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		<title>How to Ask Family and Friends for Cash for Your Business</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asking for money from family and friends is rarely an easy thing to do but often necessary when funding a small business. But there are some basic rules you can follow, to make it easier on yourself, and easier on those you ask. Never take personal relationships for granted, or expect someone to give or &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="http://www.imbrandon.com/business-learning-center/how-to-ask-family-and-friends-for-cash-for-your-business/">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id='lw_context_ads'><p style="text-align: justify;">Asking for money from family and friends is rarely an easy thing to do but often necessary when funding a small business. But there are some basic rules you can follow, to make it easier on yourself, and easier on those you ask. Never take personal relationships for granted, or expect someone to give or lend you cash, even if according to your standards, they have “money to burn.”</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Rule #1: Family and Friends Are Not Banks: Don’t Treat Them Like One</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Bankers and investors expect to be asked for money, family and friends do not. It is always a bad idea to catch someone off guard and ask them for anything, especially money. If you were being asked to invest in something, you would want information, and the time to think things over. Your family and friends deserve this same courtesy.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Rule #2: Think About What You Need Before Bringing Up Money</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Before you approach the person, be sure to thoroughly think through what you want to ask them for. Have an amount in mind, repayment terms, and any other conditions you feel are needed. You should also think about what is not acceptable, and be prepared to negotiate, or politely decline an offer that does not meet your business goals, or that might sour a personal relationship.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Rule #3: This is Business: Set up a Meeting</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Before you ask for something specific, broach the subject in advance. Give the person you are planning to ask for money time to think about whether or not they are interested – before you even ask. Set up a business meeting, or invite them to lunch (you pay) and tell them you want to discuss a business opportunity with them.</p>
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		<title>My Friend Audio Business Converter Product</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Audio information can be stored in a wide variety of formats, which vary in sound quality, file size, compatibility, etc. There are lots of extensions that cannot be read by some players. For this reason, many audiophiles are often confronted with compatibility issues. There are lots of audio conversion tools available on the web, but &#8230; </p><p><a class="more-link block-button" href="http://www.imbrandon.com/my-business-stories/my-friend-audio-business-product/">Continue reading &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id='lw_context_ads'><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.imbrandon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/FACbox200.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-273" title="FACbox200" src="http://www.imbrandon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/FACbox200.jpg" alt="FACbox200 My Friend Audio Business Converter Product" width="200" height="304" /></a>Audio information can be stored in a wide variety of formats, which vary  in sound quality, file size, compatibility, etc. There are lots of  extensions that cannot be read by some players. For this reason, many  audiophiles are often confronted with compatibility issues. There are  lots of audio conversion tools available on the web, but there are much  more formats out there than they support. Most converters support only a  few extensions and therefore they fail to satisfy users’ requirements.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Finding a high quality <a href="http://www.myformatfactory.com/">mp3 converter</a><br />
has long been a challenge. Happily, software developers have designed  Factory Audio Converter. It converts audio files to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG,  APE, MP4, FLAC, MPC, AAC. The array of input formats is even broader:  MP3, RA, RMM, RAM, RPM, RM, RMVB, WAV, OGG, CDA, APE, APL, MPC, MP+,  WMA, FLAC, AAC, M4A, MP4, TTA, OFR, SPX, WV, XM, IT, S3M, MOD, MTM, UMX,  AMR, MP3/OGG compressed MODs, MIDI, VQF, AU / SND, PAF, IFF, SVX, WAV,  SF, VOC, W64, MAT4, MAT5, PVF, XI, HTK, CAF. If you are looking for a  flexible audio conversion utility, this one is the best!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Good audio converters feature batch mode. If you have a lot of wma files  and would like to save them as mp3, you need a fast-working and  powerful wma to mp3 converter. Factory Audio Converter can convert  hundreds of files within seconds. If you have gigs of music on your PC,  you can set the utility to convert all of them and turn in. You will get  up in the morning to see all your files saved in your preferred format!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">By aid of Factory Audio Converter, you can convert wma to mp3 right from  the desktop. Once installed on a PC, the program integrates into  Windows seamlessly, and Convert to option appears in the right-button  menu. All you need to do is right-click on a wma file and select Convert  to. You can also run Factory Audio Converter from within other programs  via command line.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Advanced users do not only want to <a href="http://www.myformatfactory.com/ConvertWmaToMp3">convert wma to  mp3</a><br />
. They want to do it easily! User-friendliness all but heads the  top-importance list of characteristics. Factory Audio Converter has a  robust and intuitive user interface. It does not take any background to  understand how to use it. The program wizard will guide you through the  whole procedure. It will help you select your settings. You may either  skip it and leave the default settings or specify your own settings.  Sound quality will depend on your choice of bitrate, samplerate and  channel.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The more new features a program has, the more likely it is to enjoy  demand. Factory Audio Converter incorporates a built-in audio player and  CD ripper. You can listen to your tracks prior to conversion and  compare output and input files. The CD ripper will rip your CD files and  help you save them on any type of hard drive. Factory Audio Converter  permits you to change <a href="http://www.myformatfactory.com">wav to mp3</a><br />
and save a lot of drive space. Now you can use any portable player and  listen to your favorite musicians any time, wherever you are!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can buy Factory Audio converter at a price comparable to that of any  other converter. However, few converters are comparable to Factory  Audio Converter in terms of user friendliness and productiveness.</p>
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