a trillion… as in a Million Billions??? AND what to do about it

Last year, American’s cell phones transmitted a trillion text messages. A TRILLION. Take a million and muliply that by 1,000,000,000.  Like they say, a trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon you’re talking Real Numbers…
It’s almost possible to dismiss this – truely – astronomical number as a LOT of  the argot that tends to run [...]

microlending for small businesses?

Micro-lending is something we’ve all heard about in stories about developing countries. The concept is a good one: you loan 50 or 75 dollars to a woman with a sewing machine in Quito, a similar amount to a farmer in the hills overlooking Karachi, or a leather worker in a Lagos slum — and the [...]

a handful of tips for keeping business healthy – in the current climate

There’s a blog I’ve been following, called Bizick.com — written by Scott Berkun — and an article seemed thoroughly appropriate as Main Street entrepreneurs contemplate the eternal stay-or-sell decision.  
Basic, sound advice :  looking at your immediately local customer base, polling them to find out what *they* need, knowing your financials, making efforts to lock [...]