Archive for August, 2007

Tightening In Small Business Credit?

For US readers seeking to raise capital for their business, things might get a little tighter in the next few months according to Forbes after canvassing 10 bank executives and economists.
“Banks are going to be more careful about lending to small-business customers,” says Bill Bradford, professor of finance at the University of Washington’s business school, [...]


The Best Free (mostly) Online Office Apps For Your Business

If you have started or are about to start your new venture, but don’t want to outlay on expensive desktop office software to run your business, there are plenty of online office applications available to help you manage nearly every aspect of your business operation.


VC Investment At Highest Level Since 2001

Venture capitalists invested $7.1 billion in 977 deals in the second quarter of 2007 — the highest level of deals reported in a quarter since Q3 2001 according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data by Thomson Financial. The quarterly strength in the [...]


How To Know When You have Made It

I saw this pic and thought it pretty funny. I think the title sums it up quite well.


Opportunity Knocks

A little over a week ago, on a Monday night, I was having dinner with a friend and we were discussing business, as usual, and more specifically the line of business he is in. While his line of business in not part of my core focus, I do have an involvement in the industry.
Anyway, during [...]


Don’t Let Fear Hold You Back

Something that I think affects many people, not just aspiring entrepreneurs is fear. Fear can be one of the most damaging elements to anyone attaining success and reaching your full potential.
We are all familiar with fear in one form or another, but the fear I am referring to here does not generally permeate to the [...]


Are You An Entrepreneur?

So you think you want to be an entrepreneur. This article provides information for aspiring entrepreneurs and covers topics such as:

What is exactly is an Entrepreneur?
What are the qualifications?
Entrepreneurial characteristics.

All of the above are the kind of questions that come to mind when people think that they might like to be an entrepreneur.
Entrepreneur, most of [...]