Why are small to medium-sized businesses like a medical clinic or a plant nursery so important to our economy?
In economies like these, we have to work smarter. Necessity, being the true mother of invention, drives a lot of true innovation. But is that enough?
The bottom line is to do something, even if it fails at first. Do not be a poser talking a good social media game but not really being engaged.
This week our fearless co-founders set out to create a cap table and hire a CTO.
As entrepreneurs, business leaders and aspiring company directors, think very carefully about the words filling the borders of your emails, documents, instant messages and social media profiles.
What makes startups succeed or fail? More than 90% of startups fail, due primarily to self-destruction rather than competition.
When you are building your product and thinking about your go to market strategy, you can focus on getting everyday internet users first. Or you can focus on getting brands first and working with them to get users.
Life's greatest rewards start by making a choice to actively participate in our own lives instead of simply observing them. So what's holding you back?
(Reuters - By Deborah L. Cohen) - Dale Stephens was homeschooled for most of his academic life, so when the 19-year-old was offered $100,000 to skip c...
Are you looking at your goals and taking one step each day? Remember, the growth is the reward and the goal is merely a benefit.
"Stick to what you know" seems like common-sense advice, but I have watched many business people make the same mistake I did. Once things start to go well, entrepreneurs think success will last forever.
Having sat through hiring discussions as an entrepreneur, board member, and now an interested observer, here's what I've concluded.
Could a personal-feedback loop help recent immigrants learn English more quickly? Might the idea be applied to concepts like voter registration or proper prenatal care, both of which are issues within the Latino population?
You've heard about having an attitude of gratitude and how being appreciative of what you have will bring more of the same into your life. So what does it take to have infinite abundance in your life? Answer: live with an abundance mentality. Seems simple, right?
For the next eight weeks, we'll look at the world through the eyes of "Ice House Entrepreneurs" who will describe in their own words the opportunities they found, the challenges they faced and, more importantly, the mindset that enabled them to succeed.
If you had been putting together a survey about ice cream, would your list of demographic and psychographic questions have included a question of when people eat ice cream?
Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. -- Mike Tyson One of the key distinctions between an entrepreneur and an operating execu...
The business "dance" obviously has different particulars than TV dancing, but there is serious business and artistry involved in both cases. Here are some observations to startup founders looking for funding and hoping to move to the next level.
A poorly performing stock market, in addition to the anticipated public-sector budget cuts, put a damper on almost everything that high growth entrepreneurs need to be successful.
As I dip my toe back into the entrepreneurial world I see a very different landscape, a landscape that helps me keep my faith in the global economy. Here's what I see: Women can save the day.
It doesn't matter if you call it a boom or a bubble. The startup business moves in cycles, and what goes up will eventually come down.
At first glance the concept of breaking through what blocks you seems complicated, but it's not. Here are the top eight things that block us from our goals, and how to get unblocked.
(By Tim Kelly) - On a recent trip to Japan's devastated northeast coast, venture capitalist Yoshihito Hori chanced upon a group of fishermen outside...
If we had process patents or the culture of software litigation in the 1980s as we have today current technology would consist of running terminals on DEC and Wang Computers at the local library for $10 per hour and there probably would not be a world-wide web.
At school, I didn't want to talk about myYearbook because I wanted my classmates to like me and, as has been discussed by women far more successful than I, no one likes a successful, ambitious girl.
