Starting a catering business doesn’t need to be a long and daunting process. In fact, it’s now easier than ever for you to take that next step with your idea. Do your Research The very first thing that you need to do is your research. It’s important that you find out who else in your industry is offering the same service in your area. When you do find someone, you then need to check their … [Read more...]
A Quick Checklist for Opening a New Restaurant
Whether you’ve worked as a head chef or have been in the hospitality industry for several years, you have always dreamed of opening your own restaurant. You can wait no longer, and you are ready to take the plunge, but where do you begin? There is so much to do and consider. Here is a very quick checklist of some of the important things to consider when opening a new restaurant. 1. Create … [Read more...]
Starting a Business with a Personal Loan [3 Loan Rules]
Understand how to use a loan to start a business and where to find the best startup money “Only morons start a business on a loan.” That’s the advice of billionaire Mark Cuban, the rarely at a loss for words owner of the Dallas Mavericks. While Cuban makes some good points in the interview where this is quoted, he also misses a few points in favor of starting a business with a loan. The … [Read more...]
Kabbage Review and Small Business Loan Competitors
Make sure you check several business lenders as well as Kabbage to get the best deal on your business loan Online lenders like Kabbage have stepped up to fill the huge funding gap for small businesses since the financial collapse. Even though the economy has boomed and the stock market has risen from its 2009 crash, banks just haven’t been as willing to lend to small businesses. Kabbage and … [Read more...]
How I Beat a Financial Emergency to Get Fast Cash [Advice from a Reader]
One reader shares his story of a financial emergency and how he got emergency cash fast to avoid the debt trap Half of U.S. households report they wouldn’t have the emergency cash to cover a $2,000 financial crisis. This fact pushes millions of Americans into poverty every year, even striking those that have kept to a budget and been financially responsible for years. With the economy barely … [Read more...]