Business Models: What compelling reason exists for people to give you money?

Filed in archive Misc. by Greg Cruey on May 30, 2009

Seth Godin had a nice succinct piece recently on business models at his blog. Probably a refresher course, for most of us. But refresher courses help. And Seth brings his unique perspective to busines...

Making the Pitch

Filed in archive Sales by Greg Cruey on May 23, 2009

Women Entrepreneurs had a fun "how to" piece earlier this month on "selling ice to Eskimos."This is not rocket science, really. Whether you are running an online business or a loca...

Franchises: WYNTK

Filed in archive Trends by Greg Cruey on May 19, 2009

We talked recently about how well franchises do during a recession. To balance that I thought I'd point out this piece by Jeff Elgin on buying a franchise. Elgin looks at some things you should kn...

Franchises Coast Through Recession

Filed in archive Trends by Greg Cruey on May 5, 2009

I noticed a couple of articles recently (Small Business Trends, Noobpreneur) on the fate of franchises during the recession - and it's a pretty good fate. Ivan Widjaya sums up the situation:I wo...