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No different than at the personal level, first impressions are very important in business. Often, the first impression can end up being the only impression. Communicating professionalism without overly restricting your creativity is an important balancing act. It is tough enough to capture a customer’s attention, but the moment that you have [...]
If you have a million dollar business that you wanted to sell, would you use EBay to put it on the market? Well, you certainly could and there have been some well publicized deals where people used EBay as their “broker.” But the role of a broker isn’t simply to connect buyers and [...]
I was pretty lucky as a high school student to be involved in a cooperative education program with IBM. The Co-op program was highly structured and made it easy for the students to find something that was educational and productive for the employer. When I went to college after the military, the same [...]
Zopa just launched its US operation this week. I set up an account over there and will be trying for another P2P loan.
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I struck out with Prosper this morning on a loan to replace an AC unit (not a problem now, it is a wonderful 70 degrees today!). On a recommendation, I took a look at the LendingClub. Well, the LendingClub hardly let me in the door. They pretty much took a cursory look [...]
Automation is a wonderful thing - increased productivity is the lubricant for the American economy. Information about anything and everything is now more accessible than it has ever been. Information on pricing, like life insurance quotes, has been a huge boon to the consumer. Think about what it was like 20-30 years [...]
Well, LendingClub is the new guy on the block for peer to peer lending. I went over and tried to apply for a loan there, but got the following message:
We’re sorry, but based on your credit score, loan amount, Debt-to-Income (DTI) ratio, and/or your state’s maximum borrowing rate, we are unable to list your [...]
Some good action on the Prosper loan. Several people have offered up some cash to help fund the loan for my air conditioner and have pushed the loan to about 14 percent funded with only eleven hours to go.
Okay - for those big lenders at Prosper - let me remind you about the Double [...]
Groan. No new action on my air conditioning loan.Well, I still am hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. The good news is that the temperature has finally dropped below 80 during the days as we progress into the Fall season. That is great, then I can chill out and wait [...]
No matter how many multi-national conglomerate corporations appear around the world, those in the know understand that it is the small business owner that truly drives the economies of the world. For instance, in the US small businesses increased employment over 44,000 from July to August of this year - when in the same [...]
