I was talking to a business owner recently, and something from our conversation got stuck in my head. First of all, some context… this individual owns a profitable small business making $1.5 million in annual revenue. No marketing spend, no website, no company email addresses, drives all business from word of mouth. We were talking…
Reading the IMF provides great high-level economic analysis. This note is meant to provide some of my experiences to better illustrate some of the IMF’s findings, and also to cover some topics the IMF may not. Last year, the IMF visit to Costa Rica concluded that the economy grew robustly in 2016. The government had…
Much hype regarding Crowdfunding has hit the internet recently, given new rules (effective May 16, 2016) adopted as part of Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, also known as Regulation Crowdfunding. The purpose of this article is to provide some information on Crowdfunding in the US and what the new regulations…