I just got the bill to renew our corporate insurance policy. Normally, I pay it without a problem. I had always felt assured to know that, as a small business, we have the security of a giant, established company behind us. Yes, you guessed it. AIG is our insurance company.

I'm tired of being depressed about the economy. So, I was particularly excited to hear that there are some businesses prospering in spite of (or actually because of) the economy. The American Dream is alive and well for some.

Maisha Bayan is one of them. She is co owner,...

I'm a small business owner. It's a women-owned, education technology business. I've heard that the stimulus package has a lot of money going towards education, a lot of money to promote new uses of technology and a lot of money to support small business. Well, here I am!! But,...

It's every business-owners nightmare -- one of your employees is stealing money from you. You never think it's going to happen to you -- especially in a small company, where you think that you're treating your employees like your family. But, it happens more than you think. Employee theft and...

I just returned from my friends' wedding in Vietnam. It was a multi-cultural extravaganza. The bride is Bulgarian, the groom American and they both live and work in Moscow. That's where I met them in the mid-90's when I was involved in helping to start up VimpelCom, one of the...

I've been a "serial entrepreneur" since before the Internet boom made it fashionable (and even during the bust when many went running back to their corporate jobs!). I've been involved in the early stages of over 15 businesses, mostly in technology, telecom and digital media. I've started businesses in Japan,...