In October, the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the unemployment rate for the nation was 10.2% and for the 20-24 age range, the rate is much higher. The Wall Street Journal is reporting the unemployment rate for 20-24 year olds is a staggering 16%. It goes on to report that employers are projected to [...]
The White House, of all places, recently announced plans to allow Wi-Fi service in the President’s home. Wi-Fi has been an extremely affordable way for businesses to attract customers – hot-spots like Starbucks and McDonalds have been using internet access to attract tech-savvy diners for sometime now.
The announcement comes on the heels of a new [...]
tting first round financing for your business has never been remotely easy, particularly if your business is still at the concept stage. I’m in the trenches everyday assisting clients with deal structure, pitch preparation and investor negotiations. Successfully raising capital from equity investors is always based upon these key elements. Here are the “make it [...]
Credit cards and business cash advance options are the go-to source for small businesses looking to get the financing they desperately need as of late. Yesterday Bank of America pledged to give $5 billion to small businesses in 2010. The announcement comes after Obama put pressure on America’s larger banks who received large sums from [...]
I love this time of the year. I get to spend more time with my extended family and share good times with old friends. But for many retailers this is the most important and most nerve racking time of the year, especially when their yearly success greatly depends on a small two month window.
A large [...]
The current economic recession has closed businesses, cut jobs, “outed” unsuccessful CEO’s, and most importantly – slowed unnecessary spending sprees. That is, until this year. With the end of 2009 nearing, more and more products and services have started claiming their recession-proof statuses.
Perhaps the biggest culprit in the increase in spending this year is the [...]
Search engine optimization and other online marketing tactics have been growing and changing for a while now. Microsoft is adding to the mix by adding a new feature to their search engine, Bing. If you go to www.bing.com/twitter you will see tweets relating to your search query appear and the tweets will automatically update on [...]
Monday started the official kick off to the online holiday shopping season, also known as Cyber Monday. The early stats are in–conversion rates for consumers who actually purchased items were up about 14% from last year. Traffic to ecommerce sites was also up about 1 million visitors making a total of 4 million shoppers [...]
Whenever I’m discussing my philosophies on the purpose of hiring a mentor service, I sometimes notice an elephant in the room that no one wants to address: Just what the heck IS a mentor anyway? Sometimes it slips my mind that there isn’t a clear definition of what these types of services are for in [...]
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