This month I am hosting a Lunch & Learn titled “How to Pay Business Debts You Can’t Afford” and when I read this Fences in Your Mind Excerpt it made me wonder how many small business owners are right there; strangling in debt and fighting mental fences that say there is nothing to do about […]
Most Profitable in 2008
According to a Feb. 2, 2009 article by Doug Caverly, staff writer for www.smallbusinessnewz.com the most profitable small business in 2008 was most likely your family DENTIST! He got his information from www.Sageworks.com and Anita Campbell, who listed the top ten profitable types of small business. The top three were those dentists (with a net […]
Personality Test for Entrepreneurship Success
I found this back in January and saved it for a time when Becky would be gone and I would need to step up to the plate and post something! A guy by the name of Andy Swan gave some pretty decent criteria for testing personality to see if you have what it takes to […]
SBA Basics: 504 Loans
Recently Becky asked me to help with some information about US Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. Here are a few basics everyone needs to know; first, SBA does not do direct lending except for disaster assistance. They also do not have grant funding. What do they do? They offer a guarantee to a lender that […]