Small Business Briefs – May 11, 2012
More successful small businesses launch in the news – An idea can be just a tweeking, a solution to some tedious or mundane activity and can blossom to compete even with the bigwigs! Here are some more insights into entreprenuers starting a small business. Set Up an Online Business in Hours Inc.com (May 3, 2012) [...]
5 Steps to Starting a Small Business
There is a little genius in all of us. Having read dozens of interviews with entrepreneurs of all size businesses the clear factor in all of them was that they had to take a leap in order to start their small business. Having done this myself, and having suffered some defeats and some success I [...]
Before You Start Up Know How You Want to Finish
This is not as contrarian as it sounds – how you position yourself and your business depends a great deal on how and what you plan to get out of the business. Exit planning means defining the kind of business model you will be using, whether it be hands on, passive income generations, building a [...]
Build a Business From a Hobby
Dr. Susan Biali, MD wrote a piece in the March 9, 2012 edition of Psychology Today’s blog “Prescriptions For Life” suggesting that even if we can’t quit the job that pays the bills, it may be good for our mental well being to also participate in making a go at doing something we love as [...]
Crowdfunding – Creative Financing for Startups
Easily the biggest business killer of a new startup business is the lack of access to financing to get the business off the ground. At the MoneyTalks Cafe we encourage small business owners to create and continually update their business plans. But often business plans for young fledgling businesses are more indicative of aspirations [...]
Start up Businesses -Turnkey Websites
It’s a great time to start a small business. One quick and easy way is to purchase a turnkey website using sites like Flippa.com (a site whose biz model is similar to Ebay, but that specializes in the buying and selling of websites for anywhere from the start-up rookie to the more experienced e-commerce business [...]
The Newer, Younger, Better Way to Make Money
It’s crucial to get the inside tips from people who have already found money-making success if you want to follow in their footsteps. That’s why you should check out this video: It’s a bunch of the world’s top young entrepreneurs (like Michael Dunlop and Adam Horwitz) sharing a little bit of inspiration with whoever has [...]
Astonishing Companies Built by Teens
By T. Ciarfalio In an earlier posting we recommended hiring your teen to help you with your business. Today, we want to tell you about entrepreneurs who started their businesses when they were just teens. These young go-getters were featured in a recent American Express Open Forum article entitled, 10 Awesome Companies Built by Teens. [...]