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How to cope with wild swings in income using the pressure tank method

By Becky McCray

When I was a kid, we had a water well at our house. The pump would run long enough to fill up the tank, then shut off. So the water pressure in the house was either all or nothing, kind of like your income. Being self-employed is almost synonymous with wild swings in income. Compared […]

August 7, 2017 Filed Under: Best of, entrepreneurship, finance, rural

Financing Your Small Business

By Glenn Muske

Whether you are starting a business or looking to grow your business, there is always a need for capital or financing. With the advent of Internet, new opportunities for capital have developed. Plus all of the old methods are also still a possibility. Typically, you, the owner, make the first investment into the business. It […]

December 21, 2016 Filed Under: finance, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: cash flow management, financing, management, small business

27 Strategies for Raising Small Business Capital

By Small Biz Survival

How many different ways can you think of to raise money for your small town business? Bank loans, of course, but then where? Maury Forman with the Washington State Department of Commerce Office of Economic Development & Competitiveness has put together 27 different strategies for raising capital in an ebook called Startup Widsom. Good news: […]

June 6, 2016 Filed Under: announcement, finance, resources

Getting a Small-business Loan

By Glenn Muske

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One of the most common requests I get is to help people access “free money” to help them start their business. Regretfully, my response is there is little, if any, free money available. Instead business owners need to depend on their own personal funds, family and friends, or good bootstrapping. At some point though, most […]

December 10, 2015 Filed Under: finance, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: bankers, banks, building a business, business finance, business loan, loan, starting, startup

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