The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the SBA’s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative for veterans and members of the military community wanting to establish or expand small businesses. Loans are available up to $500,000 and qualify for SBA’s maximum guaranty of up to 85 percent for loans of $150,000 or less and up […]
Do you know who an Entrepreneur is? He is a person who assumes business responsibility and the risks that come along with it. As an entrepreneur, one would expect to make profit, whether big or small, depending on the nature of the business.
An entrepreneur takes all the risk of the business, decides on which product […]
Joint venture marketing is a rapidly growing arm of relationship marketing, and a highly effective one. Relationship marketing holds as its central tenant the importance of building strong, solid and long lasting relationships with your customers and clients.
Joint venture marketing exists under the umbrella of relationship marketing precisely because it is still ultimately concerned with […]
Joint venture marketing is a highly effective, yet largely underrated form of marketing - one that can be custom tailored to meet your company’s specific needs.
The idea behind a joint venture marketing partnership is to share expertise and resources with the companies with whom you choose to partner. These partnerships can range from sharing client […]
My two favorite definitions of “entrepreneur” are from a 19th-century French economist and a present-day American capitalist.
“The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield.” - Jean-Baptiste Say. “An entrepreneur solves problems for a profit.” - T. Harv Eker.
Entrepreneurs are the producers of […]
Direct marketing is alive and well and living in the UK. Many believed that the introduction of internet marketing would be the box that leaflet distribution was buried in but that has not proven to be the case. The statistics are well in favour of leaflet delivery when comparing with other forms of direct marketing, […]
From time to time I am asked by business advisors, senior level managers, and successors in privately held or family owned companies, if I have any special insights that will magically get the owners of their company to lighten up.
Why aren’t they willing to delegate some of their authority, upgrade their technology to take […]
There is no shortage of tips and techniques about how to open and manage a business of your own. Be cautious about following much of the advice from self appointed business gurus, many of whom have never owned or managed any kind of small, independent business themselves.
Most can talk the talk but few […]
There are riches, bigger than any piece of gold or diamond can offer. There are riches better than any oil reservoir can offer! The question is - are you willing to find these riches?
Everything from Microsoft Windows to an airplane, the space shuttle and the car, all began somewhere. And this is the domain of […]
Thinking of starting a new booming business? if yes, then look in a direction that might not seem obvious. An example of this is insurance. The truth of the matter is that americans have more and more need for various kinds of insurances, so when it comes to a great business opportunity, insurance is really […]
