Eyes on Enterprise: Racism in Corporate America - Importance of Diversity
Examining entrepreneurship, business development, wealth creation, money management, and risk taking, across all races and ethnicities.
January 22nd, 2010
Written by Kerrissa Vaughn in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
The road from Main Street to Wall Street is rough and only sometimes worth the trip. Selling private company shares on a public stock market—called an Initial Public Offering (IPO)—requires significant planning and financing. Filing registration documents with U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and preparing an investment prospectus can take up to four months. Legal and accounting fees...
January 8th, 2010
Written by Jake Singleton in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
There was a time when cash was king. Credit was reserved only for businesses. People didn’t pay at the pump. And paying for products, good or services at a store was nothing like the scene is those Visa Checkcard commercials were everyone is queued up, happily paying for their products with plastic, until some thoughtless shopper pulls out a check book or has the audacity to reach for cash,...
December 8th, 2009
Written by Rochelle Spencer in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
Kai Smith believes in the value of business etiquette. As an ex-convict who now earns six figures as the President/CEO of his own consulting company, Smith credits the etiquette classes he paid for after his prison release for his turnaround.“Those classes made a tremendous impact on my life,” Smith says. “They taught me how to not only respect myself more and interact with people in a manner...
November 12th, 2009
Written by Kerrissa Vaughn in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
More than 92.9 million entrepreneurs in the world’s poorest countries are receiving a helping hand from scores of microfinanciers, according to a 2007 Microcredit Summit campaign report.
The basis of microfinance is this: give the working poor access to bank services in the form of microloans, small amounts of money that even ordinary people can lend, but big enough to finance the startup or...
October 16th, 2009
Written by Dominick Hadley in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
James Cunningham has two guiding principles for any potential entrepreneur: have a complete business plan and research the market for your product inside and out.
“Entrepreneurs need to make sure they have a well thought out business plan so they don’t embarrass themselves,” Cunningham says.
Anyone with an adequate business background might deem those principles as common knowledge. So why is...
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