[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Funding a start-up business is tough. For the most part, banks, venture capitalists and even angel groups want to fund businesses that have proven themselves. Crowdfunding however, is filling the gap, according to Stand Out In the Crowd: How Women (and Men) Benefit From Equity Crowdfunding. The research was conducted by Ventureneer,...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] At some point, most small business owners will need additional cash flow for their businesses, whether it’s for building expansions, covering seasonal payrolls or simply purchasing new pieces of equipment. The first step for many business owners is often seeking a traditional loan from a bank or credit union; however, there...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] There is one thing every Fortune 500 company has in common: an effective leader at its helm. Leadership isn’t just about calling the shots and having people that do what you say. It’s so much more than that. Unfortunately, there are quite a few people that think that’s all there is...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] In honor of Small Business Week, Infusionsoft hosted the first ever "4 Hour Super Jam" on May 6, 2015 from 6pm EST to 10pm EST. The event consisted of a series of interviews with business growth experts covering a wide array of topics including finance, technology, marketing, sales, ecommerce, social media and more! [Tweet "Check...
As small business entrepreneurs we know two things for certain: 1) If we stop learning we will stop growing and 2) Time is our enemy. For those looking for a way to utilize 'idol' time - time spent driving, trudging on the treadmill or cleaning the house (yes...that's when I listen!!) - podcasts provide the...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] I spend a lot of time observing insignificant things. The only reason I first realized this was because of an annual ritual I started more than five years ago where I would collect these bits of insignificance and arrange them into curated ideas that I felt described a shift in how consumers...
Hourly Nerd: Turning "That Will Never Work" Into Small Business Success Mark Cuban, self-made billionaire and outspoken Shark Tank investor with a knack for finding and funding promising startups, knows a thing or two about starting and growing businesses. One often-quoted piece of Cuban’s advice is that entrepreneurs should know their core competencies and focus on...
[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D, Director, Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, and team recently conducted a longitudinal study of its annual in-depth study on the usage of social media by the fastest-growing corporations in the U.S. in the Inc. 500 list. Among the findings, they discovered that...
5 Simple Steps to Teaching Children to Be Great Entrepreneurs If you ask Matthew and Adam Toren, the authors of KIDPRENEURS: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas! and KIDPRENEURS: Parent / Teach Guide, when the best time to start teaching children about entrepreneurship is, they’ll tell you, “it’s never too early.” They understand that the skills...
From Service to Startup: Veterans Making Their Way as Small Business Entrepreneurs Veterans of our military are one of this nation’s greatest resources. Given much greater responsibility than their civilian counter parts much earlier in their military careers and taught leadership in high-stress and high-stakes situations from the get go, veterans typically exhibit greater maturity...
