Jeffrey Strain: I had a discussion with a friend this past weekend. He was trying to convince me that in order to start a business today, it costs a lot of money. While I will concede that it can cost a lot of money to begin a wide variety of businesses, there are also many […]
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Lifehacker has up a list of the best sites to raise money and get your ideas off the ground For The Most Attention: Kickstarter For App-Builders, Game Designers, and Developers: IndieGoGo For Inventors and Gadget Creators: Quirky For Musicians: Bandcamp For Crafty Types: Etsy For Global Users: RocketHub Photo by mmaxer/ShutterStock.
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Reuters: The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, which measures the overall volume of financing to U.S. small businesses, rose 20 percent in October after increasing a revised 12 percent in September, PayNet said on Thursday. Still, at 98.1, the index shows borrowing has not yet recovered to its level of 100 reached in 2005,
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So, you want to become some sort of Internet tycoon. What will help you get there? Maybe you should consider how your business is financed. Success can spell the difference in billions. Andrew Mason, the chief executive and founder of Groupon, is worth $2 billion less than Eric Lefkofsky, the man who financed Groupon’s start.
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Bloomberg: Howard Schultz is giving new meaning to “start me up.” The increasingly activist Starbucks Corp. chief executive officer is taking donations online and through Starbucks cafes to create a small business lending fund. The company will donate $5 million in seed money to give the project, umm, a jolt. That money can be leveraged
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Need to raise money for your business? Here are a few tips from entrepreneurs who have been there and funded that. Micro Loans If you are looking for a loan under $50,000, a microloan may be the way to go. The Small Business Administration’s Microloan Program provides small, short-term loans through specially designated intermediary lenders,
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Small businesses can never find enough places to apply for funding when they need it. A well-known beer manufacturer is doing its part to help. The Boston Beer Company’s Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream Loan Fund will help by dispensing loans for low- to moderate-income businesses in the Boston area. The loan amounts will
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According to a story in USA TODAY, David Harmer didn’t think he’d have a problem getting a $50,000 line of credit for his 33-year-old air-conditioning business. First Class of Cape Coral, Fla., was profitable. Harmer’s net worth was $2 million, and he’d never been late with a loan payment. As Harmer tells it, a bank
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photo credit: Jeff Belmonte Financial planning in business can be overwhelming and stressful especially for those who may be first time business owners and are not exactly financial savvy. So in light of this subject I have put together a list of some thoughts to keep in mind when going through your small business financial
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Fortune Small Business: John Halko was halfway through renovating an expanded space for Comfort, his mostly organic eatery in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., when the credit crisis hit. His source of funding — a home-equity line — ran out, so he applied for a loan at a local bank. He was turned down. Halko wasn’t ready to
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