The short but powerful guide to finding your passion

Following your passion can be a tough thing. But figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.
I’m lucky — I’ve found my passion, and I’m living it. I can testify that it’s the most wonderful thing, to be able to make a living doing what you love.

And so, in this little guide, I’d like to help you get started figuring out what you’d love doing.

Small Business Owners: Hire People Smarter than You

Small business owners – admit this: At times, your ego won’t let other people to be better, smarter, more talented, and wealthier than you.
Your ego can help you become a tough competitor. However, most of the times, your ego damages your business potential. One of the business issues where your ego will determine the outcome is employee recruitment.

Working together could be to your advantage

I was at a networking meeting recently, chatting with a book-keeper and a virtual assistant.  I suggested to them that they consider doing some joint marketing as they have the same target market but are in non-competing businesses.  I left them talking together as ideas started coming thick & fast!

Using peer-to-peer lending to fund your small business

With all the dismal talk surrounding the economy and the subsequent belt-tightening of the lending industry, peer-to-peer, or P2P, lending has been a warm ray of light and hope. It is the natural outgrowth of an increasing demand for financial assistance coupled with the versatility and social reality of the Internet. Through peer-to-peer lending, consumers and small businesses can access loans from other people on the Internet while avoiding banks or credit cards.

How to grow your business without borrowing

Those who’ve attempted to get new lending or renew an existing loan will know how hard it is right now, so how do you grow your business without borrowing? As a result of the credit crunch, banks have pretty much shut up shop in terms of business lending to both small and medium sized businesses.