Success in Business Podcast - How-To Advice for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners
A free podcast featuring trusted entrepreneur, coach and mentor — Tom Ryan — who shares daily, how-to advice and expert counsel for aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners. Releases every weekday, Monday through Friday.
Training
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship
Management & Marketing
Startup
Investing
Business
Education
Careers
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 98
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2017
Ep. 202 – What You Must Know Before You Work With a Startup, Part 1
Working at a big corporation is always a tradeoff. A large company can do more than simply provide a stable paycheck, it can promise a degree of security and consistency. When the opportunity comes a…
00:32:25 |
Mon 04 Apr 2016
Ep. 201 – Seed Funding 101: What is an SBA Loan?
One of the most powerful funding tools available to first-time entrepreneurs and early stage companies is debt-based financing. Without a great credit history, however, getting a commercial loan from…
00:29:23 |
Mon 28 Mar 2016
Ep. 200 – Celebrating Two Bills and SIBP Goes Weekly
Good morning, rise and shine Success in Business Podcast listeners! We’ve finally reached a massive new milestone with our 200th episode! This special episode brings a little reflection on the series…
00:15:49 |
Tue 22 Mar 2016
Ep. 199 – Seed Funding 101: Microloans
Getting a loan from a conventional lender can be tricky for an early-stage company. Without a long enough operating history or a significant amount of assets to use as collateral, a banker simply mig…
00:16:01 |
Mon 21 Mar 2016
Ep. 198 – Seed Funding 101: Debt Financing Examples
One of the often overlooked options for small-business and startup financing is getting a loan from a friend or family member. Not only can this kind of person-to-person loan be easier to get, but it…
00:18:41 |
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Ep. 197 – Seed Funding 101: Debt Financing Overview
At some point during the life of your business, you will need to expand. This is just as true for small-scale lifestyle businesses as it is for a high-growth startup. To finance that growth, you have…
00:17:23 |
Thu 17 Mar 2016
Ep. 196 – Seed Funding 101: Equity Is Expensive
Given the seemingly lower risks and potential benefits of equity, you might wonder why it isn’t always the preferred instrument for early-stage funding. There’s one simple reason: Equity is expensive…
00:20:39 |
Wed 16 Mar 2016
Ep. 195 – Seed Funding 101: Your Personal Risk With Debt
When an investor gives you a million dollars, they now have a million reasons to be upset if the business fails. It’s not surprising that many investors will look for a way to get as much of that mon…
00:19:44 |
Tue 15 Mar 2016
Ep. 194 – Seed Funding 101: Your Personal Risk With Equity
As a startup founder, you really only have one job: Do not run out of cash. When the cash is gone, the business fails, your hard work evaporates, and your investors lose their money. For a first-time…
00:17:36 |
Mon 14 Mar 2016
Ep. 193 – The Talent Jam Is Back
In this special edition of the Success In Business Podcast, host and business coach Tom Ryan is pumped. Why? The Talent Jam is back! This one-of-a-kind event connects people with talent to the busine…
00:12:52 |
Fri 11 Mar 2016
Ep. 192 – The Pros and Cons of Equity-Based Funding
Is equity-based funding really the best option for financing the growth of a startup? For many early-stage companies, trading in a percentage of the ownership for some much-needed cash makes a lot of…
00:15:16 |
Thu 10 Mar 2016
Ep. 191 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 8
From an angel investor’s perspective, a startup is only worth investing in if there’s a good chance it will scale rapidly, steadily increasing in value and catching the attention of larger companies …
00:14:07 |
Wed 09 Mar 2016
Ep. 190 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 7
If there’s one thing an angel investor wants to know before they even consider trading their money for a piece of your business, it’s how you plan to turn that investment into value. This means havin…
00:15:02 |
Tue 08 Mar 2016
Ep. 189 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 6
Startup valuations involve a special kind of calculus for everyone involved, and it’s not uncommon for first-time founders to be overwhelmed. Tiny differences in an investment proposal from an angel …
00:17:31 |
Mon 07 Mar 2016
Ep. 188 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 5
Angel funds and other early-stage investors know the odds. For every one company they back that is a breakout success, five or six others will most likely fail, taking their investment cash with them…
00:17:01 |
Fri 04 Mar 2016
Ep. 187 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 4
Startups have a limited shelf life. From the inception of the idea to the moment it becomes irrelevant, there’s a countdown. For seed-stage investors, this means that any startup worth investing in n…
00:15:59 |
Thu 03 Mar 2016
Ep. 186 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 3
When you’re pitching your startup to investors, the last thing they want to see is a “solopreneur.” Great companies aren’t built by lone-wolf idea people, they’re built by teams. The more robust and …
00:16:28 |
Wed 02 Mar 2016
Ep. 185 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 2
Most angel investors aren’t looking to wade hip-deep into the projects they support. It’s not the best use of their time, and it’s a needless distraction from the business of investment. What a profe…
00:14:13 |
Tue 01 Mar 2016
Ep. 184 – Seed Funding: Angel Investment Criteria, Part 1
Angel investors generally have a focus. Sometimes their focus is on a geographical area or customer demographic, other times it’s on a market niche or specific industry. Some groups even go as far as…
00:14:42 |
Mon 29 Feb 2016
Ep. 183 – Seed Funding 101: Equity Valuation Example
For angel investors and small venture capital firms, investing is about hitting a very specific target. They want to invest a carefully weighed amount in a startup that has the potential for very hig…
00:30:14 |
Fri 26 Feb 2016
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