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While Chris Bridges' aka Ludacris is doing an incredible job for the Atlanta community at large, as a leader he is smart enough to know to build a strong backbone of true business leaders around him to continue to grow his enterprises. For the Ludacris Foundation, community service means providing monetary support and donating time in our communities at large. Since 2001, The Ludacris Foundation has donated $500,000 to support grassroots organizations that work to help our youth, as well as invested more than 3,500 hours in devoted service to young people across the nation. The programs in support of the Foundation have impacted 7000 lives. The Ludacris Foundation takes pride in "helping youth help themselves."A few years ago, Ludacris got a team together to grow additional passive income and not just be a rapper running out of money when the rap career is done and over with. He had to think outside the box and come up with a strategic plan to do so. He went into his think tank of executive partners and developed a team to help build additional brands based upon the name "Luda" that he is known by in the hip hop music industry. Albert .. more >>

There are many important aspects to know and prepare for when getting a business loan. Not only must you be sure your credit is good by checking your credit score, but you must have a good business plan in mind. You must then be able to present your business plan in a way that will impress the lenders. If the lenders feel your business will not succeed, they will not want to loan you the money since they will not want the high risk of you not being able to pay back the loan. Even if they did give you the loan, they would charge you a lot more in interest (your interest rate would be a lot higher) if they felt unsure about your ability to pay off the loan in a reasonable amount of time (the higher interest rate would make up for money potentially lost later on). If you have difficulty getting a loan, you may want to go through programs such as small business administration agencies (SBA loans) that are independent agencies of the federal government that aim at helping small businesses get loans so they can get their feet on the ground and have the .. more >>

Great! You have managed to secure a meeting with that big potential client you have wanted to meet. You set the time and have your presentation down just right. Finally the big day comes and everything goes well at your meeting. What now? Just sit back and wait for that potential client to call?Someone that could have made lots of money once said, "The fortune is in the follow up." So get out there and follow up!!!The very first thing that you should do will be to send them a thank you letter. Go the extra step and make it more personal by sending the prospective client a greeting card with the thank you letter hand written inside. Here is a sample thank you letter you could send after meeting a prospective client.************John,It was wonderful having the opportunity to meet you and get to know you a little better. I loved getting the chance to hear about your trip to Europe. As I said, it is a place I'd like to go in the near future. It sounds like I could really get some tips from you on where to go while I'm there.John, I can see how much value .. more >>