September 29th, 2008 
admin The Ophrah Winfrey Show recently shared small business success stories with their huge audience. Particularly on how to survive tough financial times. Guess who they singled out as a major contributer to the success of many small businesses? SBI that’s who!
So, does SBI! really change lives?
Ask Jill and her husband Jose from Your-RV-Lifestyle.com. They were asked to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show this past week.
September 27th, 2008 admin Writing a business plan can be pretty tedious. There’s the cover, the table of contents, some 20-25 pages of content and the back cover.
The innards are typically long paragraphs punctuated with bold font sprinkled hither and yon.
And it’s all a big bore.
There’s a reason for this. The “how to write business plans” books are classics. That means they are old. They were all written pre-internet. And that’s an important consideration in capturing and holding an audience.
The writing style of the internet has changed the way people think.
September 27th, 2008 admin Fast growth can be seductive; but challenging to manage. All small business owners want growth; and fast growth sounds like it should be a good thing – something to strive for. However, it is important to control your small business growth or risk your business’ future.
One of the most exciting times for small business owners is when they see their sales grow; even more exciting when those sales grow quickly. Sales are often used as a measure of business success.
September 26th, 2008 admin Thomas Power, founder & CEO of Ecademy, was recently interviewed by my friend Stan Relihan for his “The Connnections Show” podcast.
You can listen to the interview at …. Thomas Power
or ….. The Connections Show
Rather than just being a collection of people looking for jobs or social interaction, Ecademy’s focus is to be a Marketplace – where like-minded entrepreneurs & business professionals can meet each other (either online or at face-to-face gatherings) to conduct business and do deals with each other.
Ecademy might just be the place to go trawling for Clients – and I think anyone who is more interested in looking for “Buyers” rather than “Sellers” just might agree.
Why not check it out & decide for yourself?
(BTW, the show got nearly 15,000 downloads last month – so something must be working)
September 24th, 2008 admin Here is a handy guide to the various SBA loan programs. Click here to review a synopses of SBA Loan Programs.If you are interested in obtaining further information for a specific Loan Program listed below, click on the Loan Program and you will be brought to the SBA Web site.
PROGRAM: 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program (the SBA’s primary loan program).
September 21st, 2008 admin One of your biggest worries as a small business owner is how to secure capital to expand the business. Commercial finance is one of the many options available to people in your situation. This sort of financing is also called asset-based lending, since it involves some form of a secured business loan. The borrower guarantees repayment of the loan by pledging business assets as collateral.
There are several types of commercial finance options available to small businesses:
• Accounts receivable factoring
Businesses can “sell” unpaid invoices to banks at a discounted value for cash, which can be used right away for ongoing needs.
September 21st, 2008 admin Since the very first bank in the world opened its doors in 14th century Italy, lenders have been asking for some sort of collateral in order to lend a borrower a sum of money. If the borrower doesn’t repay the loan, the lender merely takes the collateral as payment. This system of borrowing money is now referred to as a secured loan in the lending industry and is practiced by a vast majority of financial institutions around the world.
September 21st, 2008 admin Running a business successfully is no mean task! It calls for immense planning and management. Money is the crux of business. If you have sufficient funds, then you may not need loans. In case you are not so sound financially and need money fast, you can always apply for a fast small business loan. This is a safe and sound means of meeting your short term business needs.
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