Archive for January 2006
The Small Business Economy 2005
The SBA has released their report The Small Business Economy 2005 (PDF): Entrepreneurship has long been implicit in the American Dream—the belief that, given constitutional freedom, it is possible through hard work, courage, and imagination to achieve fi nancial security. The federal government too has underscored the fundamental importance of entrepreneurship and small business to [...]
Pete: Dane Carlson and Tim Grahl turn their niche blog networks into full time self employment. Both become stay at home dads, blogging in underwear.
Leasing Equipment Versus Buying
Cash Flow Blog: When you buy a piece of equipment or vehicle, you usually have to pay for it in full either by using cash or by financing the balance. After you finish paying for it, you own it. Equipment leasing, on the other hand, is essentially a loan. The lender buys and owns the [...]
Death of a Salesman (And His Business)
InsureBlog: When Bob Gross, co-owner of a local jewelry store, dropped dead of a heart attack this past July, his business died with him. Sure, it took a while, several months, in fact, for the store to succumb, but succumb it did. A buy-sell agreement, and the means to fund it, would have saved the [...]
The 29th Carnival of Personal Finance is up at The Real Returns.
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Chocolate and Gold Coins.
Entrepreneurship Can Ruin Your Life
Be optimistic, but careful. Starting a new business is hard work and fraught with danger and unforeseen consequences. See this interesting article in Slate about what happened to two people who started a coffee shop and had it destroy their lives: The failure of a small cafe is not a question of competence. It is [...]
This week’s Carnival of Marketing is up a t Truverse Weblog.
Small Biz Reflections and Resolutions
Business Week: In the spirit of yearend introspection, BusinessWeek Online asked 10 entrepreneurs and CEOs of companies with annual revenues ranging from $500,000 to $1.6 billion to contemplate 2005. We also asked them what they might have done differently — and to share their New Year’s resolution for 2006. Here’s what they told us.
Last week’s Brain Brew Radio episode is online: This week on Only in Maine, Field Producer, Mark Twist introduces us to Jean who is looking for ideas on how she can grow he sales slowly, but steadily… John of Cincinnati, Ohio looks to Doug and Dave for advice on how to get his invention of [...]
I hope that you and your families have a happy and prosperous 2006!
