Why Go Eco-Friendly With Your Business?

October 29, 2009 · Posted in Business Management, Business Strategy, Marketing · Comments Off 

Hypocrisy
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The transition to start a “green business” or “eco-friendly” one, as it is often called, is not I had launched
one of Mississippi’s first health food stores. There was no Internet, no Google, no blogging, nothing.
I paid high rent in a mall across from the local university. The local townsfolk felt I might be
possessed to believe that natural products might be better than what could be bought at A & P Grocery.
(I am showing my age here).

Many years career changes later, I finally settled on e-commerce and cartooning. I found a way
to have my cartoon images printed on demand and drop-shipped. Sales were great from the start, as
I had already built a name with a non-commerce producing cartoon site. Read more

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Business Finance Options For New Start-Ups

January 7, 2009 · Posted in Green Business 101, Green Business Investments, Green Venture Capital · Comments Off 

Susi Spicoli lectures about her machinima experiences!
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There are various business finance plans open to a new start-up, but they all fall into 2 major categories, namely, owner financing and borrowed business finance. Each of these 2 major categories has an upside and a downside that every entrepreneur seeking business finance should be aware of. The key to success in business finance would then be finding ways to exploit the advantages of one’s chosen financing option, while also mitigating against its downside.

The first major business finance category is owner financing. Owner financing refers to money that the entrepreneur and other promoters of the business contribute to start it. In most cases, owner financing comes from the entrepreneur’s savings. Read more

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Small Business Government Grants For Women – Application Tips Unleashed

January 7, 2009 · Posted in Green Business 101, Green Business Investments, Green Business Loans · Comments Off 

Presentation Discussion
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Women nowadays are turning in to entrepreneurs – both big time and small time – with a vengeance to prove their detractors wrong and becoming successful as well, thus silencing their critics. But to kick start any business, even if it is small, or to give a financial boost to an existing small business concern, a woman will require money – either loans from the banks or grants.

I would recommend a woman entrepreneur to ditch the predilection for loans which you have to repay with high rates of interest within a fixed schedule and to opt for small business government grants which eliminate the necessity of recurring monthly expenses of high rates of interest or repayment of the principal amount. Read more

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Green Partnership – How Joint Ventures Can Be Taken Into the Green Zone

January 4, 2009 · Posted in Green Business Investments, Green Venture Capital · Comments Off 

Sunken City
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When a small local entrepreneur decided to sell environment-friendly washable bags to substitute plastic grocery and shopping bags, she had difficulty making them.

One, she does not know how to make bags or even sew clothes. Two, she has no Fine Arts education or even artistic skills to design bags or even draw bag prints. Third, she did not have the time to learn them all. She only has the money and marketing skills for her choice of business.

The local entrepreneur knew however that her place and adjacent communities manufacture bags and she has a circle of visual artist-friends. So, she pushed her plans. Read more

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