By Mike Mulhall, The Entrepreneur Do you have a great business idea but can’t find the funds to start it? An angel may be looking for you. Angel investors are individuals looking to invest their own funds into new businesses. Generally, they look for high risk, high reward startups that are in need of $50,000
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-By Mike Mulhall, The Entrepreneur In the books, magazines, and blogs I read, everyone is talking about the power of visualizing your success. One book in particular said that visualizing your goals in your mind is one thing, but creating a tangible visual aid is even more powerful. I always tell colleagues one of my
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Small banks suck (to put it plainly). I don’t care what you’ve heard or what you think; using a small bank for your business needs is risky and can be detrimental to your success. This is one case where BIGGER is better. For my businesses, I’ve gone the small bank route and was burned multiple
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-By Mike Mulhall, The Entrepreneur Fruit for the entrepreneurial mind…check out one of my favorite sites Springwise.com. Springwise is made up of a weekly compilation of good (and bad) ideas that entrepreneurs all over the world are pursuing. I can’t tell you how many brainstorming sessions and eureka moments I’ve had from reading this site.
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-By Mike Mulhall, The Entrepreneur Going into business with a partner is a lot like marriage, so treat finding one like dating. The last thing you ever want to do is jump into a financially committed “relationship” with someone you don’t know well. I’ve made that mistake more than once, and it can be devastating
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-By Mike Mulhall, The Entrepreneur People start blogs for a variety reasons. Some start out of personal passion; many businesses create blogs to engage their existing customers; some seek to generate revenue. Blogging is an integral part of any social media marketing strategy for a brick and mortar or virtual business. However, you can’t simply
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-By Mike Mulhall, The Entrepreneur Here are some cool apps I’ve used which will help any entrepreneur. Enjoy! I just started using this app a few weeks ago and I love it! I use it to organize my thoughts, ideas, notes and even my blog posts. I especially like it because it’s based on their
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One of the entrepreneurial questions I’m asked most (some friends were asking me last night which inspired this posting) is in regards to the legalities of forming a business. I’ve formed so many LLC’s and “Incd” (that’s lingo for incorporated) so many companies that it’s no longer a very complicated process for me. In fact,
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–By Mike Mulhall, The Entrepreneur Making the perfect business card is tough. But here are a few tips that may help: Don’t skimp on cards! – Business cards are important. They’re great marketing tools and they’re the usually the first visual item that people see representing your business. So forget the perforated business cards from
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Well if I had seen this before I opened a bakery / cafe, I may have thought twice! I came across this while surfing google images looking for funny bakery artwork. I had a meeting with a friend of mine today who happens to be a business consultant, and who also happens to be doing
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I designed this logo a while back and I feel it portrays everything I’m about. I also think it portrays exactly how every entrepreneur should think. I printed this out and taped it on my wall a long time ago. Whenever I’m brainstorming or working on ideas, I like to look at this picture and
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