Category Archives: Business Trends
What are Angel Investors Looking for this Year?
If you’re looking for funding for your new business this year, you may look for angel investors or venture capital firms. 2011 was a particularly bad year for private investors like these but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have money to lend in 2012.
Studies Show College Graduates Want to Start a Business
The rallying cry of Washington politicians continues to be the widely held view that the nation needs more small businesses. Without the formation of LLCs and other small businesses, the economy won’t return to what it once was. Large corporations are taking their manufacturing facilities overseas or employing the use of robotics. This has caused [...]
Thanksgiving 2011
In observance of Thanksgiving day, our offices will be closed Thursday 24 and Friday 25. We will resume operations on Monday 11/28/2011. We thank you for making our business possible. May the good things in life be yours in abundance, not only at Thanksgiving but throughout the coming year. Enjoy a happy and safe Thanksgiving [...]
Want Student Loan Debt Relief? Start a Business
Winter semester just ended at colleges and universities around the country and that means an exciting chapter is beginning in the lives of college graduates. As graduates look back on their time in school, they may have many wonderful memories but the real tangible evidence of that time are often twofold: A degree and college [...]
If Street Performers Can Form a Business, Can’t You?
You may not have heard of Guy Laliberté but he’s an entrepreneur whose story is relevant for every small business owner looking for a reason to say that their entrepreneurial dream is possible. It’s a story of somebody who went from next to nothing to an empire and it was done in the same way [...]
SBA Unveils Newly Revamped CAPLines Loan Program
On November 4th, 2011, the Small Business Administration announced changes for the their CAPLines program, a program designed to get money in to the hands of small business owners in order to fund short term capital requirements.
A Look at Some of the Top 50 Small Business Startups Part I
Each year as part of the Kauffman Foundation sponsored global entrepreneur week, a contest is held to highlight the best up and coming business startups. Startup Open recently named the 50 finalists who with compete for the top prizes including a trip to the Global Entrepreneur Congress where they will present their business to a [...]
Small Businesses Once again in the Sportlight on November 26th
It might be a little too early to think about the upcoming 2011 holiday season but if you’re a small business, you were thinking about it when everybody else was still winding down from the the 2010 season. It may not matter quite as much if you’re not a retailer merchant but if you are, [...]
Where are all of the Women Entrepreneurs?
Where can a potential job seeker find the largest amount of open jobs? They’re open in nearly every community, people with all levels of education can apply, and the income potential is unlimited for those who are willing to start small and work really hard. The industry isn’t important because this job spans all industries [...]
Startup Accelerator Bringing a New Kind of Conference to Entrepreneurs
There are multitudes of books, articles, videos, and other coaching resources available to the young entrepreneur who is embarking on the path to business ownership but none take the place of asking questions in a live setting with people who have been at the beginning of a journey just as you are now. You may [...]
