pProtecting Your Personal Assets When Funding Your Small Business

Protecting Your Personal Assets When Funding Your Small Business

Each year, countless small business owners in need of business financing turn to the closest source at hand- their own personal assets. While these assets may be easily accessible, there is a significant amount of risk involved. Those who are unable to to pay back the amount they invested into their businesses can suddenly find their ... Read more...

Desperate for Financing? Stay Away from Payday Loans!

Desperate for Financing? Stay Away from Payday Loans!

Payday loans hold undeniable allure. The cash arrives immediately, without a credit check, and the loans can be repaid as soon as the next payday rolls around. But the ugly truth is that payday loans are traps laying in wait for those who are desperate for cash. What Exactly are Payday Loans? Payday loans are ... Read more...

How to Start a Business in Your Closet

How to Start a Business in Your Closet

While working from home may come with numerous benefits- especially for the frugal entrepreneur-trying to find a suitable space for a home office can be frustrating. Ideally, such a space would not encroach on family living quarters, like the kitchen, the living room, or an occupied bed room, and it would be a separate area ... Read more...

While working from home may come with numerous benefits- especially for the frugal entrepreneur-trying to find a suitable space for a home office can be frustrating.

While working from home may come with numerous benefits- especially for the frugal entrepreneur-trying to find a suitable space for a home office can be frustrating.

The end of the year is always a pivotal time for re-evaluation and reflection. As 2010 winds down, bringing to a close an economically tumultuous decade, many small business owners may find themselves re-thinking the most fundamental areas of how they do business, and this process will no doubt include how these companies are going ... Read more...

What is a Frugal Entrepreneur?

What is a Frugal Entrepreneur?

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield. -Benjamin Franklin Since this is my first post here at The Frugal Entrepreneur, I figure I should start things out by defining just what is a "frugal entrepreneur." Frugal –adjective Economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager. Entrepreneur –noun A person ... Read more...