Raising Business Startup Capital - Assessing Your Options

Raising Business Startup Capital - Assessing Your Options If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! The following extract is from a series of small business-related articles, tips and information on sourcing business startup funding … Starting a business can be quite expensive. Unless [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 04:26:14
Blog: Just like the name says...

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Small Biz Startup TV: hiring, business plans

Networking with many new media folks, I realized that lots of people are starting businesses ... , we decided to present a live internet TV miniseries on small business startup issues. Problem with the player? Try playing it at Operator11. Becky McCray and Jeanne Cole live from the Small Business [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 00:17:29
Blog: Small Biz Survival...

a party

a party Filed under: Followup — Jon Swanson @ 6:11 pm ... she was talking about something she was starting, a small business online tv show called Small Biz Startup TV ... . And if it involves a small business, talk to Becky. I hear she is a great party planner. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 22:11:54
Blog: Levite Chronicles...

Avoid the Overnight Success Trap

Seth Godin has become one of today’s most recognizable marketing voices. Most people would agree he has been VERY successful ... him. Read over at the Success Magazine blogs about how inspiring Seth’s experience is for small business owners and startup entrepreneurs. Why inspiring? Because the vast majority of small businesses [more...]

Date: 2007-05-31 18:57:07
Blog: Small Business Trends ...

STEP 9: Small Business Startup Guide in 10 Easy Steps!

ferfire wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt By: Dave J STEP 9: ... in my business; a powerful brand. Brand here refers to the “summary” of my business identity, how unique ... . Branding is important for small businesses because many small operations do not have the funding to carry [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 04:57:00
Blog: Credit Starter Guide...

The Utter Corruption of the US Telecom Industry

Monday I shared a train ride with Jane ... , systemically cutting the knees out from small businesses and innovative startups. It’s a slow, steady ... on business. We talked and worked, though Jane was hampered by the failure of her Verizon mobile [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 22:30:19
Blog: Firedoglake - Firedogl...

Pachacutec: The Utter Corruption of US Telecoms

Monday I shared a train ride with Jane ... , systemically cutting the knees out from small businesses and innovative startups. It's a slow, steady ... on business. We talked and worked, though Jane was hampered by the failure of her Verizon mobile [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 20:48:14
Blog: Laurie David and Sheryl...

One of the worst business decisions facing most businesses, large, small, established or startup is the ability to detect when they have made a bad business decision ... in the past and it's time to cut the losses and go back on a commitment, a business deal or whatever [more...]

Date: 2007-07-29 04:03:19
Blog: Palestine Blogs - The G...

More Entrepreneurs Jump Starting Their Business Ventures

News-Herald: The fourth class for hopeful entrepreneurs is under way at the Franklin Industrial and Commercial ... of business startup, including developing a business plan, conducting market research and feasibility ... Development Authority. FICDA’s Small Business Jump Start class, which provides an overview [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 03:00:00
Blog: Virtual Entrepreneur - ...

STEP 5: Small Business Startup Guide in 10 Easy Steps!

ferfire wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt By: Dave J STEP 5: Create Key Assets I definitely would not startup a business without any key asset. But it doesn’ ... opportunities, marketing and servicing. Every business should have a Website regardless how big or small [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 04:56:00
Blog: Credit Starter Guide...

I Made The Switch

So I’ve made the switch from Windows to Mac. But hold on I hear you cry, you have been a Mac user for years ... office environment. Oscar Products is a small business and like many small business’ in the UK we use ... that Mail understands. Install Thunderbird on the pc and import all messages during the startup. Excellent [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 19:16:53
Blog: shibbyonline...

Syndicated Angel Investing in Texas; Addressing the Funding Gap

We're at Open4Business today, which is taking place at the Wyndham ... IPO's come out every year. Not very good odds for the startup business! Sources of startup funding ... . The event is targeted towards small and medium sized businesses, and there are many topics being [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 21:13:27
Blog: Austin Startup...

Get Clients - An Essential Part Of Business

Professional services marketing is one of several ways to help small businesses get more clients. This method is in use by many people. Acquiring clients is a very important keystone of successful small business ownership. One of the most difficult aspects of a new business startup, is how to attract new clients. No matter how [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 05:00:00
Blog: Internet Marketing Made...

Recent press about Coworking

Recent press about Coworking October 4, 2007 – 10:14 pm There have been a number of really good posts about coworking that should be mentioned here, ... in The Daily Tar Heel: A solution is on the way for local freelance workers, startup-business owners and even ... environments to small companies offering one large workspace, these businesses are [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 06:14:38
Blog: Coworking Community Bl...

Desktop Widgets: The Latest Online Marketing Strategy

Back in April I wrote about the explosion in using widgets to add functionality and interactivity to Web ... s the small business angle: with the help of the free widget-building platforms available today (such as SpringWidgets), even startups and small businesses [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 15:53:49
Blog: Small Business Trends ...

Business Startups in Nevada

This blog mainly caters to teens, pre-teens and young couple’s. So I presume there are many people reading this who are from US and would like to startup their own business. This small paid article could be useful for such people. As you might be aware [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 12:34:23
Blog: Child Models Kids Baby ...

The Skype Relevance Cloud at mesh 2007

While there was no official mention of Skype at last week's mesh 2007 and it seldom, if at all, came up in the various "fireside chats" ... : For small business owners and startups Skype has been a key tool to manage geographically dispersed ... a Mac for her business operations, makes so much use of Skype that she has gone out and bought [more...]

Date: 2007-06-04 17:56:52
Blog: Skype Journal: Archives...

Where Can You Find Business Startup Money?

The most common source of startup money for small businesses is the new entrepreneur's own pockets. But what if you personally just can't scrape together enough money to get your... [more...]

Date: 2007-06-28 01:59:42
Blog: Small Business Canada -...

Top 10 Reasons Why Web Startups Fail

Top 10 Reasons Why Web Startups Fail 02 Sep Posted by Business Twins as Articles, Business & Marketing ... a small, obscure niche in the hope of avoiding competition. If you make anything good, you’re going ... Come up with your own unique and fresh concept. #8 Inflexibility Your business plan should [more...]

Date: 2007-09-02 17:02:55
Blog: Business, Marketing, Ne...

PTAC Service

PTAC Service October 5, 2007 Posted by SBDC in Small Business General. add a comment ptac1.JPG Del Mar College PTAC is funded by the Defense Logistics Agency –Small Business Programs Office ... has an agreement with the McGraw Hill to provide the F.W. Dodge Report to small startup special trade [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 13:47:49
Blog: Corpus Christi Small B...

The Death Star, Open Standards and Internet 2.0

I've said it once and I'll say it again: too many tech startups spend way too much time ridiculing the big guys and too little time actually keeping ... more succinctly, the time is fast arriving where it is no longer possible to bootstrap small startups creating ... APIs, create business deals and so forth. In other words, don't create massive end-to-end [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 22:58:57
Blog: IPUrbia Telecom/Interne...

Join 80+ Women Entrepreneurs at Startup Princess Conference FRIDAY: Pre-registration Deadline TODAY

We’re busy taking calls and registration for Friday’s 2007 Startup Princess Make a Wish, Make it Happen conference! ... .  To Register: Call Laurie Ann Thomas at the Small Business Development Center in Orem 801-863-8230 ... Startup Princess conference of this size and we’ve got excellent content and opportunities ahead [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 17:09:08
Blog: StartUpPrincess.com...

Man I can talk...

The guys from Startups Live have posted a video of my talk in Bristol a few weeks back. Never realised how much Blair style hand waving I did until now...fortunately you can speed me up using the video controls :) Technorati tags: startup, small business, steve clayton [more...]

Date: 2007-06-24 20:41:26
Blog: Steve Clayton: Geek In ...

A Review of Competition Demystified

From time to time I would like to share a book review as a potential resource for fellow entrepreneurs and business people. A good many of my readers are entrepreneurs and business people and in particular those in small startups. 2007 has been a breakthrough year for SpinningSilk Multimedia. We have gone from being [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 20:01:31
Blog: SpinningSilk Multimedia...

A week of critique

Charlie Wood, Moonwatcher: This is absolutely brilliant! Right out of the gate, I know exactly what it is, what it does, and who it’s for ( ... to cope with all aspects of their small business finances without needing the knowledge ... from a startup. Nicely done. This is the kind of app that I most respect in that it takes something that’ [more...]

Date: 2007-06-13 03:39:55
Blog: AccMan...

A week of critique

Charlie Wood, Moonwatcher: This is absolutely brilliant! Right out of the gate, I know exactly what it is, what it does, and who it’s for ( ... to cope with all aspects of their small business finances without needing the knowledge ... from a startup. Nicely done. This is the kind of app that I most respect in that it takes something that’ [more...]

Date: 2007-06-14 00:57:13
Blog: AccMan...

Mark Curphey joins Microsoft’s ACE Team

Mark’s joined ACE as Oct. 1st and we’re very glad to have him aboard! ... Trade Commission and the National Institute for Standards (NIST). In 2003 I joined a small startup ... the security of all business applications protecting over a Trillion dollars of customer investments [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 17:56:03
Blog: MSDN Blog Postings ...

Be True to Your Home Office Self

There was a television commercial a while back in which a supposed small business owner answers the phone with different voices. "Customer service? ... old days, and my business startup in my home office. My company has 40 employees now, but I started ... broke after two years of business school relatively (I was 33) late in life, and we had four kids [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 02:59:14
Blog: Planning, Startups, Sto...

Mark Curphey joins Microsoft's ACE Team

Mark joined ACE as of Oct. 1st and we're very glad to have him aboard! ... Trade Commission and the National Institute for Standards (NIST). In 2003 I joined a small startup ... the security of all business applications protecting over a Trillion dollars of customer investments [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 17:21:00
Blog: ACE Team - Security, Pe...

Bad Business Names

permalink | comments (0) Buying a Franchise is Serious Business There are conflicting opinions as to whether franchises tend to be more successful than independent small businesses, but this much is clear: Franchises are expensive to buy, carry the same risks as any startup business and require plenty of sweat equity to make them profitable [more...]

Date: 2007-07-16 12:47:31
Blog: About Small Business In...

Urbanspoon Serves Up Innovative Web Monitoring for Restaurateurs

Each week, Frank Bruni and Nick Fox use their refined writing and expert palates to dissect dining for New York Times Online ... to digest the best local fare for Seattle diners. Urbanspoon, a small Web startup, harnesses ... of online platforms. The budding business of mashup results in a rise of one-stop-shopping sites [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 13:51:26
Blog: Launch PR...

Are Venture Capitalists Small Business Owners?

Do today's cash-wielding, yacht-navigating venture capitalists qualify as small business owners? Can a startup that's received tens of millions of dollars in venture capital still... [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 05:22:11
Blog: Fresh Inc....

SmartIdea: Career Advice From A One of the World’s Best Entrepreneurs

SmartBiz: Marc Andresseen (photo) ... tips for managing your career that would benefit any small business owner. Typical of someone with startup mentality, Andresseen focuses much of his attention on *opportunity* and how to accurately [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 07:00:15
Blog: Virtual Entrepreneur - ...

Does Conformity Increase Startup Success?

Harvard Business School professor Mukti Khaire has an interesting theory - that startups can grow by conforming.Assistant professor Mukti Khaire believes that small companies can grow by developing intangible ... industries, conventional business titles such as Marketing Director work better than novel ones [more...]

Date: 2007-08-02 01:13:04
Blog: Businesspundit - Main p...

An Interesting Newsletter Article

A month or so ago, I attended a SOA Conference and Business Process Management Conference (there were multiple conferences in one venue) ... is for small and medium businesses that now have access to a world-class data center for less than the cost of a laptop. Imagine how this changes the cost of entry for new and startup businesses [more...]

Date: 2007-05-14 23:10:19
Blog: Amazon Web Services Blo...

Microsoft to offer free startup help

Redmond, Wash. -- Resources for people wanting to start their own business are available at U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp.'s StartupCenter.com, the company announced. The StartUp Center is a free online guide designed to provide step-by-step advice and resources that small-business owners need when they venture into business [more...]

Date: 2007-06-26 15:35:26
Blog: The Money Times - Money...

Q&A: Jeffrey Babin, enterpreneurship expert

When it comes to funding new businesses, the Delaware Valley is a pretty languid place, according to Jeffrey Babin, ... people to start businesses but also keep them here. Babin, who funds small startups in the hopes ... a lecturer on entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 03:09:46
Blog: phillyinc...

I got a job.

I’ve been hired by a small dot-com startup which is owned by a litigation consulting company.  The dot-com is Pacific Corporate Filings and they provide some corporate services for new small ... business partnerships with other companies that provide corporate services. I’m excited and nervous [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 01:43:30
Blog: Koplowicz.com...

TrendWatch: Coworking

TrendWatch: Coworking Jelly is a NYC coworking group that convenes in a Garment District apartment ... more upside to owning 100% of your business than getting 0.5% of a Pre-IPO startup, you're an idiot ... is for people who run their own small, usually online businesses, but want to spend time, and share [more...]

Date: 2007-05-23 13:46:24
Blog: alarm:clock...

Business captures client memories “Visual eulogy” service helps celebrate people’s lives By Startup Expert Roger Pierce, BizLaunch.ca It’s a great feeling to know your small business helps customers to feel better. “We help ... , she knew what type of business to start. Driven by a desire to turn her idea into reality [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 21:01:01
Blog: BizLaunch Blog for Smal...

5 Common Problems a Bootstrapping Entrepreneur May Face

Entrepreneurs managing a startup should expect to encounter problems. Being prepared for them is what will help carry you through ... to eventually give up your business. But if it doesn’t bother you, A small business loan keeps ownership ... . Here are a few common problems that may crop up, and not just due to repeated business anti [more...]

Date: 2007-09-01 23:00:23
Blog: Bootstrapper...

YouTube Feature Updates, Embed Joost?, Flickr Goes Global, Me.dium $15 Million, Stalker 2.0, Fat Long Tail, RSS Toolbox, Discover via Megite & Blog Or Die

Photo of the Week: Jen Consalvo recently snapped this photo titled backlight ... users was considered huge for a Web 2.0 related business. Today a small startup such as SpaceTime [more...]

Date: 2007-06-17 19:13:17
Blog: Somewhat Frank :: web 2...

3 simple steps to improve business profitability

  This is what writer and business financing expert Susan Schreter often hears from ambitious startup entrepreneurs when they talk about the goals ... all, she asks, isn't it more important to earn $1 million after paying all business expenses than to generate $1 million in customer sales? Schreter’s latest article for Office Live Small Business [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 23:35:23
Blog: The Office Live Blog...

Startups: Are You A Trusted Adviser Or A Responsive Assistant?

We've all heard the cliche "The Customer Is Always Right" ... in the internet marketing software business. Our target customers are small businesses. The problem ... . Those of us that have actually been in any type of business and had real interactions [more...]

Date: 2007-07-06 12:14:00
Blog: On Startups - Advice F...

Small Business Wake Up Call? Odds are Better in Las Vegas!

Return on Investment I have been thinking a lot lately about business metrics and how we entrepreneurs measure business success ... to the owner of a business between the years of two to four than a startup… 38% of those who made it past ... . Subsequently, I have decided that I need to apply more practical and meaningful business success [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 18:53:59
Blog: Small Business Transiti...

Original Pawprints unveils a new low cost home business training option for stay at home moms

Professionally produced DVD and manual training materials provide complete step-by-step guide for this outstanding small business startup idea - making ceramic baby handprints. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 10:07:13
Blog: EcommWire Is Your Free ...

Local Directory Innovectra Gains More Funding innovectra.png Online yellow pages and white pages startup Innovectra has raised $1.79M of a $2 ... . LeadStream, a business unit of Innovectra, is an Internet lead generation service, providing leads to small and medium-sized businesses within specific verticals. In addition, Innovectra offers site [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 11:58:11
Blog: alarm:clock...

GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR:

GOP can win with health care, Rove says (Jack Markowitz, September 27, 2007, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) ... on that "income." Shouldn't we give the same break to any small-business worker, farmer or self-employed ... from government control. Healthcare startup thinking big: Company plans to hire 200 workers in Springs [more...]

Date: 2007-09-27 19:53:12
Blog: BrothersJudd Blog...

RoR Developer, London at: UK, London

PITCH7 are a London based organisation providing seed funding, web development and business expertise to exciting web2.0 startups (including some of our own). We're a small team with a background in music, film and technology and have worked with Optimum Releasing, Warp Records, Bleep.com and Rough Trade Shops. We require [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 21:18:22
Blog: jobs.rubynow.com: Ruby ...

JPG Magazine drama

Derek Powazek has a distressing post about what, sadly, is a fairly common small-business story: Powazek and his wife, Heather Champ, ... .) A little startup company formed around JPG, Powazek formed a partnership with a friend who’d helped [more...]

Date: 2007-05-15 15:27:24
Blog: Scott Rosenberg’s Wordy...

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