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Kickstarter’s rise to prominence this year has filled the world’s creative types with a mixture of hope and anxiety. If you’re the kind of person who has always wanted to launch an invention, write a book, make a game, shoot a video series or just about anything else, the crowdfunding platform offers you a shot at collecting the money you need to get your dream off the ground — without all the downsides of taking out a bank loan or securing a traditional investor.[…] Continue Reading »
A sudden, unexpected shortage of funds can be enough to sink a fledgling company. In fact, more businesses fail because of a lack of working capital than any other reason, The Receivables Exchange CEO Nic Perkin said. In recent years, this roadblock has become particularly perilous for small businesses as the recession forced banks to curtail lending and caused investors to become more hesitant.[…] Continue Reading »
This guest post is by Rajesh Chandy, a professor of marketing at London Business School, and Om Narasimhan, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
Entrepreneurs have always been heroes; fearless leaders who build something from nothing, often turning their ideas and passions into multimillion-dollar enterprises. We immediately think of the quintessential success stories; the “rock stars” of the business and entrepreneurial world who have skyrocketed their companies — Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Ralph Lauren.[…] Continue Reading »
The International Franchise Association brought together bankers, politicians, government officials and franchise leaders for a Small Business Lending Summit April 7 in Washington, D.C., in an effort to work toward solutions to the obstacles that franchisees and other small-business owners are encountering in getting the loans they need to start up and grow. As part of the summit, high-achieving franchisors and franchisees talked about what they love about franchising and how the business model helps turn people into successful entrepreneurs.[…] Continue Reading »
Mark Glaser’s roundup of Top 10 Mediashifting stories of the year focuses on news about how media consumers are getting information in new ways, and from new sources. For some media junkies, 2008 was the year Twitter went mainstream, via reporting from the Mumbai attacks and live plane-crash tweets. For traditional journalists, the biggest story of the year has to be the speed with which the print newspaper industry is collapsing.[…] Continue Reading »
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