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Despite your best efforts to ensure the opposite, sometimes your wallet comes up empty. Even well-crafted budgets can fail in the face of multiple bills and unavoidable purchases, leaving you worried about how you’ll make ends meet.

When you’re more likely to find a moth than another dollar in your bill fold, consider what a personal line of credit can do for you.
 
They’re a convenient, flexible way to take a hold of your finances during an emergency.

For one thing, you can get your line of credit loan online, without the need of in-person interviews that scrutinize your entire financial history.

It starts with a simple application form that requires only basic contact and financial information in order to complete.

Mistakes may be unpleasant experiences but they are usually loaded with a lot of lessons. When you want to start a new business project, you have an advantage because you can learn how to succeed by studying the errors of others.

The following common startup mistakes can serve as great lessons for successful business project execution.

1. Adhering to a Rigid Plan

Making a business plan is an essential step for business success. But people get so emotionally attached to their plan that they refuse to make changes when they are required.

So you’ve started your home based business.

You’ve got the product, you’ve set up your online store, you have all the paperwork done and you are ready to start serving customers and delivering goods and services.

Hit pause. There is one little thing you may have overlooked or failed to consider: Are you getting the best deal possible from your payment processing partner (also called a Merchant Services Partner)?

Your Merchant Services Partner will play a huge role in the day-to-day operation of your business and can affect your bottom line more than you can imagine. So how do you pick a great one? I spoke with Dharma Merchant Services who have outlined some things to consider when choosing a service partner.

For many people that would love to be their own boss, franchising is one of the best ways to achieve it.

However, it is often difficult to settle on a specific industry as there are dozens of industries to look at. Going to informative seminars can sometimes leave you feeling overwhelmed. 

To help you have a better shot at success with your franchise opportunity, iHubbub spoke with franchise experts, www.franchise-uk.co.uk, about which home based industries are the most successful and what you should look out for to see if this is an investment you like the look of.