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Of all the ingredients in a successful business, access to credit is the most frequently overlooked. Credit is, quite simply, the engine that builds big businesses out of start-ups, and makes the American dream possible. “How far your business goes often depends on how well you manage your credit.” Do you have to establish […]
Loans and investments from your biggest fans can be easy to get, but make sure they don’t damage your relationships. It’s not surprising that one of the first places many immigrant entrepreneurs turn for small-business financing help is to friends and family. The folks who know you well may be willing to give you a […]
Is an angel investor right for your business? When start-ups are too big for friends and family, but not big enough to attract venture capital, they turn to private investors called angels to take their companies to the next level. 1. What is Angel Investing? Angels are private investors who will give you startup money […]
Ziggi’s Coffee Launches Major Franchise Initiative To Tap Into A $19 Billion Opportunity Outside of a few places in Colorado, you won’t find a Ziggi’s Coffee outlet. . .yet. But in the coming months, watch out. It’s always exciting to see a new business go big, but Ziggi’s isn’t actually new—it’s the rare breed that […]
More than 60 years ago, a high school math teacher in Osaka Japan developed a nearly fool-proof technique for supercharging how kids learn math and reading. Now more than 4 million kids around the globe are learning the Kumon system while thousands of Kumon franchisees enjoy a fulfilling and profitable business. Overview Education today seems more […]
Manage and maintain the credit you’ve worked so hard to establish in five easy steps. Your credit score is a measure of your financial responsibility. It is a three-digit number, between 300 and 850, that is statistically derived from your payment history and credit report. The main portion of the credit report is made up […]
Doing what you really love out of the comfort of your own home sounds too good to be true, but this daughter of immigrants, has created a thriving business doing just that! Aggie Batista was born and raised in New York City, but comes from a classic immigrant family. Her mother, a member of a […]
Looking for funding for your startup or business? If you’re an immigrant microloans may be your best option. When Lorenzo Almanzar, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, started Future International Corp., his multi-service tax preparation business in the Bronx, N.Y., he turned to the Business Center for New Americans, a nonprofit organization that loans […]
How an Iranian housewife came to the United States and discovered her destiny as a successful entrepreneur in the $65 Billion hair salon industry Overview Like many immigrants, Shahin Urias came to the United States from the Middle East to escape political turmoil and to be able to give her children a more secure life. Sponsored […]
Context Media’s Shradha Agarwal discusses why the startup assembled its own group of advisors. When Shradha Agarwal and her two co-founders launched Context Media in 2006, they were still undergraduates at Northwestern University. So it was clear to Agarwal, who had just moved from India to attend school in Chicago, and her colleagues, that they […]
