"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt

How to Improve Your Financial IQ

How to Improve Your Financial IQ Stop avoiding your numbers–there’s nothing to be afraid of and everything to gain. By Peri Pakroo From Entrepreneur.com Like many things we know are good for us–exercise, getting a good night’s sleep, laying off the French fries–keeping careful track of yourbusiness‘s finances is one of those must-do tasks to [...]

The 12 Best Sources of Business Financing

July 7, 2010 by admin  
Filed under Advice on Money, Blog, Money

The 12 Best Sources of Business Financing Precious capital remains hard to find for small businesses. Here are the most likely sources, from least attractive to most. By Dileep Rao Ph.D. From Forbes.com Where and how you finance an operation can be the difference between dominance and failure. All money may sound like good money [...]

4 Tips for Raising Funds in a Harsh Environment

July 5, 2010 by admin  
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4 Tips for Raising Funds in a Harsh Environment Lessons from an entrepreneur who raised $6.25 million in venture capital funding By Zephrin Lasker From Entrepreneur Magazine Online While capital markets continue their well-documented convulsions, that doesn’t mean that dedicated entrepreneurs must shelve their startup dreams next to the past few years IPO filings. With [...]

Is Your Money Mind-set Tanking Your Biz?

June 29, 2010 by admin  
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Is Your Money Mind-set Tanking Your Biz? Don’t let fear and desperation make your financial decisions for you. By Marc Pearlman From Entrepreneur.com The latest statistics from the Small Business Administration show that new businesses have a 50 percent chance of surviving five years or more. While this dispels some longstanding beliefs that 95 percent of businesses fail [...]

Feature: Banking advice for college students

June 21, 2010 by admin  
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Bankers can be Choosers: What college students need to know about choosing a bank By Kate Foley Money can be quite an intimidating prospect when a college student first fledges from the safety of mom and dad’s wallet. Food, gas and credit card bills must now come before the late-night pizza deliveries and weekend parties. [...]

How to become a Millionaire using the same old System.

August 24, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor  
Filed under Advice on Money, Blog, Real Estate

It has never before been easier than now to achieve Millionaire status.  Opportunities abound yet the characteristics of a millionaire still stand solid.  Those characteristics are always found in a system.  Millionaires usually all have one thing in common.  They have mastered a money system of MSI or otherwise known as Multiple Streams of Income.  [...]

Adam Carroll presenting at Money Smart Womens conference

August 1, 2009 by admin  
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Money Smart Mom

August 1, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Advice on Money, Blog, Budgeting

Money Smart Mom is the name of this budgeting Super Star Mom’s website.  Love the envelope idea mentioned by the anchor on CNBC while interviewing her.  Putting cash into envelops and only spending the amount allowed within the envelope is a great way to stay on budget.  Try it!

Kim Kiyosaki about Women and Money

June 24, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor  
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Women and Money

May 2, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor  
Filed under Advice on Money, Money

Women and money.  Yet another relationship we complicate with our emotions.  According to statistics we women earn 30 percent less than our male counterparts between the ages of 45 and 54 we earn 77 cents on the dollar compared with men we have less women sitting in corner offices we are not getting our fair share [...]