Best Ideas for “Surviving the Storm”?
Effective today, in cooperation with the Business Journal, we are launching a new feature entitled Surviving the Storm. Its express purpose is to your best ideas for revenue enhancement, cost…
New Financing Here? Not here? Here?
Isn't it fun to watch our regulators talk about the availability of business lending? CFO magazine may not have observed that their recent article, TARP Won't Spread Loans for Months,…
Look to customers for financing?
There are times when looking to customers for financing might be a valuable tool. This concept goes beyond getting extended terms from suppliers, although that is an excellent form of…
17 Mistakes that Startups make
In 1999 John Osher started Dr. John's SpinBrush to sell a $5 electric toothbrush. In 2001, he sold the company to Procter & Gamble for $475 million. He put together…
“Building a Business”: Vol. 30
The North Bay Business Journal, a publication of the New York Times, is a weekly business newspaper which covers the North Bay area of San Francisco - from the Golden…