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Study Compares Older, Younger Business Owners
Age has a lot to do with small business owners’ economic and business attitudes as well as their brand preferences, finds a new survey by The Business Journals. Each year, the Business Journals survey approximately 2,200 owners and top executives of small … Continue reading
What Lenders Look for in a Business Startup
If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur who needs funding, here’s a bit of good news: there are lenders willing to make startup loans, especially if the Small Business Administration (SBA) backs up part of it. However, you must be an effective communicator who can explain why and how your … Continue reading
Inventors Hope for a Shot at Infomercial Fame
Inventors from all over the U.S. traveled last week to New Jersey-based Telebrands, the company behind the ”as seen on TV” infomercials, to pitch what they hope will be the next big infomercial success, reports a May 22 article in The Star-Ledger. Among the contestants were a 44-year-old with a … Continue reading
Lamp Artist Finds Watts of Success
By Lynne Strang, Late Blooming Entrepreneurs Barbara Cosgrove doesn’t make ordinary lamps. She designs beautiful, sleek creations with clean lines and shades in tasteful, muted colors. Most of her lamps look like sculptures because, well, they are, in a way. … Continue reading
Turning to the Yoga Mat for a Paycheck
More people are leaving the 9-to-5 world behind to become full-time yoga instructors, according to a US News and World Report article by Alexis Grant. The main reason for the trend is a combination of yoga’s growing popularity and the lingering recession, say sources interviewed for … Continue reading
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Cyber Security Entrepreneur Turns Her Vision into Reality
By Lynne Strang, Late Blooming Entrepreneurs Successful entrepreneurship depends upon many factors, but nothing beats a well-timed solution for a pressing need. Just ask Suzanne Magee, the 57-year-old president and CEO of TechGuard Security, a multi-million dollar company founded … Continue reading
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Ten Ways to Fix a Business Website
If your business website hasn’t produced the results you’d like, check out this Savannahnow.com article by Chuck St. Arnaud, chairman emeritus of Sysconn New Media and a SCORE volunteer. The article lists ten “fixes” to help businesses better use the Internet to market their products or services. ”Remember, your site should … Continue reading
How a Common Problem for Kids Turned into a Business
If you’re freaked out by bugs, you might want to skip this post. For everybody else, an example of entrepreneurship arising from a pressing need can be found in a recent article about Sarah Casello-Rees, a 47-year-old Michigan mother who turned her son’s bout with head lice into a business. In … Continue reading
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For Patemm’s Grace Welch, Change Brings Opportunities
By Lynne Strang, Late Blooming Entrepreneurs Seven years ago, Grace Welch was talking with her sister about starting a business as she changed her baby daughter’s diaper. Then something happened that changed Welch’s life as well. Snapping orders to … Continue reading
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