Lost Job Start Business

Karen Gordan Mills is the new US SBA Chief. Mills is a Venture Capitalist and former director of Scotts Miracle-Gro. She was president of MMP Group based in Maine and founder of New York based firm Solera Capital.

Wow! there has been absolutely no Venture Capital backed IPOs in the first quarter of 2009 according to the National Venture Capital Association.

“How to” guide for start-up financial projections.

It is unclear how this will pan out. However, I can’t see it having a noticeable impact on business start ups in the US. This is more to do with the nature of VC funding rather than the possible new regulations.

Mike Bloomberg is to invest $45 million in financial start ups that are set up by laid off bankers. Some of this money will go on incubator units to help these new start ups get off the ground. Mayor Bloomberg sees opportunity in this recession, and as a result, New York City could become the [...]

I’m sure a lot of you who have sought advice from business experts have been told by them that the first thing you should do is “market research”.  By this they mean a scientific study to determine if your business idea could possibly be made into a profitable business. While such a study does indeed have [...]

A recession may seem to be a bad time to start a business. However, I beg to differ. Recessions are like naturally occurring forest fires. A lot of dead wood is eliminated and new green shoots soon appear.  It should be your objective to become one of these new green shoots. We should also remember [...]

I have noticed time and time again that when people who have previously been in employment “go out on their own” they seem to still carry with them the same culture as the organization they have left. They wear the same clothes to work. They have a similar signature on their email. They still behave [...]