Recent Entrepreneurs Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - BNET.com

Recent Entrepreneurs Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies | BNET
Recent Entrepreneurs Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies | BNET

Angel Investors And The Small Business
Angel Investors (AI) or Business Angels are people that will provide an investment for the small business owner in return for a substantial monetary increase or a stake in the firm. Angel investors will help you if require more funding than money you can personally raise through family and friends, but less than the amount a Venture Capital Investor (VCI) would stake.
Best Home Based Business: Make A Decision
The key to success with any home business is research. You should look into several ideas, and then take your time as you are weeding through all of them. In other words, just because you find a home business opportunity that looks good does not mean that there are not many others to consider as well. Remember, there are quite a few ideas that are out there for the taking. Once you have looked at many of them you will have a much better chance of starting something that will last a long time.
How Video And Audio Web Conferencing Can Benefit The Small Business Landscape
Small businesses, organizations, and consumers can utilize on-line web conferencing to present ideas, extend their reach globally, and grow their business to new levels. In closing, on-line web conferencing offers small businesses, organizations, and companies a way to reduce expenses and enhance the way they conduct business over time and space. The factors explained in this paper make a great check-list for moving into the web conferencing space and increasing your firm's bottom line.
Live Webcast: Adobe Acrobat 9 - Work the way you've always wanted
The demand to maximize your time, resources and budgets is a common theme in every organization - so it's easy to feel like you're bouncing all over the office. Join this live BNET Webcast to discover how companies like yours are turning to Adobe Acrobat 9 to take control of their work. Get tips on how to redefine your work from spreadsheets and brochures, to video and CAD files. Join BNET moderator James Hilliard and guest speaker Ali Hanyaloglu, Adobe Acrobat Product Evangelist from Adobe Systems, to learn how to work the way you've always wanted to with Adobe Acrobat 9. Featuring live Q&A, this Webcast will address these important topics and more: Creating a PDF portfolio - share professional work with virtually anyone, anywhere Protecting work - protect and control sensitive information Sharing comments - collaborate through shared document reviews Making forms interactive - create forms and easily collect data Register today to attend this live event, sponsored by Adobe Systems, and get expert tips and advice ideal for business and technical professionals.
Live Webcast: Small Business 2.0: Building a Strong Foundation
The explosion of small businesses is changing the economic landscape as more and more people decide to work for themselves. Many of these people are now working out of small or home offices and suddenly find themselves responsible for everything from production and operations to sales and marketing. For many, however, one of the biggest challenges may very well be their business technology and how to best leverage all of the remarkable new solutions that are now so readily available for small businesses. But how do you know exactly which technologies are right for you and how do you build a strong infrastructure to help you maintain and even grow your business? Join ZDNet's live Webcast: Small Business 2.0: Building a Strong Foundation, featuring guest speaker Debbie Mayo-Smith, author and International Motivational Business Speaker, and moderator Josh Gingold, as they discuss the new innovative technologies that are empowering the next generation of small business owners. Attend this Webcast to: Gain a better understanding of the unique challenges for small businesses as well as the importance of building and maintaining a strong technological infrastructure Discover the various new solutions that are now available for small or home offices and how they can dramatically improve efficiency, productivity and competitive advantage Explore the best practices and lessons learned for building a scalable, reliable and secure network foundation to help you grow your business Regardless of whether or not you now work in a small or home office, it doesn't mean you have to settle for second-rate technology. However, the decisions you make today are extremely important and Small Business 2.0: Building a Strong Foundation is an excellent opportunity to learn exactly what's available and how to best take advantage for your growing business. Register today! Note: This premium editorial content is underwritten by PC Connection. The registration information you provide will be shared with this sponsor.
Entertainment Industry Lacks Innovation
Commerce can be detrimental to the entertainment industry. Creative minds want to produce something innovative and imaginative. Meanwhile, the business side of the entertainment world wants a "Sure thing". This leads Investors to shy away from innovation in an attempt to constantly re-create last year's success stories. This risk management results in a flood of similar music, movies and video games. While these three entertainments related industries are very different from each other in many ways, they all suffer from a common problem: fear of innovation.
Our Search For Innovation
All innovation begins with inclusion. Inclusion is about feelings for people and situations that are twice removed from ourselves. When we can build an idea that makes a difference to people and situations twice removed from where we stand, it is bound to be innovative. In the world of business, we often have problems with such abstraction, so an example is probably in order. Think of it this way: you want to serve your immediate customer or your supplier. These are the people who constitute the so-called value chain.
Follow That Puck! A Common-Sense Guide To Planning For Your Small Business
You can demystify and defang the dreaded business planning process - and save yourself thousands of dollars in consultants' fees - by understanding the common-sense principles and processes that underpin solid, old-fashioned marketing planning. Once you've examined your own business, customer base and planning needs in that light - and who better than you to do that? - You'll be in a position to decide whether to proceed with internal planning on your own, or whether outside help is actually warranted.
Why Strategic Planning Is Important Even For Small Businesses
Small business owners mistakenly believe that the size of their business negates the need for strategic planning but the opposite is actually true. Its inherent size is actually what makes strategic planning more important because it can be means for a small business to gradually evolve into a huge and thriving multinational corporation.
Internet Business Beginner's Guide
Billions of people are surfing around everyday. And a rapidly increasing number of people around the world use the Internet to purchase items they can't find locally or just don't care where the product is shipped from, as long as they want it. (Or even better, if you sell info products that can be downloaded immediately after payment is processed, it doesn't make any difference for your customer where you live or where your web server is.) If you're fast on your feet, you have the opportunity to make some of them your customers. Think about it.
How To Request A Bank Loan For Your Small Business
When you go to request a bank loan for your small business, be prepared to present a solid case for yourself and your business as a good credit risk. Lenders want to give you a loan, but they need support in terms of a good plan, your personal investment and commitment to the business, collateral or a personal guaranty. And, most important, the lender needs to have the same confidence as you, that you will be able to repay the loan.
Business Planning - Plan Your Exit Strategy Before You Start
Starting a business is fun. It's a world of learning and discovery as you try to build something brand new from scratch and make it on your own two feet. Many people are so caught up in building their business that they don't really consider where they want it to go in the long-term. And very few people at the start are forward thinking enough to plan the finish - their exit strategy. Yet it's an essential part of your planning. Not only will there have to be a day when you walk away from the business, but when you know where you ultimately want it to go, you are much more likely to make the right decisions along the way.
Qualifying For A Small Business Bank Loan
Whether your company is a hi-tech Internet start-up or an established manufacturer, extra financing is sometimes necessary to propel your business to the next stage of growth. Enter the small business loan. Offered at lower interest rates than a line of credit, commercial loans can provide an attractive resource for many expanding businesses. A loan won't fall in your lap, though-obtaining a commercial loan does require a good deal of legwork and preparation. That's because your ability to secure a loan greatly depends on how well you present your company to your prospective lender.
A Home Business Model That's Different
Every business has to have a model of what the owner wants to accomplish. Most of these home business models start you off talking to your friends and family, spending hours promoting and even calling people you don't even know. It does not have to be like that. There is a better way and this paper proves it to you.
Leadership Style: How To Keep Entreneurial Spirit Alive In Small Business
If you are the founder one of the hardest things you're going to have to learn during the next phase of business growth is to shift the way you relate to the business. The type of relationship you have with your business is encapsulated in your leadership style. During start-up phase the business is very much the brainchild of the founder. The founder breathes life into it. It's their baby. If you are the founder one of the hardest things you're going to have to learn during the next phase of business growth is to shift the way you relate to the business. The type of relationship you have with your business is encapsulated in your leadership style.

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