Venture capital is available for a number of businesses that are developing products for large markets. You hear about some of these companies, many in the technology field, nearly every day. Did you know that grants may also be available for the same businesses? So which should you take: venture capital (VC) or a grant? To […]
by J.F. (Jim) Straw, author of Mustard Seeds, Shovels, & Mountains Importing as a small business has long been shrouded in the mysteries of International intrigue. While, in actuality, importing is just about as mysterious as buying from the “Sears” catalog. The fantasies surrounding the import business have been passed down generation after generation. As a […]
Jose, a taxi cab driver earning under $20,000 a year, took up the part-time activity of Finding. Jose’s hobby was studying and collecting Native American arts and crafts, so he decided this might be a logical place to start his Finder work. Jose bought or borrowed every book and every magazine he could find on […]
by J.F. (Jim) Straw When most small manufacturing businesses start-up, they concentrate their sales efforts on the known markets here in the United States. Defining their markets as the known users of their products; known distributors of those products; and known (or accessible) sales areas within the U.S., overlooking the larger — more profitable — […]
I see hundreds of people each year who’ve raised themselves from low incomes to high incomes through using my success methods. And I’ve never met one person yet who said he was sorry that he went after the big money. All have said that they thought the results were worth the effort. And if they had the chance to do it all over again, they would.
Mort Weisinger started to write an article on items that can be obtained free of charge by the public. He planned to title the article “Land of the Free.” As he collected information for his article he began to see that he’d never have enough space to cover the hundreds of free and useful items. […]
by J.F. (Jim) Straw, author of Mustard Seeds, Shovels, & Mountains Believe it or don’t, I just flunked another test for “entrepreneurial” traits! From my test score, it appears I am probably better adapted to washing dishes than running a business. Then again, according to the governing laws of aerodynamics, bumble bees can’t fly either. Let me […]
A few days ago, a number of readers had lunch with me in midtown New York at an exclusive club restaurant. The chairs were plush, the service was excellent, and the food was delicious. After dessert, a few of the readers asked me about grants — those wonderful money “donations” you can get to do […]