Random Posts

• Shopify featured (briefly) on 37signal's "profitable and proud" series

  Over on the 37signals blog they've started a "Profitable and Proud" series where they highlight companies who've bootstrapped to profitability with revenues over $1mil. They started last week with a WH favorite, Campaign Monitor, then today (before revoking the "P&P&

• Always Read The Fine Print

  Every year around Valentine’s Day comes news about the new phrase being printed on those little candy hearts. I think this year I’ve seen “Tweet Me” added to the repertoire. There’s a lot of material there to be sure, but the problem is the humor quickly becomes dated.

• Trends in Exits from VC-Backed Investments

  Recently there has been a lot of discussion of what the recession has done to venture capitalists’ efforts to exit their investments. Clearly, the bad economic situation has made cashing out more difficult, but viewing the data over time suggests that the economic downturn may have only exace

• Getting Beyond the Myths: Government Small Business Loans, Grants Explained

  The recession withstanding, government-backed small business loans account for billions of dollars in lending (valued at $711.3 billion in May 2009, the last time an SBA study was conducted). Yet many myths and misconceptions exist as to what government-backed business financing is and what it isn�

• Read “Found Money” and Improve Your Business and Your Life

  If someone had told me that I would be THIS excited about finance and accounting book, I would have probably let out a big fat raspberry sound.  I barely tolerated my finance and accounting courses through college and business school.  And I looked forward to financial review meetings about as muc