-published study, entitled “Small Business Accounting is Big…and Getting Bigger“:
“U.S. small businesses (SBs; companies with 1 to 99 employees) spent […]
The costs of covering your business and yourself from a potential lawsuit are high. After a decade of intense competition among insurers and low premiums, the fallout from the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and the stock market have increased insurance costs while providing less coverage. Every business owner renewing an existing policy or starting a […]
The Milken Institute recently released the latest version of its annual ranking of how states perform in terms of the cost of doing business. The list, which measures wage costs, taxes, electricity and real estate costs, doesn’t include any big surprises. In fact, 2005’s rankings look a lot like those from 2004. Hawaii continues to […]
This week’s 10th annual VentureNet conference featured the usual format for this type of confab - entrepreneurs presenting their business concepts to venture capilists in a panel session. The companies presenting were local to southern California and the VCs came from the area and Silicon Valley. Ten founders were selected from among hundreds of applicants […]
