In recognition of National Retirement Planning Month in July, I interviewed Bill Losey, America’s Retirement StrategistTM , author of the book Retire in a Weekend: The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Making Work Optional. Bill is a Certified Financial PlannerTM and a Certified Senior Advisor and he has lots to say to those of […]
In my last post today, I talked about a new course from the SBA describing the types of loans they have available. Here is the second new course from the SBA.
The second one, How to Package a Loan Request, discusses the requirements for putting together a loan.
It also includes a list of “realities” about small […]
Over the next few days, I’ll be providing information on getting a loan for your small business - you know, the one you want to start after you “retire.”
First, the Small Business Administration has two new online courses (really just PowerPoints) that provide information about the types of loans available and how to package a […]
This is an easy one for me. My epiphany, my moment of realization, came from reading The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber.
The concept is simple: Work ON your business as if you were going to replicate it, not IN your business, just “doin’ it, doin’ it, doin’ it.” In other words, figure out the system […]
In my attempt to help you find that great second (or third) career, I’m continuing to look at businesses that baby boomers can start. Today it’s businesses in the beer-wine-alcohol industry, specifically microbreweries.
By the way, American Craft Beer Week was just a couple of weeks ago. Craft Brewers are “small, independent” breweries. A […]
If you have been following the news about National Small Business Week (which I guess is technically over), you might be interested in what the other b5media people have been saying about the phenomenon of Small Business from Accounting$olver:
Small is Beautiful (businesses, that is)
a Success Formula for your small business
The importance of Working Capital and
How […]
On April 28th Eureka Ranch Technology Ltd. will launch a registry site where researchers and inventors can post their ideas. The site is planeteureka.com. The purpose of the site is to offer innovations to people and companies who can develop posted ideas into marketable products.
The reasoning is that small businesses don’t have much money for research and […]
Get your friends together and sponsor a “Baby Boomer Job Fair” - use the one in Golden, Colorado as inspiration. This is the second year for the “BOOM-A-FAIR” - it is being held April 22 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. I wonder what kinds of jobs are available - I hope “Wal-Mart Greeter” isn’t one […]
Recently a web site, roommates.com got slapped down by the courts for discriminatory practices, see http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1207219563829for a discussion of the decision. People are all in a snit about the liability of the hosting website. People need to get their heads on straight. You cannot do something on the Internet that is illegal in the real world and expect that […]
Last week a big name finance guy, whom I never heard of, said that the financial markets are like a thirsty man with ten bottles of water, but one is poisoned and he doesn’t know which one. Good analogy. Now, it is clear how to make some money off the current financial crisis. Find the […]
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Written by Jean Murray [email] for b5media.
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