At some point in the life cycle of your small business, you may need a loan — either to start the company or to help it grow. All banks can give you a buck. The real question is: What else can they give you? You'll find the answer in this process.
Be prepared
To get off on solid footing, it's important to understand the criteria bankers consider when determining who qualifies for a loan, and how to best structure a financing package.
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The Power of 'And' Helps Small Business Owners - Inside Small Biz Announces Free Teleconference on 'The Power of And' on June 3 and 20, 2008
Entrepreneurs are often asked the question, "What is the single one thing that made you successful?" And they generally feel obliged to boil it down to one concept or characteristic that drove their ride to the top.
"In our McInstant society we're looking for an easy answer and a quick fix to success," notes Kae Wagner, president of Inside Small Biz, a company that specializes in small business growth opportunities. "There isn't one single answer for success - no silver bullet, no Holy Grail."
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Small Business Success Secrets
One of the major problems that many business entrepreneurs have is that instead of following their own goals, ambitions and interests to gain success, they choose to chase after success by working to establish themselves in a hot business market that may not be of any interest to them. Although it is possible to achieve success by running a business that holds little interest to you, before long, you will find that this sort of venture will drain your ambition, and ultimately have a negative effect on you both personally and professionally.
Think about it: What would keep you more motivated - Being in a job you enjoy, or in a job that you find boring? Not a difficult question to answer right?
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Small-Business Books That Break the Mold
A review of four books. It is worth the read.
- A Whack on the Side of the Head
- How to Get Rich
- The One Minute Entrepreneur
- Life Entrepreneurs
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The Top Ten Small Business Startup Success Secrets
Achieving small business success is yours for the taking. Turn your passions into small business profits. Small business startups around the world continues to grow exponentially, the success rate has remained fairly consistent. Are you ready to achieve small business success ? So what can you do to ensure lasting success for your small business? Take a look at our top ten small business startup secrets.
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Women Business Owners — Afraid of Web Marketing?
Women business owners may be missing out on Internet marketing, new findings suggest.
A survey released today from Microsoft Live Small Business, finds that 61% of female respondents who were small-business owners say they do no online marketing, and nearly 40% say they don’t have a Web site. These women attended Microsoft’s Vision to Venture conference held recently in five U.S. cities.
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Technology Boot Camp offers small business solutions
Hold On! This "Boot Camp" is not being presented in the PDX area. I thought it might spark some interest to present for our local small businesses. This is somewhat of a nostalgia trip for me. I got my start in Small Business development on California's north coast; in the Eureka area.
Small business owners and managers looking to get a leg up in technology know-how will have a rare training opportunity this Thursday as the North Coast Small Business Development Center hosts the Technology Boot Camp, an all-day, full-immersion training session designed to teach entrepreneurs how to transform their business through information technology.
”In one day, it's a look at all the real current technology solutions for businesses, from soup to nuts,” said Northern California SBDC Director Kristin Johnson. “It's taking a bird's-eye view at technology that will really solve problems for a small business.”
Specifically, the program will focus on Web-based solutions for transformative IT, productivity, financial management, operations, marketing and sales and business management.
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