Entries from June 2007

Moving my blog

June 23, 2007

I have started to move my blog over from Blogger to it’s own domain name so that I can utilize Wordpress and all its really cool features.

I’m happy I finally decided to go forward with the move but a bit sad that I can’t bring my authority numbers at Technorati from the old blog to the new.

Things will work out though…..they always do. I have set the US Independence Day, July 4th as my deadline by which I should have this site up and aesthetically pleasing.
Now, it’s on to choosing a theme and figuring out how to implement a few things I have in mind.

Microlenders only source of funding for many small business owners

June 19, 2007

Prospective business owners are always concerned about where they will find money to start their business. Consider this…

Several years ago after Merlinda Sedillo Welch’s chile and salsa both won blue ribbons at the New Mexico State Fair, she decided to turn her grandmother’s secret recipe into a business venture. But when she approached the bank where she had maintained all her financial relationships for close to twenty-five years with a loan request, they turned her down flat.

“I still remember how devastated I was after that experience,” Ms Sedillo Welch said during a recent telephone interview. Today, Merlinda’s chile and salsa products are sold in many stores throughout Albuquerque, New Mexico and via her web site. How did she do it?

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