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A lot of Startup Princesses often ask me how to get funding for their startups. No matter if you are going to pitch your idea to your spouse, the bank, a relative, or an angel investor…  you need a really good 2 minute “Elevator Pitch”…you need to CONVINCE them that your idea will work, that it will be profitable, and that you’re just the right person to execute the idea.

Yesterday,  I talked about writing jobs for baby boomers.  If you have always wanted to “WRITE” (whatever that means to you) and you have an idea of what you want to write, the best place to go for advice is successful authors. You don’t get any more successful than Stephen King.

You have finished making your own website. You have introduced your company and presented your products and services. You have added propositions and promos to catch your target audience’s attention. You have achieved the dos and don’ts of building a company web site.

I was talking to a group of energetic entrepreneurs recently in an event. I asked them when was it that they prepared their business plan, at the time of starting the business or when attracting investors? Guess what, most of them admitted to creating a business plan only when they started scouting for funding….

In several of the interviews that I’ve done, one of the frequent topics that comes up as an aside, is Money now vs. Money later. Many business owners are torn between the product or service offering money quickly and the development or infrastructure efforts that take short-term money but offer long-term reward.

Can You Raise A Million Dollars? This competition is the ultimate business plan competition for entrepreneurs in the Atlanta Georgia Area. The competition is created to encourage entrepreneurs to broadcast their business model and passion on SPEC Talk Radio and in front of investors at the NBAI Private Equity Investor Forum.

People seem to have the misconception that only a select few are able to unleash a steady flow of creative genius. That is not true at all. The fact is, creativity is very much like a muscle that needs to be exercised in order to consistently give out great results.

How we feel about anything is a great barometer for prioritizing an action plan.  If you feel a major pain in your chest, the actionable options  and the time frame for implementation are generally clear. However, once we move past a life threatening emergency, we have a tendency to not move as purposely.

“THE RECIPE – OWNING THE FUTURE” From “www.bizwave.co.za” read more

Smart Business Advice Dear mouse, I am awake again since 1:00 am. I tried to read the novel of a writer whose resume tells the readers that she heads a department that makes her an authority on the topic. When I read how she misspelled Heimlich Manuever which is not even a typographical error, I doubted the authorship of the book.