Beth Schoenfeldt

As large media companies continue their epic struggles and spend more time figuring out how to scale back by reducing staff and overhead, entrepreneurs have the advantage of starting off fresh and are quickly grabbing market share and advertising dollars. Online media properties including Collective-E members

I was on the ski lift last weekend and met a 22-year-old who is in business school preparing to enter the family business, one that was founded in 1933 and now run by his father and uncle. I thought, well this is a lucky guy who doesn't have...

Imagine being 8 months pregnant, just bought a new home and a husband who worked for Lehman, deciding to leave a "safe" job at IAC to start a business right smack in the middle of the "great recession." It only makes sense if it is the right business at the...

Throughout the year we are checking in with Collective-E member Mariann Smith, Founder of Just Bubbly and a self described "small" "artisan" soap business with revenues around $200k, who sells both wholesale and retail (online), to get her take on the economy. Things have been picking up since...

The "On The Front Lines" series highlights entrepreneurs nationwide and the creative ideas and innovative strategies they are using to deal with business now. Alycea Ungaro is a Collective-E member and friend. I have enjoyed watching her rise over the years to her spot as one of the preeminent...

The Huffington Post approached Beth Schoenfeldt about doing a column on "being fearless" and right away we said yes! Not only because we admire Arianna Huffington as a fearless entrepreneur, but it is hard to imagine something that requires more long-term fearlessness than striking out on your own. Whether you...