Recovery funds now available
If your small business is struggling to pay debts, you may qualify for a new type of interest-free loan in amounts up to $35,000,...
New Markets program fuel for new economy
For the past seven years, I have led a small team at CEI Community Ventures, one of two for-profit venture capital subsidiaries of Maine’s...
The best promotion? Yourself, if done right
Today, more than ever before, it’s important that those who are in a position to benefit your career know who you are and what...
Even today, you can finance a business deal
Thanks to cash-strapped bankers, layoff-happy corporations and debt-loving politicians hell-bent on breaking all the wrong records, everyone is feeling financial pain. And few have...
Cold calls and other things that don’t work
You rarely use the sales tips you are given, even though they are obvious and may be better than the way you are selling.
The...
Read the fine print in disability-benefit plans
It was a Friday afternoon and Bob’s doctor had just told him that he had advanced Lyme disease. He would be disabled – indefinitely....
Freelancers can utilize the Internet
When it comes to job-listing Web sites, freelancers, startups, solo-operators and other assorted independent contractors have never had it so good: Dozens of specialized...
Want success? Don’t sabotage your business
With the downturn in the economy comes an increased interest in starting a business.
You may be interested because you lost your job, or...
Now’s the time to rise up and start hustling
For years big corporations ruled the world, and the business world – not any more. Most of them are hurting – wounded, dying or...
Growth and efficiency: find both for success
In the hyper-competitive marketplace and ridiculously challenging economic times in which we conduct business, the debate rages on about which is the more important...
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