Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 04:46AM 1) Business Card Blueprint: On a piece of paper or computer, do a draft of how you would like your business card to look. You can google the search term ‘sample business cards’ to get ideas (http://www.google.com/). If you are still developing your company’s identity (logo, colors, etc.), you may want to get advise from experts such as NYC Business Solutions...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 12:40PM Being a business planning professional, I continually am reading articles and blogs on the subject. These articles and blogs often have polarizing titles that range from business plans are essential to business plans are a waste of time. My take away from reading many of these articles is that the authors mainly agree that business planning should be an integral part...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 12:33PM In my last blog entry, I posed one of the first questions an entrepreneur should ask themselves before moving forward with their endeavor, “Is my good idea a good business?” I proposed that building an economic model can be a helpful tool in answering that question. Start simple using your existing knowledge of revenues and costs. Next, validate your initial assumptions through market research. I discussed how market sizing and segmentation can help forecast demand, which is used to calculate both revenue...
Business Plans, Small Business Friday, June 4, 2010 at 01:49AM I received a comment to last week’s blog, “Funding for the Rest of Us Entrepreneurs”, asking for specific alternative lending sources that start-ups could access. I had mentioned peer-to-peer financing as a potential funding growth area. Peer-to-peer financing or crowd financing are financial transactions between individuals without the intermediation or participation of a traditional financial institution. Peer-to-peer financing...
Friday, June 4, 2010 at 01:23AM Jennifer Shaheen from The Technology Therapy Group (www.technologytherapy.com) shared valuable insights in the seminar “Building an Affordable Website” this past Tuesday in New York City. A summary of Jennifer’s presentation, including a list of helpful resources follow: