Advertising: An Investment, Not an Expense!

Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt Sell customers what they want, provide what they need, and deliver more than they expect. Advertising is expensive as hell. Here are a few thoughts you can use to make your investment go a little further. This is my favorite subject because so much…

Investors and Term Sheets – Jim Burk – Business Black Belt Podcast

Securities attorney on investors, investing and term sheets… Jim Burk of Burk & Reedy, a Washington, DC-based law-firm who specializes in business law and financing. Jim has 40 years (!) experience in business law and business financing! He assists emerging companies in their initial stages of organization and then growing with the companies through the…

Raising Capital – Tony Dohrmann – Business Black Belt Podcast

How to Complete Your Financing Round Today’s guest Tony Dohrmann is an expert on raising capital. Lasershield founder, Tony Dohrmann shares financing and business-building lessons from creating 6 companies, raising $50+ million from 390 investors, defending against a hostile take-over, and the realities of getting a complex product manufactured and onto the shelves at Home…

Emergency Response

Excerpted from the book on enlightened business, Business Black Belt “Experience your greatness, not your self-doubt.” ~Ron Bynum, Essence Partners There are a variety of situations that take me by surprise. My inability to effectively respond has allowed me to either miss a wonderful opportunity or agree to something I’d later regret. What compelled me…

Money Magnets Are Key to Raising Capital

part 2 Guest article by Steve Breitman | Mindful Business Solutions In Part 1 of our discussion of Money Magnets, we listed several important things you can do to make your business more attractive to investors: * Patents/Copyrights/Trademarks * Letters of intent from prospective customers * Letters of intent with suppliers, vendors and manufacturers *…