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Most entrepreneurs expect to face the “normal” challenges of starting a business, which include finding the right opportunity, building and executing a winning plan, and financing their venture. But many forget the pitfalls associated with traditional business jobs which can apply even to the smart Read More

Where potential employees are concerned, obviously skills are important. Yet we’ve all seen fabulously talented individuals become a team that was far less than the sum of its parts...
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Do you need a business plan to start a business? If you're thinking not, then here are 7 good reasons why you should write a business plan. Read More

Five ways to reduce small business stress include balance, simplifying processes, embracing time-saving technology and asking for help. Read More

Starting a business can be exhausting, exciting and exhilarating–all at the same time. This is precisely why it’s refreshing to hear words of encouragement from those who have done it before–and succeeded. We spoke with entrepreneurs we admire to cull the single best bit of startup advice they coul Read More

Starting a business from home may seem like a daunting task. While it certainly isn’t effortless, becoming self-employed is often much easier than most imagine. Here’s how to start a creative home business: Read More

A.J. Forsythe and Anthony Martin of iCracked share the story of how iCracked was born and how it manages to grow to over 200 locations nationwide. Read More

On a regular basis, I am approached by entrepreneurs who assert that business plans are a waste of time. They cite sources like a recent BusinessWeek story, “Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans” and this NY Times article. From my perspective as a professional investor and long-time adviso Read More

The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration” or Lean Startup methodology, where you assume you won Read More