“I have been thinking about buying a franchise. I was going to roll over some money from a 401(k) I have with a former employer, but my spouse isn’t keen on the idea as it’s our only retirement money. I visited a local bank recently and was surprised – actually, shocked – to find they […]
“I have run my own professional services business for some time. In the course of running my business I have become close and friendly with two other professionals in the county where I live. We have worked together on a number of projects, and we seem to work well together. So we have decided to […]
I was pleased to be one of the judges at last week’s Connecticut Business Plan Competition sponsored by The Entrepreneurship Foundation and held at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. Twice a year dozens of teams from the entrepreneurship classes at Connecticut’s private colleges, state universities and community colleges compete for cash awards, trophies […]
Last week I was privileged to speak at the first annual Phoenix eTailers Conference, hosted and organized by e-commerce expert and podcaster Melinda Jackson of RRB Radio. If you are selling merchandise on eBay, Amazon, Etsy, or one of the other online retail platforms, here is some state-of-the-art wisdom—and some cutting-edge resources—from speakers at the […]
“I have been unemployed for some time, and have come to the conclusion that corporate America no longer wants me. Recently I heard about a local manufacturing company that’s fallen on hard times. Their once-popular product line is no longer in retail stores, the owners can’t stand each other, and the CEO has tons of […]