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Where To Look For Money
Where To Look For Money New owners struggle to obtain money to keep their businesses going. Some apply for numerous credit cards and consistently transfer balances between accounts to help with cash flow. Others drain their savings accounts and some apply for bank...
Stage Right
This article was published about me in Entrepreneur Magazine in April 1997. At that time, my name was Darlene Pinkowski. In this article, I discussed the strategies I used to create a successful business strategy for my consulting firm, Actoras Consulting Group....
Why Banks Won’t Fund Money To Really Small Businesses
A 26-year old entertainment business forced to close, a 3-year-old egg production company stopped expanding and a 2-year old children’s birthday party planner shut down because each can’t get the PPP money needed to survive. Since the Feds pay fees based on a...
Five Credit Card Processing Challenges Small Business Owners Face
With the U.S. economy shifting from cash to electronic currency, small business owners must be prepared to manage their business with limited cash flow. Per credit cards.com, of all consumers surveyed, only 12% prefer to pay with cash. The remaining 88% paid with...
Why Do You Think Your Business Coach Does Not Talk About Business Failure?
Maybe your business coaches never experienced business failure before. The primary job of a business coach is to help a newly minted entrepreneur develop the skills they already have. Envision a business coach standing on the sidelines cheering on the new owner to...
Why Do Women Business Owners Struggle To Reach Annual Revenues of $1 Million?
The latest statistics released by the United States Census Bureau indicate less than two percent of women owned businesses reach more than one million dollars in annual sales.This number changed only slightly from the census bureau's prior 2007 study. Yet the number...
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Books & Publications
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Where Entrepreneurs Learn What it Takes to Grow a Successful Business
Going Out On A Limb
A new book written by Darlene Ziebell, highlighting lessons learned from forty years of entrepreneurship in a variety of industries. Book will be available late 2018.
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Bootstrap Business
Learn how Entrepreneurs Bootstrap their way to the top!
