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  • Member Profile: Submarinos

    Submarinos Restaurant, located in Glendale, AZ, serves homemade, New York style Italian food at reasonable prices. Located in a strip mall at 51st Avenue & Northern, Owners Tasha & Al Wiesing have had their share of challenges including long-term road construction in front of their business. In December 2010 Submarinos Restaurant was highlighted in the Glendale Star as…

  • What every small business owner should know about budgeting for success

    When you’re an entrepreneur managing your cash flow is one of the biggest challenges that you face. Having a budget in place can help you meet this challenge, though. If you’ve left a job to run your business you will likely be faced with sporadic income which can make personal budgeting a challenge as well.…

  • Five start up tips for Arizona entrepreneurs

    When you’re starting a business there is no blueprint that will guarantee success. There are some common mistakes that entrepreneurs make that can almost guarantee failure, though. Here, though are the top five things to keep in mind when you’re starting out to help propel your business toward success.  1.    Cast your net wide: You…

  • Bartering your way to more business

    Barter, ie trading, your goods and services for other goods and services is a tradition started in the early years when farmers traded chickens to doctors for medical attention. Today, you can use trade to get what you need in exchange for a service or product you have to offer. Trade can involve services ranging…

  • How to avoid these business start-up traps

    When you’re starting your new business venture it’s easy to trip up if you haven’t fully thought through your idea and planned for success. It is true that if you “fail to plan” you “plan to fail.” Through Tradesource, we offer members several avenues that can propel their business toward financial success. Here are our…

  • How to use trade to reward employees

    Times are tight for almost all businesses but you have amazing employees who are working hard and picking up the slack because they not only believe in you and your company’s mission and vision but they truly love their jobs. How can you reward those employees who have stuck with you through thick and thin…

  • Considering trade? Trade myths addressed

    Business owners who are considering getting into trade are sometimes bombarded with incorrect or incomplete information and they sometimes come to the idea of trade with preconceived notions. We know that trade/barter is a great way to help entrepreneurs grow their business while helping the bottom line.  Here are the biggest misconceptions that we hear…

  • How your small business can benefit from barter

    If you’re an entrepreneur who’s been in business for a long while or if you are just starting out, finding ways to save cash to get the enterprise up and running can be crucial to your success. By participating in trade aka barter, you can free up the cash needed to pay rent or utilities…

  • How to start a new business in the new year: hints and tips

    Is 2011 the year you start your own business? Do you have an idea on what to do or sell? We’ve put together a quick list of questions and things to think about when you’re considering starting your own business.  What do “the people” need or want. Do you know what to sell or what…

  • Top 5 business New Year’s resolutions

    The end of the business year is a great time to sit down and reflect on how your business fared over the year that’s just passed. It’s a perfect time to see if you achieved the goals you’d set for your business and what goals, both personal and professional, you’d like to attain in the…