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Your Health Policy Has Been Canceled
Posted Monday, July 27, 2009 - 10:01am
We got a letter earlier this month from our company health-insurance provider, informing us that our policy had been canceled for late payment of the premium. No warning or notice, just a cancellation letter. After lots of begging and pleading, a $3,700 check, and four days of heartburn for yours truly, we got it reinstated.
CIT vs. Goldman
Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 - 10:11am
The near-collapse of CIT Group (CIT), a commercial lender that historically specialized in loans to small- and medium-size businesses, is in some respects an all-too-typical tale of a company that got greedy and paid the price.
Small Business Survival Guide
Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 2:24pm
There's never been a good reason to think that the current recession would be anything other than long and painful, and the economic news of recent weeks—as well as my own anecdotal observations—confirms that we're nowhere near out of the woods. I generally try to look on the bright side when it comes to the business outlook, but as one of my investors likes to remind me, hope is not a strategy. So I've been looking hard at every possible way to save money.
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The ABCs of Raising Money
Posted Monday, July 6, 2009 - 10:52am
Raising money for a startup company or small business is never easy, and in the credit-crunch era, it's especially challenging. Since we're starting a new round of fundraising to finance the expansion of NewWest.Net, I've been thinking a lot about this topic, and I've got a few tips to share.
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