Need a Venture Capitalist?

Listen to Eric Schmidt discuss the future of technology at the National Venture Capital Association's 2006 Annual Meeting.

PBWiki Small Business Edition

Learn about the new features on the PBWiki Small Business Edition. With forums and user-generated content ruling the Internet, get some info about how you can use a Wiki to your advantage.

Small Business Tips: Mortgage Industry

Get out of the mortgage industry if you live on the West Coast. With the major dip in the house market you may get fired at anytime. I know four people that have been let go from Mortgage companies.

Your skills can transfer into many other areas including customer relations, project management, or your own online retail business. Don't wait until the bottom falls out of the industry and you are left hold the bag, find something now.

Guy Kawasaki on Club Pros

Learn about Guy Kawasaki and his business savvy knowledge as he talks about Club Pros. One of the most prolific businessmen of our time offers his take on the business world.

Company Trip Ideas: Water Skiing and Wakeboarding

Has it been a long work week and you need to let off a little steam? Do you own a boat and like to water ski? Does your company want to rent a boat and have a water sport weekend retreat. Try wake boarding as your next company outing, it is fun and lets you have fun with your employees. Go to your nearest lake or river and enjoy some fun with your co-workers.

Water Sports
BuyWake.com offers a large selection of wakeboards, bindings, wakeskates, wake surfing supplies, wet suits, watches and other accessories. BuyWake.com offers wakeboard and accessories from Billabong, O'Neil, Rip Curl, Helium, and Wakekite.

All orders over $99 get free US shipping. If you want to learn, BuyWake.com offers instructional videos on wakeboarding basics and advanced wakeboarding. Your next business outing would be fun at the lake with a speed boat and a wakeboard.

Credit Loan: The Small Business Life Line

As a small business owner myself I had a hard time getting funding. I didn't have a dot com website and I didn't have any wealthy friends to borrow money from. In this day and age it is hard to get funding for a small business because it is just that, a small business.

I went to Credit Loan's library of information to learn about my options for business loans and getting my free credit report to find out if I will qualify. I also found information on personal loans that I could use to jump start my small business.

If you have bad credit but still want to start a home-based business, I also recommend looking into Credit Loan's bad credit help desk. You can get some minimal funding and then set up a secured credit card to re-establish your credit. Their are also bad credit loans.

If you want to start a small business, fund a struggling small business, or want to start a home-based business, check out Credit Loan for "Real Answers. Real Solutions."