Christopher Hytry Derrington

When the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act passed recently, many columnists and bloggers began weighing in with varying opinions, and some conjecture that may have muddied the waters.

As I've written before, thousands of us entrepreneurs will benefit from the law. This could become a very...

Have you been thinking about buying your competitor? Maybe you have your eye on a company that would be a perfect fit for your company's growth.

Funny thing about a recession -- it can create both despair, and opportunity. You might see a lot of low-hanging fruit all around...

Did you hear the collective sigh of relief somewhere in the midst of the hysteria? A glimmer of hope shining through the predictions of gloom and doom?

Considering how easily and quickly the Jumpstart our Business Startups, or JOBS, Act passed through both houses of Congress last week, you...

A while back, some people had some negative comments about articles a fellow team member wrote for the Huffington Post's Small Business Section about wages paid by some US outsourcing companies. They accused companies, such as Rural America OnShore Outsourcing, of paying their employees "peanuts" and "slave wages," in order...

"Insourcing" is how President Obama described his latest push for bringing jobs back to America. Some news outlets are even describing it as a "trend," this migration of jobs by U.S. companies who had been outsourcing to overseas workers.

U.S. companies hiring U.S. people to work for them...

We're a year away from political elections, and jobs and the economy permeate the candidates' rhetoric. What if one of them was to stand up and literally guarantee millions of new jobs for rural Americans?

I'm not running for office, but I am proposing a jobs creation plan that...

Give your business a cash transfusion!

Cash flow is the blood that lubricates the components of your company. When the cash runs out, the gears lock up and the machinery of your business is in trouble.

Improving your cash flow is the same as increasing sales volume without hiring more...

In February 2011, I announced on the Huffington Post that my company was going to try to raise investment capital via crowdfunding. Using online social networks, crowdfunding enables entrepreneurs to pitch their businesses to large pools of potential investors.

But when I mentioned crowdfunding to my attorney, he...

You are hereby invited to join my journey as I endeavor to use crowdfunding as a 21st century alternative to angel investment fundraising.

Crowdfunding, as the name implies, allows virtually everyone to invest in early stage companies -- not just rich people. Allowing small investors to participate...

Starting and running a small business is hard, risky work. According to the SBA, approximately 550,000 new businesses were started in the United States in 2009. Within two years, 30 percent will have failed. Half will be gone within five years. Only one in three will survive to celebrate...

You're entitled to "Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness, and Broadband Internet Access!"

Or, given that the mid-term elections are upon us: "A chicken in every pot and high-speed broadband internet access for every computer!"

Why the silly clichés?

For the past several weeks I've been gathering background data in...

Entrepreneurs thrive in an environment of high risk. Face it, failure rates are high. Half of new technology-oriented firms die within five years. Launching a company capable of meeting a market need is an ongoing process of observation, inspiration, aspiration, determination, glued together with lots and lots of perspiration.