Three entrepreneurs are offering a share of their life's income in exchange for cash upfront and have banded together to form the Thrust Fund, an onli...

The securities and insurance industries divert attention from basic principles of finance and investing by offering a dizzying array of products intended to confuse, seduce and separate investors from their money.

There is a common image of entrepreneurs being young renegades that aren't polluted by old ways of thinking. They come into a new industry, with no former biases, and turn it upside down.

I want to offer a macro-level view of the larger opportunity I see in both Michigan and the Midwest, as a venture capitalist looking for small businesses that have a chance to become much, much bigger businesses.

Given the misdeeds of the banking industry, the financial services sector could make huge improvements simply by focusing on serving the ill-served with better, faster and cheaper products.

Just like traditional venture capital funds, VCTs provide equity capital to fast-growing small and mid-sized businesses; however, unlike traditional venture funds, the underlying investors are you and me.

My infatuation with wind power was titillated in the unlikeliest of places: the background of a Monday Night football game where a tall wind turbine spun gently beyond the stadium's walls.

Super-size is the latest trend among venture capital shops that are still capable of raising funds in the current depressed economy. History shows just how cyclical the business is.

There is no Cupcake Manufacturers Association keeping count, but anecdotal evidence indicates that stand-alone cupcake shops have been spreading not j...

Small business groups are concerned the real agenda of the upcoming Obama administration small business conference will be to adopt legislation and policy that will change the definition of a small business.

New companies will be crucial to the strength of any economic recovery. Businesses in their first 90 days of life accounted for 14% of hiring in the U...

This summer, I decided to move my wife and three little kids away from the sunny beaches and new media millionaires of Southern California to -- you guessed it -- Michigan.

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

The Obama Administration has said entrepreneurship is vital to the American economy. However, there is no model for support.