Category Archives: Business
Facts About Obtaining Your Alcohol License
Obtaining your liquor license Dallas TX is a big part of running your own business. You cannot brew, serve or sell alcohol in your state without the proper license. It is best to obtain your license before the grand opening of your business. You can get started by learning several facts about obtaining your alcohol license. Reasons To Obtain Your Read More
Trudeau’s gender-equal budgeting challenge
Trudeau’s gender-equal budgeting challenge4:24 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a challenge to develop a gender-equal budget that will help improve the lives of women. Both Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau are in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum and both will be bringing their message of gender equity and budgeting. Canada has some measures in place to support Read More
Five Big Business Trends to Watch in 2018
After a restful holiday break I’m ready for what is sure to be an eventful New Year. Here are five big business trends I’ll be watching: 1: Recession Watch. Apologies for being contrary; all signs point to a solid economy in 2018, with tax cuts boosting growth. But that’s precisely the reason to start worrying. The economic expansion is eight and Read More
RCom exits wireless business to cut debt
Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Communications addressing a press conference in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: Reliance Communications (RCom) chairman Anil Ambani on Tuesday said the company will resolve its outstanding debt issue with lenders by selling its spectrum, cell towers, optical fiber network and real estate properties. This will result in RCom exiting the wireless telecom business and paring its debt to Rs 6,000 crore from Rs 45,000 Read More
How to keep a family business running after 200 years
Two generations of the Loane family – from left, Bryan Loane, Morgan Loane and Scott Loane The rumours that swirled around the American east coast city of Baltimore in 1895 were grossly inaccurate. The word on the street was that the Loane family business had shut. So Javez Loane, who at the time ran the business that made sails, window Read More
India business optimism positive, but is lowest in 4 years: Report
NEW DELHI, DEC 26: Business leaders in India remained largely positive, but their level of optimism has dropped to its lowest level in four years even as it has hit a two-year high in the Asia–Pacific, says a report. According to the latest Grant Thornton’s report, Asia–Pacific business optimism has hit a 2 year high, largely driven by improvements from Read More
Is Your Angel Investor Playing Power Ball or Money Ball?
Sophisticated investors in high potential start-up companies generally take one of two approaches to angel investing, which I call “power ball” and “money ball”. Either of these approaches can yield high financial returns, but their success requires angels to stick to the rules of the game they are playing. Investors do poorly when they confound the two games. Types of Read More
The Size of Angel Investments
About a week ago, I put out the statistic that the typical, or median, size of an angel investment is $10,000. Many people have responded that they don’t believe the number because they see companies receiving $250,000 to $500,000 from angels. But these numbers aren’t inconsistent. Data from a survey of a representative sample of the adult age population in Read More
39% of Small Businesses Get a Return On Investment From Social Media
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of small business owners are seeing a return on investment from social media. That is according to a recent survey by Manta, released just last week. Manta, an online small business community, surveyed more than 1,200 of its members to generate its quarterly Small Business Wellness Index, where these findings are from. Chart excerpt: Now you might think Read More
5 metrics to evaluate life insurance business
Till now you have interacted with life insurance companies as a customer, and so you needed to understand the different products they sold, embedded costs, performance record of the insurer and processes of making a claim. But last year, with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd going public, followed by two other insurers this year namely SBI Life Insurance Co. Read More