by Stephen Stern | Mar 21, 2014 | Business Start-Ups, Venture capital
Nearly as important as how to structure venture capital deals is determining when you should seek the venture capital to begin with. There are several schools of thought between trying to scale the production of the idea, versus fine-tuning the business product and...
by Stephen Stern | Mar 19, 2014 | Small Business
Starting a successful business requires a pedal-to-the metal mindset in terms of focus, passion, and information gathering to be more effective and efficient. It also helps to have a product or service that people want! That mentality can be difficult to change when...
by Stephen Stern | Mar 13, 2014 | Case Study
Hailing from Tunis, Tunisia, Moez Bensalem was far away from the smell, look and taste of his beautiful homeland. While he could not recapture the look, he was determined to bring back the smell and taste of the hummus and mediterranean salads from his flavorful and...
by Stephen Stern | Mar 13, 2014 | Case Study
Toro Creek Brewing Company is a blend of local farming and craft brewing. Like the wineries that surround them on the beautiful Central Coast of California, they grow organic ingredients for their estate beers; including barley and thirteen varieties of hops. They...
by Stephen Stern | Mar 5, 2014 | Case Study
Todd Souza became the proud owner of San Luis Obispo’s premiere house cleaning company, Merry Maids, in 2008. Todd had previously operated and managed his own start-up house cleaning company, Pacific Coast Cleaning, in Orange County beginning in the mid...
