photo credit: mescon A reader asked: I have researched a business idea and have got an outlined plan for a totally new business with no competition at all and with a tons of potential. However, to go forward I need full financial backing up to $200,000. I filed for bankruptcy last year. What do you […]
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Preparedness creates confidence, and confidence seals deals. So take a good look at our points, and see if you and your venture fit the profile.
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photo credit: pfala Adam McFarland, is the 26 year old founder of Pure Adapt, a company that designs, develops, markets, and operates e-commerce stores and other websites in an array of industries. Here’s his advice for funding your first business: Get a non-career job where you can work 30 – 40 hours/week and make enough
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CNNMoney.com: An emergency loan program designed to shore up struggling-but-viable small businesses will open for applications in mid-June, the Small Business Administration announced Monday. The news came during a speech by SBA head Karen Mills kicking off the SBA’s annual National Small Business Week program of publicity and networking activities. Known as America’s Recovery Capital
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MSNBC: The Small Business Administration has implemented only two of the eight provisions that were included in the economic stimulus bill to boost lending to small firms. On March 16, the SBA eliminated fees on the agency’s 7(a) and 504 loans, and increased the maximum government guarantee on 7(a) loans from 85 percent to90 percent.
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photo credit: SvenDowideit Small Business Labs recently posted an article on obtaining venture capital. VC has been a long time funding option for businesses all over. However, with the recent economy, funding in all areas is becoming scarce for businesses including that of venture capital. A surprising 90% of businesses that have already been funded are
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photo credit: Paulo Brandão Once you’ve been funded and set up for your new business, you may be asking yourself “now what?” many entrepreneurs do. It will be much easier for you if you have created a product or service that is quite meaningful to the public, so make sure your’s is a meaningful product/service.
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San Francisco Business Times: It’s not that startups are writing the stimulus off, it’s just that most aren’t counting on it. The $787 billion federal economic stimulus intends to favor “shovel-ready” projects that can produce immediate, though temporary, jobs. And that means technology startups, most of which can’t put hundreds or even dozens of people
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Kiplinger: By now we’ve all heard one of the newest American complaints — all this stimulus and bailout money, but where’s mine? Like many individuals, most businesses won’t get much government help. But many savvy companies will find ways to make sure they benefit from the massive increase anyway. Here are three examples of some
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TechCrunch: Google finally announced the formation of a new venture arm called Google Ventures. It is where all smaller-scale venture investments from Google will now originate. A $100 million fund (that is the amount of capital allocated over the next 12 months). “We don’t have to invest $100 million this year,” notes fund co-manager Bill
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