Small Business

5 Steps to a Small Business Loan

From building a relationship with your banker to creating an indebt business plan, here’s five ways to position yourself to get a small business bank loan.

A 3-Step Business Checkup for 1Q

Try a self-assessment as 2014 picks up speed. Here are three things to look at in order to quickly get a pulse on how your business is performing.

Gender Gap in Silicon Valley? Norwest’s Sonya Brown Weighs In

If the recent employee breakdowns from tech titans like Facebook, Google and Apple are any indication, Silicon Valley is still a bit of a boy’s club. Here’s what Norwest Venture Partners’ Sonya Brown has to say about being a woman in the tech world.

Mobile Banking Is The Future of Small Business Finance

It is amazing to me that in a sophisticated industry such as banking, today there are still many banks, credit unions and other lenders who have not invested in the technology to accept online small business loan applications.

Web Tools for Building a Sales Pipeline

In this post I will show you how to set up a simple and (almost) free sales pipeline to help keep track of how well your business is doing with its sales initiatives.

Shyp CEO: 5 Lessons on Expanding to a New City

Six months after launching in San Francisco, Shyp introduced its shipping service to the Big Apple. CEO Kevin Gibbon shares his tips for other entrepreneurs planning an expansion to a new city.

Management Tips From a Failed Business

Sadly, like my now closed favorite bakery, small business owners too often believe that having the best product is all they need to grow profitably and become hugely successful. Having the best product is a bonus. Knowing how to make it efficiently, price it, sell it, and get the word out is just as critical. Here's some help.

What You Need to Know About SEO and SEM

Small business owners looking to grow the operation and increase sales should take a closer look at search engine optimization and search engine marketing, in order to take advantage of consumers’ online search habits.