Mikal E. Belicove

Tag: Startup

  • Do You Know What’s In Your Business Credit File?

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    One of the biggest challenges for startups and small businesses is that many have blank credit files.While it may be true that there’s nothing negative in there, there very well may be nothing positive, either. It’s just blank — and that’s a problem because an empty credit file is just as bad as having a…

  • How Fine Art America Built Its Business by Bootstrapping

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    Sean Broihier adds new meaning to the term “bootstrapping.” Operating on sweat equity alone, in 2007, Broihier launched Fine Art America, an ecommerce marketplace for works of art. Artists upload digital images of their artwork to fineartamerica.com and offer them for sale as frame prints, canvas prints, greeting cards and more. Once a purchase is…