Small Business Answers

You’ve heard the statistics. Some 90% of all new businesses will fail within fewer than five years. Considering most new businesses are small enterprises, this creates quite a hardship on the entrepreneurs who have their hopes, and perhaps their overall finances decimated as their ventures fail...

I've got news for you - you're not the only one who's thought about starting a small business. Please understand that's a good thing. Why? Because there are lots of information around like this to help you get it right the first time around rather than shoot yourself in the foot every few days while you're getting it up and running...

Almost every single day hundreds of people get coaxed into taking a loan from an irreputable person or company. It doesn't matter who you are, if you're even just a little green behind the ears, they'll sniff it out and take no mercy. Here's what I think you should stick to so that you can minimise or eradicate the risk. Some of these practitioners can be very persuasive and pretend to be looking after your interests, so be smart and read this list twice. In fact, you'd be wise to send it to a friend, relation or simply save it to your favorites/bookmark it if you use firefox...

A client surprised me yesterday when he asked, "The business world is dominated by big corporations, so how can we survive, let alone compete against them?"...

For a small business owner, building a good credit history can be essential to getting the business through the rough times. One of the easiest and quickest ways of beginning to build a good credit history is through the use of a small business credit card...