Small Business can Apply for ARC Loans Beginning Today
The SBA just released this news. If you own a small business that is considered “viable”, but you find yourself in need of some cash to make it through the next 6-12 months then you should visit the SBA Website and learn more about these “ARC” loans to determine if it makes sense for your [...]
SBA to offer Free Webinars on 2009 Recovery Act for Small Business Owners
The SBA (U.S. Small Business Administration) will present FREE webinars for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs through ReadyTalk. These sessions will provide information pertinent to small business owners and will share the new developments on SBA’s programs related to The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The series is scheduled to run on selected Tuesdays at [...]
SBA Honors National Small Business Champions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fifteen small business owners and leaders of small business support organizations were hailed today by the U.S. Small Business Administration for their outstanding support of entrepreneurs. The 15 Champion Awards were presented today in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual observance of National Small Business Week. The Champion Awards were presented [...]
Dominos Pizza Reeling Over Hoax
When I heard about the hoax a couple of Dominos Pizza employees (now former) played on Dominos by video-taping themselves doing disgusting things to the food I immediately thought of the jokes a friend of mine always told about what he would do to pizzas at Pizza Hut back in the 1970′s. Of course he [...]
Pixazza Launches ‘Product in the Picture’ and Google Buys a Stake
Google knows a good thing when it sees one… and embedding small discreet links in pics on Websites that people can click on to learn more about buying that item is a good thing. Pixazza all but sealed their success when Google bit off a $5.75M chunk of the company. More info: Google invests in Pixazza About [...]
The Freemium Business Model
I had a meeting with an Internet company yesterday and we discussed, among other things, what the right business model might be for them. Based on those conversations I thought it was time to revisit this great article and video on Longtail.com titled ‘The miraculous power of scale‘. The primary point of the article is [...]
Angelsoft: Entrepreneurs Heaven on Earth
If you have a great idea for a business, a solid business plan, and experience that will help your odds of succeeding then you are a few clicks away from entrepreneur’s heaven. Angelsoft has been bringing entrepreneurs together with angel investors since 2004. They now have over 14,788 angel investors registered, 450 angel investment groups, [...]
Use Zuberance to Build a Volunteer Salesforce
We know word-of-mouth is the best form of marketing and we also know that the internet contains more customer feedback and opinions every day. Zuberance offers a hosted service that helps companies identify highly-satisfied customers who are willing to spread the word about a product or service they’re thrilled with. By verifying the “volunteer” salesperson [...]