News and articles by JTB Consulting.

Are you selling part of or your entire business? Perhaps you are looking to buy a business? If you are selling your business, make sure you do not lose out on all the years of hard work and sleepless nights you have put in by pricing it too low. And if you are buying a business, gain confidence that you are not overpaying for the asset.

Unless your business has the Balance Sheet of Amazon, eventually you will probably need access to capital through SME Business Financing. For small businesses, finding the right SME Business Financing and funding model is vitally important.

Business ideas are only as good as the Strategic Business Plan behind them. Often, entrepreneurs are caught in the excitement of a new business venture but fail to follow through because of a lack of direction.

Every business owner should conduct a regular SWOT Analysis to assess the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in relation to its competition. A SWOT Analysis helps evaluate where a company stands in a competitive market and what steps need to be taken for further strategic planning, helping decision makers draw a future roadmap for the company.

Look at any well-written Business Plan and you’ll see a section called "Value Proposition" - and this is normally one of the key questions investors have from entrepreneurs and how this value proposition will solve a problem for your intended customer. 

Small business owners face many challenges when they apply for loans, but sometimes, the biggest mistake and challenge is of their own making. If you wait until you urgently need financing to start looking for a lender, you’ve waited too long.

Millions of small business owners and startup entrepreneurs are masters at creating great products and services, building effective teams and winning over customers. Many of them, however, would probably flunk basic bookkeeping.

Venture capital is one of many ways entrepreneurs can obtain funding for their business ideas; among one of the most popular, in fact. Venture capitalists can be found anywhere, especially in the fastest-growing cities for entrepreneurs today.