Ever wonder how a bank evaluates your loan application. David Ceolin, author of The Idea Guide is a former loan officer who evaluated business applications for loans. Here is a quick summary of the “5’Cs of Credit”, five words that start with the letter C and denote how a bank evaluates a loan.

Organizing your business idea into a written plan provides a prospective business owner with several benefits, here are 10.

The Idea Guide walks you through the 10 steps to plan any business idea effectively. Here are some additional, simple tactics to consider to keep shaping your idea.

Presenting to investors can be nerve-wracking. The Idea Guide book contains an entire section called Pitching Your Plan to Investors containing over 20 practical tips to make your investor pitch.

As a venture capital firm, we are constantly approached by would-be entrepreneurs. In dealing with these individuals we have over 20 practical tips we have gathered over the years and included in The Idea Guide.