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01/14/2024

In Part 3 of my 2024 Guide to Funding Small Businesses in New Mexico, I open by describing several credit options for funding your business (such as credit cards and business lines of credit) then I share descriptions and links for alternative funding opportunities, including ROBS (roll-over business starts ups), Peer-to-Peer, Crowdfunding, Grants, Scholarships, Venture Capitalist investments, and Angel Investors. Each section includes brief descriptions and direct links to specific funders/funding opportunities available to NM small businesses.

Please share with your networks people know about the resources available to them. New Mexico's economy is driven by small business - so we ALL benefit when a small business owner succeeds.

Part 3 of the 2024 Guide to Funding Small Businesses shares info and links for alternative sources, grants and investors.

01/14/2024

In Part 2 of my 2024 Guide to Funding Small Businesses in New Mexico, I share descriptions of the various funding options available to small businesses in New Mexico. Then I share links and brief descriptions for bank, credit union, CDFI, government, and nonprofit orgs that provide business loans to NM businesses, followed by several org that do microfinancing.

These lists are only useful if the people that need them see them, so please share among your networks.

(Tagging my friends at SCORE Mentors)

Part 2 of the Guide to Funding Small Businesses in New Mexico (2024 edition) explains types of business loans and shares info on lenders.

01/14/2024

Back in 2020, I created a list of funding support opportunities for small businesses in NM. At the suggestion by my friends at SCORE Mentors, I've updated and added to the list over the years. With nearly 250 resources, it's become a multi-part blog series: 2024 Guide to Funding Small Businesses in New Mexico.

This is Part 1, in which I talk about why these resources are so important and I share descriptions and links for business development, financial literacy, and networking resources available across the state.

If you know about a resource that's not listed, please let me know.

The Guide to Funding Small Business - updated for 2024. Learn why small businesses matter & get resources.

03/03/2023

It's been so long since I've posted. Anyone out there?

I've been doing a lot of web design lately. This is one of my most recent projects - and my favorite. It was a huge undertaking and I'm very happy with the result.

Tiberius Art Studio features oil paintings by the father/daughter duo, Richard and Kiry Tiberius. They share a studio, a love of nature, and amazing skills. They paint using palette knives instead of brushes and the result is fantastic. From afar, they seem photorealistic. But when you view them close up, they turn into crazy abstract paintings.

There are around 165 paintings featured on the site. The scenes are from across the U.S. and Canada = from Quebec to the Florida Wetlands to Taos. A lot of Kiry's paintings feature wildlife.

If you check out the site (and I hope you do) please be patient as photos load. We used high res images so people could check out the detail.

Explore the oil paintings of Richard & Kiry Tiberius, father /daughter artists. Texture and light effects created in oil paint with palette knives.

11/11/2022

Client reviews always make me warm and fuzzy. :)

10/31/2022

Gotta love it when things come together. At the beginning of the year I worked with Prospera Partners to create a comprehensive business plan for Books On the Bosque, including market research and a detailed budget forecast and financial roadmap. It is one of my favorite projects from the entire year and I love seeing this neighborhood bookstore launch.

When Deborah Condit was a student at West Mesa high school, the Hastings bookstore on the West Side ...

06/01/2022

One of the four areas I focus on in my small business consulting is evaliuating systems and helping find the right tools for you to do you work with more ease, less time, and less money. That's what this post is about. Some of you may know I am starting a second eCommerce business - 100% doin' myself, from product manufacturing to packaging to graphic design.

Because product labels and packaging are one of the most expensive parts of the cost of goods for health and beauty products, I decided I wanted to make them myself. I spent a significant amount of time trying to find a work around to Cricut's print area limitations for their Print Then Cut feature. When I couldn't find one that worked, I figured it out for myself.

I share my process, with detail on the how and why I do specific steps, in the hopes that I can help someone else. If you have a business that creates and sells something, a smaller scale, this post might interest you. If you are a hobbiest craft maker, this post will interest you.

Read here: https://www.deerheartsolutions.com/post/cricut-print-then-cut-hack-full-page

04/16/2022

It's so easy to get lost in the daily grind. No matter what work you do, there'salways too much and the effort can feel unnoticed or unappreciated. But you keep going, day in and day out. And then, out of no where, someone notices and takes a moment to say something. And you're reminded why you do what you do. And that bit of acknowlegment can change your attitude and be the highlight of your week.

This week I about had a meltdown when it appeared all my blog posts were gone. I don't blog often, but when I do, they are intensive with a massive amount of research and writing involved. And it happened at a time when I was feeling pulledin many directions. (Overwhelmed - the small business owner's mantra.) And then I get this message in my response from Wix tech support:

"I understand you were reaching out regarding a feeling that blogs may be deleted. Before we begin, I would like to take a moment and appreciate the amount of effort and passion you put into creating your site. I had a chance to briefly look through the website and was impressed by the professional, easy-to-navigate interface, despite the complex inner structure that you have skillfully created."

The Wix team is one of the main reasons I love being a Wix Partner. I never get boilerplate responses. It's real people who care about what they do.

Her message reminded me how important it is for us to vocalize acknowledgement and appreciation. So, when you see something, say something. Whether it's co-workers or employees or someone whose service you've used. If they do good work, tell them. It can change their entire week. And, expressions of gratitude improve your outlook - so you benefit, too. Win-win.