Posts Tagged ‘Business Plan’

Key Business and Wealth: Use Other People’s Money

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

One of the keys to success in business or achieve financial wealth is knowing how to use money from other people, that is, into debt to start projects, growing business or investment purchase.

There are debts known as “bad debt” that do nothing to prevent us grow financially, for example, debts generated by credit cards from month to month unpaid, debts arising from departmental cards, personal loans ask to buy the car, the furniture, etc.

But other debts known as “good debt” are useful to grow financially, and even necessary for financial success, for example, debts incurred to start or grow a business, or to purchase an investment.

The “bad debt” we lose money, while “good debt” makes us earn more money than it costs us.

To be truly successful in business and achieve financial wealth is necessary to exit and avoid the “bad debts” and become “good debt”, i.e. using other people’s money.

Almost everyone who has achieved success in business has been able to use “good debt” to implement their projects and grow their businesses.

And nearly everyone who has achieved financial wealth has tons of “good debt”, as opposed to people having financial problems, which often have tons of “bad debts.”

To use other people’s money, it is first necessary to have an excellent idea and a business plan where we write how we will make money with this idea, it will cost to implement it, and what the returns that we generate.

Then you need to find someone to lend us money to implement our idea, whether banks or financial institutions lend money they do not accept (very likely if we are just beginning), we could find investors, partners, relatives or friends.

About when to borrow money, this is not recommended when we are just starting, it is advisable to start with the little money we have, or the money that we’re getting no pressure from having to return on time, and then later seek funding.

About how long one must commit to a debt, it is advisable to look for the longest time, try to get as much money as possible for the longest time possible, whether twenty or thirty or fifty years.

If one makes decisions based on emotion and is the type who craves security and worries about the long-term financial obligations, you may want to ask for money to a shorter term; however, if you want to achieve financial success, it must overcome.

Finally, before borrowing money, it is necessary to ensure that our gains are much greater than the cost of debt, i.e. we will be able to repay the debt, not borrow money if we are not sure they go able to pay.

If it’s wrong to lose your own money, you lose even more money from others, we must be careful when borrowing money, but not to the point of being extremely cautious.

Using other people’s money is one of the main keys to success in business, and one of the main requirements in the pursuit of wealth.

Applying for a Loan from a Bank or Financial Institution

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Applying for a Loan from a Bank or Financial InstitutionWhether you need money to deal with daily operations, or to invest in growing our business, the most common way to get that money, is requesting a loan from a bank or any financial institution.

To request a credit or loan from a bank or financial institution, we must first determine what amount we’re going to apply, and analyze in a first instance if we are able to pay that amount.

Second, we must evaluate the various financial deals that exist, taking into account the loan amount, term and each bid costs (fees and commissions).

At this point we must bear in mind that the interest rate indicated banks or financial institutions is often not actually the only cost to pay for the loan, but there are usually other costs not mentioned in the first instance, such as maintenance fees.

In evaluating the various financial deals, we must also take into account the bank or financial institution itself, that is, regardless of their reputation, their attention quickly to assess your application and to give us the loan, etc..

Third, once we know the amount, cost, and time, we evaluate whether we will be able to repay the amount to pay for this, we must find the monthly fee to pay (which can give us the same bank or financial institution), then include that amount in our income and expenditure projections (projection of our cash flow), and thus whether the revenue we generate, we pay for these fees.

Fourthly we must find out what the requirements requested by the bank or financial institution we have chosen, it is usual that we ask the following:

* Experience in the market: 6 months to 1 year at least be able to demonstrate it is necessary that the company is certified.
* Be eligible for credit: that is, not be classified as a delinquent customer or deficient in meeting its obligations.
* Have borrowing capacity.
* Historical financial statements.
* Projected financial statements (budgets or projections, especially cash flow projections).
* Declaration of income tax.
* Trade references.
* Ratio of three major customers (past billings).
* List of major suppliers.
* Commercial guarantees.
* Business plan (in the case of investments, for example, to expand the business): This requirement can prove that one has full knowledge on what is going to invest, can also assess whether the business is profitable, and if one will be able to repay the loan with the fruit of the business.
* Formal presentation.

Several of these requirements will vary according to the bank or financial institution, and according to the amount requested.

For example, if a bank or financial institution specialized in microfinance or the requirements may be more accessible, for example, can you ask for only 6 months experience in the market?

Even in some cases, the staff of such entities, not expected, but goes directly into our business to collect the information himself.

Even these institutions do not ask for collateral or guarantees up to certain amounts, just call or submit a draft business plan, show income, show the movements of your company, etc.

Following the steps, in fifth place, we must prepare to answer the questions we do about our company, ready to say why we need the money, provide details of the investment, demonstrate ROI, and prove that we are able to pay the debt.

And finally, it will wait for the bank or financial institution to assess and measure the risk of extending credit and, accordingly, decide whether to approve the loan.

Mistakes of Entrepreneurs

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Mistakes of Entrepreneurs

Errors as a rookie entrepreneur errors:

1. Lack of training in business management
2. Inexperience as an entrepreneur
3. Lack of motivation of the sponsor’s business
4. Ignorance of the market
5. Difficulty of access to information sources
6. Assign a key post wrong
7. Choose problematic partners
8. Not having a good team
9. Not having support from experts
10. Choosing the wrong corporate legal form
11. No Information about the legal obligations
12. Lack of provision of procedures and paperwork

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