{"id":3911,"date":"2014-08-25T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2014-08-25T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T22:00:07","slug":"why-now-is-the-time-to-start-a-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/3911\/why-now-is-the-time-to-start-a-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Now Is the Time to Start a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=bf23e56dfa5a404fbe950f636b48a5f5&#038;url=http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/experts\/2014\/08\/25\/why-now-is-the-time-to-start-a-business\/&#038;c=7MN14jd36VP3IDiJQZk-WTOfhcFL0b4gTRzi7f-71w4&#038;mkt=en-us'>Why Now Is the Time to Start a Business<\/a><br \/>AMSALE ABERRA: I think it is both a time of great opportunity as well as a time of great challenge for new entrepreneurs. Most obvious may be the many challenges. The economy is still weak, at home and abroad. Unemployment is high. Consumers are cutting  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=bf23e56dfa5a404fbe950f636b48a5f5&#038;url=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/25\/technology\/box-dropbox-and-hightail-pivot-to-new-business-models.html&#038;c=ZOETtSuGD8r8IkXUGISFjdmaCuqtlf0MnorO0x5skJ8&#038;mkt=en-us'>Box, Dropbox and Hightail Pivot to New Business Models<\/a><br \/>SAN FRANCISCO     Nothing concentrates minds at a tech start-up like living in the middle of a price war between Amazon and Google. Just ask executives at companies like Box, Dropbox and Hightail. They pioneered a new kind of Internet service that allows  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=bf23e56dfa5a404fbe950f636b48a5f5&#038;url=http:\/\/www.wkrb13.com\/markets\/362096\/first-business-financial-services-coverage-initiated-at-da-davidson-fbiz\/&#038;c=dNieXLHhMMlY3A4196kaE_sSUBSNdSjpRYTHkPmKapw&#038;mkt=en-us'>First Business Financial Services Coverage Initiated at DA Davidson (FBIZ)<\/a><br \/>DA Davidson started coverage on shares of First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) in a research report released on Monday morning. The firm issued a buy rating and a $53.00 price objective on the stock. Shares of First Business Financial Services  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=bf23e56dfa5a404fbe950f636b48a5f5&#038;url=http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/marine-bankruptcy-was-business-bootcamp-now-runs-profitable-alexandria-moving-firm\/2014\/08\/22\/a78594ba-27d0-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html&#038;c=2SGHgI0g1J6SPbNGN3lFO0f2AySskgcDf3lfaqY5O5Q&#038;mkt=en-us'>Marine bankruptcy was business bootcamp; now runs profitable Alexandria moving firm<\/a><br \/>Nick Baucom was 23 and flat on his back in 2007 after his nascent home fixer-upper business in Memphis, Tenn., went bankrupt.    I made a mistake and had bitten off too much,    said the former-Marine and Iraq War infantryman.    I mismanaged cash flow.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=bf23e56dfa5a404fbe950f636b48a5f5&#038;url=http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jmaureenhenderson\/2014\/08\/22\/business-cards-are-dead-heres-why\/&#038;c=iBsugJkWfjA20L2L_6Z-uLQl1hLj5d52MQwkOkQ0jxI&#038;mkt=en-us'>Business Cards Are Dead &#8212; Here&#8217;s Why<\/a><br \/>If you   re working a desk job, you can likely remember the feeling of having arrived that came from receiving your first set of business cards. There   s your name and title on a piece of card stock. Here   s a tangible sign that you matter in a form that  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Now Is the Time to Start a BusinessAMSALE ABERRA: I think it is both a time of great opportunity as well as a time of great challenge for new entrepreneurs. Most obvious may be the many challenges. The economy is still weak, at home and abroad. Unemployment is high. 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