Look at yourself through your customers’ eyes, and listen to yourself through your customers’ ears. - Chuck Carey

So you need $500k-$5M, in the next 1-6 months? You might need a presentation to pitch the concept.

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How do you prove your business plan sales forecasts? Binding Letters of Committment/Intent.

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NAI’s economist put together an interesting report on the lending markets I thought you would find interesting. Read the rest of this entry »

We had a great program in September, and have some pictures from the event. See if you’re in it…

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The second week of September, the organization was featured in a great article about the future of the organization.
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The recent spate of problems with products (or ingredients) produced by some China firms (pet food, toys, tires, toothpaste, cough syrup and shrimp, as examples) has highlighted a common risk problem for US companies in today’s global business environment. In the not so distant past, manufacturers (and retailers) of goods here in the US for the most part obtained most of their goods or raw materials from other US companies – nowadays even if the product is a “US” product, it’s a good bet that a significant portion of the product (or raw materials) come from outside the US.

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I need to get my name out to the world, but I have $1 dollar left. Never fear, get some PR!
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Are you scared that someone might steal your ideas? Do you think that you can’t talk freely to someone about your company? You probably need a non-disclosure agreement.
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Jay Jackson, CEO of BrewPot.com, was a startup company in the Georgia Entrepreneurs Society in the summer of 2007. After 8 months of thinking, 4 months of planning, & 2 months of execution, BrewPot.com was born.

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