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I was excited to finish “E”. I was finally to the “F” words. “F” words are AWESOME! “F” was supposed to be for Factoring. I mean, really, that was one of the main points of this exercise… to talk about…

“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little bit more than (s)he can chew hoping (s)he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.” – Roy Ash When the LDI opportunity was presented in late 2006, we had been telecommuting for over…

Keeping it real…this blogging thing is tough. I have a spreadsheet of words for each letter of the alphabet. My goal is to write about two words for each letter – one about dogs and the other about business. My…

Biztaxlaw.about.com defines Due Diligence as: The process of evaluating a prospective business decision by getting information about the financial, legal, and other material (important) to the state of the other party. The term “Due Diligence” is imposing. This definition sounds…

In the immortal words of The Rolling Stones: You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need… I wasn’t a dog person. Before 2002, I was a cat…

I believe I was hired at the first factoring company I worked for because I was the only person they interviewed who had any idea what factoring was. When the headhunter asked me what it was, I said “Um, it…

I am competitive – a blessing and a curse. The compulsion to compete – to win – to be right – to be the best is so ingrained in me that sometimes I lose sight of what winning, being right…

Investorwords.com defines the 5C’s of Credit as: The five key elements a borrower should have to obtain credit: character (integrity), capacity (sufficient cash flow to service the obligation), capital (net worth), collateral (assets to secure the debt), and conditions (of…

In 2012, my attorney, Cathy Robertson (www.Pahl-mccay.com), invited me to the 10th Annual Women in Leadership dinner sponsored by the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. Dinners like this are not my thing. I really like my attorney though…

I never wanted to be in sales – or network, or do anything that required me to play nice with others for extended periods of time. My whole career had been “back of the house” – first in collections and…