Marketing

A Four Step Guide To Getting Extra Sales from Your Retail Display

A lot of start-up companies are now avoiding getting a retail store. Instead of starting their business with a retail store, they are simply putting themselves in a position to be visible online. Although... 
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Business Plans

Why Participate in a Business Plan Competition?

Ruth A. Pavilonis, owner of Betina’s & Bailey’s Adventures Talks About Why She Entered A Business Plan Competition Last Year. Here’s her story... Last year, on a whim,... 
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Financing

Alternate Sources of Funding

The financial crisis of 2008 tightened the lending market significantly.  With the worldwide credit crunch, which turned the housing and stock markets upside down, the chances of finding traditional... 
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Business Opportunities

6 Overlooked Steps to Opening a Successful Restaurant

Opening a restaurant is one of the great American dreams. So many aspiring chefs lay awake at night, dreaming of “playing to a packed house” filled with eager gourmands who have heard great... 
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Editor's Blog

The Professional Networker

One thing common among successful business people is that a big majority of business people are good networkers. The old saying “It’s...