For both people and businesses, getting older brings its share of challenges. However, the alternative is even less desirable. Right now we’re seeing the business of “crowdfunding” mature somewhat and the process is a little painful for many involved in the industry. Crowdfunding, as you may know, is the process of leveraging the Internet to […]
Let me ask you a few questions about your banking, credit cards and how you pay your bills: Do you go over your credit card statements in great detail, or just scan to make sure things don’t look out of whack? How many “automatic” renewal charges do you have going on your cards? Do you […]
June 26 is National Handshake Day. For the small business owner, it should remind us that our word and handshake must be absolutely trustworthy. Without trust, there can be no commerce. Remember the story about George Washington and the cherry tree? You’ve also probably read somewhere that it didn’t actually happen. However, I recently read […]
You have to love it when two of your favorite things in the world come together, and for many of us that’s exactly what’s happening with Enterpreneurship.org’s “1 Million Cups” program. Entrepreneurs come together every Wednesday in locations all around the country—often coffee shops—to have a cup of java and talk about their projects. (Okay, […]
The smiles in Texas must be stretching from Stetson to Stetson. The San Antonio Spurs made mincemeat of Miami and their state gets an “A+” rating in the third annual Thumbtack and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey of small business friendliness. Other “A+”-rated states in the survey are Idaho, Utah and Virginia. Colorado, Oklahoma, Tennessee […]