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- Evaluating an Opportunity - By : John Vinturella
Business opportunities are often based on broad trends, such as: demographic, such as the "graying" of America (creating opportunities in health services, for example); sociological developm
- The Role of Statistics in Prospect Modeling - By : Wendy Cobrda
Identifying prospects has come a long way since the days of simple list buying. With the hype flying fast and furious, sometimes its difficult to sort out truth from fiction and to put things in th
- Selecting a Venture - By : John Vinturella
The basic rule is simple: "Find a market need and fill it!" The process of finding the need, and the method chosen to fill it are where the difficulties arise. Based on our opportunity scan, does
- Venture Capital Negotiating Issues - By : Dave Lavinsky
When companies enter into negotiations with venture capital firms, there are several issues which need to be defined and agreed upon. This article describes the key issues. Valuation. Valuation is
- The Business and Life You Want to Build - By : Michael Knowles
In the early days of my first consulting business, I knew I needed some sort of plan to give me the greatest chance at success. I took many a wrong step, yet in the end I managed to put a solid busi
- An Entrepreneurs Challenge - By : Jan Verhoeff
Living in the twilight zone has its advantages. In the early days of starting my business, I found the limitations of living in a rural area to be restrictive. However, later I realized that those l
- Competitive Edge - By : John Vinturella
In his book, The Road Ahead, Bill Gates of Microsoft writes of friction-free capitalism made possible by developments in communications, chief among them the Internet and its World Wide Web. In th
- Business Planning Overview - By : John Vinturella
The successful entrepreneur is generally more inclined, once a business idea is selected, to sharpen the concept by a detailed planning process. The result of this step is a comprehensive business p
- Confidence = Preparation Courage - By : Larry Galler
It always amazes me when I see someone on television holding a press conference a lawyer outside a courtroom, a businessperson at the launch of a new product. Reporters ask hardball questions. T
- The History of the Franchise Business - Learning about Business Opportunities by Looking at the Past - By : Howard Schwartz
Hair care has been around as long as humans have been on the planet. The earliest record of personal hair care dates back 2.5 million years ago, when brushes used to create cave paintings in Spain
- Three Cs - What Startups Need to Get a Business Loan, Part 1 - By : Mark Uptain
You want to get a good, solid overview of what it takes to acquire that business loan you need, especially if you are a startup. The essential element of what the lenders out there require of you ca
- 543 2...1 - By : David Handler
A streak dating back more than three decades came to an end at midnight on New Year's Eve. For the first time since 1972, as America rang in 2005, Americas Oldest Living Teenager was not in Times
- Why eBay Is A Smart Choice For Entrepreneurs - By : Tom Gruber
Attention entrepreneurs: If you think the search for the ultimate moneymaking business opportunity is like searching for a very small needle in a very big internet haystack, then think again! Perh
- Realism vs. Optimism in the Business Plan - By : Dave Lavinsky
The most important function of a business plan is to create interest among investors so that they write a check. In achieving this goal, business plan writers are often challenged by determining the
- How To Find Focus And Turn Your Talent Into A Thriving Professional Business - By : Kendall SummerHawk
There are tons of books and articles available to help professionals start up their business, but few that give practical insights on how to nurture your business once it's out of its infancy. At s
- Used-Book Case Study - By : John Vinturella
Dwight Payne and Gary Heap reside in Santa Barbara, CA, where they attend college and pursue their mutual hobby of science-fiction book collecting. They pooled their book collection of over 4,000 vo
- Financial Issues in Business Startup - By : John Vinturella
A primary inhibitor of business start-up is that few people have the financial cushion to give up a job for the uncertain income of a start-up venture. In a recent survey, about 30% of new business
- Start a Business Selling Government Surplus - By : Dean Novosat
Did you ever wonder what happens to all that government equipment that is purchased each year by federal, state, and local governments? They dont just throw it away! By law, all unused and out-da
- Secrets of My Favorite Government Auction - By : Dean Novosat
I love bargains. And theres no better place to find bargains than an auction. And there are no better auctions than government surplus auctions. My favorite government surplus auction takes place
- Starting Up and Keeping Going - By : Megan Mart
So you had that fantastic business idea, the one that's going to be wildly successful and make you a fortune - and even better, you actually did something about it and started your own business. Goo
- Why I Should Go In To Business - By : Arvind Kumar
Rohit Kochgaway was very upset with his boss for his rebuking him today in office. He was very upset with his job. When he reached home in evening his wife got the penalty for asking to go out in fo
- Methods of Generating New Ideas for Entrepreneurs - By : Stephen Pierce
Summary: Even with a wide variety of sources available, coming up with an idea as the basis for a new venture can still be a difficult problem. The entrepreneur can use several methods to help gener
- Rambling Confessions of a Recovering Entrepreneur - By : Hesh Reinfeld
I told my family that I finally accepted that my passion had become an ob- session, and you could even call it an addiction. They all laughed. What had taken me 25 years to accept, they had known fo
- The Deal is in the Details - By : Mark Uptain
What Startups Need to Get a Business Loan, Part 2 In part 1 of this article, entitled "Three C's", we looked at the overview of startup business loan requirements from the lender's perspective. We
- A Dorm Room With A View - By : David Handler
As a senior in high school, he paid cash for a BMW with money made by selling newspapers. In 1983, as a college freshman, he sold custom-made PCs and parts out of his dorm roomhiding them behind hi
- Playing Hookey Can Help! A Surprising Secret To Small Business Success! - By : Mari Geasair
Would you like to increase your chances of business success by 350%? The good news is that you can! Before you start working harder or learning the latest business theories so you can work smar
- Isnt it Time You Started to Fly? - By : Damien Senn
I am going to begin this article by sharing a shocking fact
- Work vs Play: Which is the Better Way to Make Big Money? - By : Abel Cheng
If you want to make big money, you have to play not to work. "What do you mean by that?" You ask. I attended a workshop last weekend and the speaker said if you are serious in making big money,
- Preparing to Outsource - By : Sherese Johnson
It's important to understand when to add individuals to your business model. Adding a new team member should be an easy transition - thats where organization comes in. Clearly defined processes su
- For Business SUCCESS... Listen To The Voices of Experience - By : Don Monteith
Discover the pitfalls of owning your own business BEFORE
- Identifying the Right Venture Capital Firm Partner - By : Dave Lavinsky
Venture capital firms are comprised of individual partners. These partners make investment decisions and typically take a seat on each portfolio companys Board. Partners tend to invest in what they
- The Boss is DEAD! - By : Simone Kelly
Some of us are born into families with "it", some of us are just driven over the edge to "it", and some of us crave "it", but just havent figured out how to attain "it." That "it" is an Entrepreneu
- The Fear Factor - By : Simone Kelly
I recently conducted a lil' survey asking my colleagues what were their biggest fears when thinking about starting a business or running their business. The following are the top three fears that re
- Business Development: The Basic Ingredients - By : Jan Verhoeff
Cooking isn't much different than building a business. You have the basic ingredients all laid out on the counter and if you put them together in the right way - you have a nice meal to nourish your
- Street Smarts Vs Book Smarts, What Does It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur - By : Benjamin Seow
The latest series in "The Apprentice" features 2 distinct group of candidates. One group, who are only high school graduates are termed as "Street Smarts" by Donald Trump whereas, the other group ar
- Starting Your Business: It All Boils Down To Making Money and Saving Money - By : Dr. Robert J. Lahm
Bootstrapping in the context of business start-ups refers to the use of creative financing approaches such as leveraging personal savings, credit-card debt, loans from friends and family, bartering,
- Defining a RandD Framework for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on Information Product Generation - By : Jan Grundling
Introduction Knowledge is the key resource that forms the institutional basis of the post-industrial economy and society. It should be empasized that it is institutions of higher education that g
- From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money Selling Info Products - By : Stephanie Chandler
The term Infopreneur is a relatively new industry buzz word that is making waves because it opens doors for entrepreneurs to generate new streams of income. Simply put, an infopreneur sells inform
- Do You Have What it Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur? - By : Wendy McClelland
Print off this page, take the quiz and find out if you've got what it takes! See the scale at the bottom to mark yourself. Answer the following questions on a Scale of 1 - 5 1 - definately not
- Starting Your Business: 3 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Way to the Top - By : Dr. Robert J. Lahm
Bootstrapping a business startup does not necessarily mean that you are unable to find traditional sources of capital. It may mean that you are clever, or that you know a bargain when you see it, o
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