Business Book: Shoestring Venture – How to Start a Business

I believe it was W. Clement Stone (he founded Combined Insurance of America during the Great Depression) who said, “with each adversity comes the seed to prosperity.” My shoestring venture was started out of necessity and adversity after business investments I had made just prior to the U.S. banking meltdown of 2008 quickly went down [...]

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What is the name of your business and URL of you app? Digital2Analog Software Inc. URL. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itemizer/id393784255?mt=8 A brief synopsis of the smart phone app (explain it to a 5 year old)? Itemizer is a popular and acclaimed home and business inventory app designed for use on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch family of devices. [...]

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Today, we interviewed Tony Aguilar, the Gen-Y Finance Guy, to discuss his business, Amiti Advising. Tony, tell us a little bit about Amiti Advising. Well, Amiti Advising is the first affordable financial planning firm that is focused on young professionals, young families, and college students. We launched this May, but have worked on the business [...]

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In all the hoopla, hand-wringing, and teeth-gnashing crashing around and about the auto industry meltdown — as newly-minted experts in business, industry, and economics sound off over their omelettes in every diner from Puyallup to Poughkeepsie about the wisdom of bailouts, the real fallout is starting to hit Main Street in an unexpected and unremarked [...]

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