Food Trucks are Hot!
Food trucks are the smartphones of the restaurant industry. They are small, portable and very, very popular. We had a client recently who gave up his middle management job with…
Strengthen Sales & Marketing with a Messaging Toolbox
You know that smart and strategic marketing is critical to your business's success. But one of the surest ways to waste money and weaken your brand is to recreate your…
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The Importance of Buy-Sell Agreements A prospective client called recently and asked if we would prepare a valuation on a small, 8-year-old business that has been profitable and provided a…
Entrepreneur Spotlight: Chalk Fitness
Cayenne Consulting interviewed David Pollitt and Brian Nick, co-founders of Chalk Fitness. Chalk Fitness is a new cross-training concept focusing on personal attention, community, efficiency, results, and value. Their first…
Entrepreneurship is a Team Sport
On Saturday, August 4, 2012 The Salt Lake Tribune published an opinion piece written by The New York Times’ David Brooks titled How Much of Your Success is Due to…
Crowdfunding Under the JOBS Act – Is It For You?
Most of the hype around the recently enacted JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act) has focused on crowdfunding. But what is crowdfunding? Is it worth all the hype? Can…
8 Reasons to Start Accepting Mobile Payments
Mobile payment systems are sweeping the consumer landscape, offering speed and flexibility to both customers and retailers. Mobile payments include both systems that allow consumers to make payments with their…
Development Banks Can Help Your Business
Generally speaking, development banks are publicly owned financial institutions that are established for the purpose of providing medium- and long-term capital for public or private investments in developing economies. Most…
Where Can Startups Get Funding?
Would it surprise you to learn that the Number One source of funding for startups is the founder's personal savings? Second on the list is credit cards; third is family…
They Just Threw Out the Rule Book for Raising Funds
If you are an entrepreneur looking for capital to launch or grow your business, life will soon get a little easier. In early April 2012, President Obama signed the JOBS Act…