Archive for: December 2006

Benefits - yes there is!

If you are employed by someone else you wait to get paid and pay maximum taxes.  If you are self-employed you pay (hopefully)minimum taxes and you can pay yourself first.

As an employee, your time is not your …

Many companies owned by women are overlooked for financing. We as women also have a tendancy to sell ourselves short. Women have a harder time finding funding sources than men. 

Since financing comes in various forms, women should first research the type of …

Did you start off your business without enough money? There are many ways to find money.  You can use traditional business loans, business grants or equity financing - you give up pieces of your business so you can obtain cash.  …

One place to start to check out business grants is the Small Business Administration, which is an agency of the federal government.  The Small Business Administartion provides grants for business already up and running. 

The chance of you obtaining a grant for …

Sooner or later you will want some outside funding or some sort of business loan in order to grow your business.

If you have been in business for a long time it is easier to get a business loan.  You have …

Being able to control your expenses is key in helping your business to prosper.  Limiting your expenses just doesn’t occur once but you need strategies that are used daily to reduces costs in numerous ways.

One way is to control your …

As an entrepreneur and business person - remember - you must find a balance of work, home and play.  Though your business does take time, hard work etc. you have to have some sort of balance in your life otherwise …

So who is your customer?  who is going to buy the product you want to sell.

Time for a marketing strategy.  There will be a certain number of people that buy from you, not everyone is going to buy your product.

So …

Well, so you just want to start a business but don’t know what to do?  Well you can first check and see what your skills are and what you are good at and will people pay for this product and/or …

A business you want is based on your wants.  You have decided very specifically the type of business you want to open. 

Some very good reasons to open a business you want is the fact that you probably have skills in …