It hardly seems that a day goes by without new gloomy economic figures: market downturns, unemployment, consumer spending – seems like nothing but bad news.

Watch any news station or read any newspaper headline and you’ll see something depressing about the economy.

So what is really the cause of our economic problems? One post couldn’t possibly cover all of the intricacies of this financial crisis. However, there is one cause I would like to discuss: ourselves. [click to continue...]

Do you offer a service heavily reliant upon your relationship with your clients?

Are you having difficulty growing without needing to dedicate more of your own time?

Pretend you have an accounting or medical practice. For the most part, your clients do business with you because they trust you as a professional, and your business generally grows because of your relationship with your clients. [click to continue...]

Stuck looking for start-up capital? Don’t want to give up equity to a Venture Capitalist in exchange for funding?

Your business is in desperate need of seed money, yet you don’t want to sell our soul (or your ownership) to get it.

So what is a new entrepreneur to do? Unfortunately, if we are going to be picky with how we get funding, we must resort to the one thing that has caused us to go out on our own in the first place: getting a job. [click to continue...]