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TwitterThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold its annual forum on small business capital formation on Nov. 20, 2008. SBE Council President & CEO Karen Kerrigan will co-moderate the opening roundtable panel: “Small Business Capital Formation and the Credit Crises,” 9:15 a.m. ET. Panel participants will provide an update on access to credit and capital with regards to bank lending, venture capital, alternative forms of financing, the SBA loan program and other issues.You can view the agenda, register for the event, or tune into the webcast live at www.sec.gov.
SEC Forum: “Small Business Capital Formation and the Credit Crises,” Nov. 20 — LIVE WEBCAST and Q&A Opportunity
January 28th, 2012 Do You Really Need a Virtual Assistant?
January 28th, 2012 A lot of business owners eventually come to the decision that they could benefit from employing a part time virtual assistant to help manage some of the clerical or administrative work that goes along with business management. Other business owners reach the conclusion that there is really no need to do this since, after all, noboby knows their business better than them, so they are obviously best equipped to handle everything.
Lawsuits Jack Up Health Care Costs
January 27th, 2012 Small business owners understand the costs of a runaway legal system. They have experienced, or fear that they will experience, a frivolous, costly lawsuit that damages or even sinks their business.However, lawsuit costs affect small businesses, their employees and the economy in other ways as well. For example, there is the matter of health care costs. Again, small business owners understand the high costs of health care coverage.
How to Register a New Business
January 27th, 2012 How to form a business – corporation or LLC
To form a business with the right legal paperwork for city and state, as well as enable your business to accept money through credit cards, there are basically three options.
Pay a lawyer – Spend a couple thousand dollars for a lawyer to file the paperwork, with the cost depending on the scope and nature of your business
File online with a company who wants to help you for a fee – expect to pay around $300 in addition to the state and city fees as they guide you through the process
File yourself through the Secretary of State and Department of Revenue
How to file a business yourself with state authorities
The state is generally not very good at making it clear and easy how to start your own business.
Government Grants For Small Business …. Myths And Facts
January 27th, 2012 Following is from a rather insightful exchange between Alan Beckley and Joseph Graben in response to a question from John Madigan at Linked-In.com.There seem to be several on-line services that promise to help you find and secure government grants for small business. Most appear to be less than legitimate. (Actually all of them are … read on).So, just what is myth and what is fact when it comes to government grants for small businesses?To the best of my knowledge, outside of grants awarded under the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs there are no federal “grants” aimed at small businesses.
When Your Credit Line Is Pulled
January 26th, 2012 Think you still have that line of credit? You may want to check. Banks have yanked them away with few exceptions and little apology. Those in seasonal businesses where a credit line carried their business into the next cycle are particularly to vulnerable this lack of access to capital. If you use a bank credit card the same way, make sure you don’t miss a payment or you are facing a Tony Soprano-like hike in your interest rate.Here is an article posted by Sam Thacker on the Dun & Bradstreet web site AllBusiness.com. Sam provides some good advice in case you wake up and find you line of credit has disappeared.Read the story here.
Variable Rate Business Loans UK
January 26th, 2012 Variable rate loans are very popular in the fraternity of business organizations. No sort of business is free from the gamble of risky affairs. In order to draw huge profits, the business organizations have to get involved in risk oriented schemes in some way or the other. Similar scenario is available with the presence of seeking variable rate business loans. However, first of all, let’s discuss the phenomenon of variable rate business loans.
Creating and Preserving Value In Your Business
January 25th, 2012 Most entrepreneurs are so dedicated to the worthy purpose of making money that they have little or no time to spend on creating and preserving value for their business. You must find the time because…
First, to exit the business in style, you will need cash. That source of cash is the business. To determine the amount of cash you will receive, we must know the value of the business.
