April, 2016
Understanding a Business Deal: The Encapsulating Company
Copyright: andresr / 123RF Stock Photo What actually happens during the process of a corporate deal, and what role does the adviser play? This example explains by charting the process of a transaction on which KBS advised – the sale of London-based The Encapsulating Company (trading as Ultimate Promotional Paper Products) to SPS (EU) [...]
What An Accelerator Taught Me That I Could Not Have Learned at Google
Recent debate has centered around the concrete value that accelerators offer, and how to know if an accelerator is right for your startup. While seasoned entrepreneurs who have one or two startups in their pocket may not go the accelerator route, many will come from large corporate environments and seek critical insight. If this is you, [...]
The Biggest Mistakes Small Businesses Make in Disaster Continuity Planning
The statistics are alarming: More than 40 percent of small businesses that experience a disaster, whether natural or manmade (i.e., a data breach) never recover and end up going out of business within a year. There are several reasons for these failures, ranging from the high costs associated with disaster recovery to the business owner [...]
How To Get An Informational Interview (And Why Even Entrepreneurs Need Them)
Join Entrepreneur and today’s most influential business innovators in Denver, May 4. Register Now » I’m shocked and amazed by how few entrepreneurs do informational interviews. Hell, a lot of people don’t even know what they are: “An informational what?” Here’s what you need to know about informational interviews, the [...]
7 Steps-to-Success for Clothing Industry Start-ups
No industry is easy to break into, but that is especially true about apparel. While other industries enjoy a 50 percent or higher business success rate after four years, retail and apparel do not. Indeed, a full 53 percent of clothing lines will fold by the fourth year’s end. One reason for the higher rate of business failure is [...]
Who is on #SmallBizChat April 2016
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#SmallBizChat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #SmallBizChat is to end small business failure by helping [...]
The Many Factors of Success in Entrepreneurship
Since leaving a job less than a year after graduating college over 20 years ago, i have been fortunate enough to be self employed. Reflecting on the time I have spent growing organizations, I am only now fully appreciating the many factors of success in entrepreneurship. When i first made the leap and stepped out on my own, i spent the [...]
College is Good for Getting a Job but Not Necessarily for Getting Rich
Join Entrepreneur and today’s most influential business innovators in Denver, May 4. Register Now » I went to McNeese State University. I promise you I’m not where I am today financially because of the formal education I received. Going to college is a path to the middle class — not to becoming a millionaire or even a [...]
ShopKeep Has New Perks For Merchants
ShopKeep, the cloud-based, iPad point of sale and business management solution used by more than 20,000 small businesses across the U.S., announced three new tools for current and future customers. Now, ShopKeep’s merchants will be able to access and set-up services from Site Booster, Gmail, and PEX from within ShopKeep’s iPad POS [...]