| Wachovia is looking to add products as part of its overhaul of credit-card unit
Wachovia Corp. is looking for innovative thinkers and fresh ideas as it expands its card and payments business. And the bank also wants to introduce new products from that business soon. This week, the company began interviewing candidates to lead its emerging payment services group. It's one three segments of the new consumer and small-business payments unit headed by Steve Boehm, who previously ran Wachovia's relaunched credit-card business. The others are card services and payment services. In weighing new products, Boehm is particularly interested in areas such as mobile payments, in which consumers would use phones or handheld devices to process payments. Other possibilities include products in the health-care arena and online peer-to-peer payments such as PayPal.
MoreBusiness.com Adds Over 100 Business Plans to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Boost Holiday Sales
MoreBusiness.com, a leading small business portal, launches the exclusive Small Business Holiday Resource Center where entrepreneurs can learn tips and ideas for boosting profits for the holidays. The new center adds 100 free business plans to its collection of more than 1,500 business how-to articles, including sample proposals and guides to starting and running a successful company. .
Angels are alive in Clark County
We all know it takes money to make money. But if you’re a cashless entrepreneur with a great idea, where do you turn? A number of start-up companies are getting their funding from angel investors. According to the New Hampshire-based Center for Venture Research, angels invested $11.9 billion into U.S. startups during the first half of 2007. Part of those dollars was invested right here in Clark County – local high-tech firm Lightfleet Inc., in business since 2003, is 100 percent angel-funded, according to CEO John Peers. Angel funding helps span the "equity gap," said Dr. John Becker Blease, a finance professor at Washington State University Vancouver. Entrepreneurs usually need from $100,000 to $5 million to fund their endeavor. Financial institutions are usually loath to lend that much, while venture capital firms aren’t interested in such "small potatoes." Clint Page, CEO of Dotster Inc., a successful, young high-tech firm headquartered in Vancouver, said that angel investing in the Vancouver-Portland metro area "is coming of age.
National Business Conference Renews The Debate On Size
Bandar Seri Begawan - As the National Business Conference 2007 draws nearer, the popular social website ranoadidas.com is running a poll asking its viewers "Can Small Be Beautiful?" The final results of the poll will be announced at the National Business Conference 2007. At the time of printing, the "Yes" option was gathering the most votes. However, many people think that a small size is a limiting factor to growth and development opportunities for Brunei. Often, businesses in Brunei lament about the small market size. One of the sessions at the National Business Conference seeks to address this issue. The first session of the National Business Conference brings together Dr Paul Temporal, a branding expert who has worked on the "branding" of countries, Dr Linda Low, a strategist with the Abu Dhabi government, and Rasha Al Salleh, the Managing Director of the Young Arab Leaders based in Dubai.
Global Launch Announces New Product Launching Services for the Mass Merchant Channel like Costco, Wal-Mart, Lowe’s and ...
Global Launch has established relationships with key mass merchant accounts and leverages those relationships to represent their client's products. From Fortune 500 to small start-ups, Global Launch helps clients successfully launch new products and access new distribution channels. .
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