Your Start-up Name Matters (A Lot)
Soon after Livestream CEO Max Haot launched his live video broadcast site in 2007, he realized the power of the company's name to drive (or impede) growth. Watch video
'Zumba Is a Huge Opportunity'
Z Club NY, one of several thousand standalone Zumba start-ups, expects to hit revenue of $350,000 next year. But it's still a work in progress. Watch video
Mayra Jimenez: Starting From Scratch
Mayra Jimenez's swimwear company, The Orchid Boutique, highlights the talents of her native Colombia Watch video
Ballooning Across the Pacific, Facing Almost Certain Death
In 1991, Branson attempted a balloon flight across the Pacific Ocean with balloonist, Pers Lindstrand. Though they ended up in the Arctic, they survived. Watch video
What You Name a Venture Is Important
Branson set up "war rooms" to tackle global issues like climate change and disease in Africa. Watch video
New Technology Opens Up Markets
How Sir Richard Branson plans to bring down the $200,000-per-ticket price to bring passengers to space. Watch video
Difficulties & Opportunities of Regulated Businesses
In some cases--like Branson's space ship company Virgin Galactic--helpful regulators can make new business ideas possible. Watch video
JJ Ramberg: Promote Your Company Creatively
JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC's Your Business describes how one small business owner differentiated--and landed a new buyer. Watch video
Big Ideas Also Mean Big Risks
Sir Richard Branson put a firewall between each Virgin company so that--if something goes wrong at one--it won't take down another. Watch video
Build Successful Businesses Out of Helping Lives
Rarely does Sir Richard Branson start a business just because he thinks he's going to make money out of it. Watch video
Business Is All About Details
Unless you get thousands of tiny details right when you launch a new business, you'll have nothing. Watch video
JJ Ramberg: 'Have You Done the Best Job Possible?'
Want to set high expectations? Ask employees to assess their own work before they submit it, says JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC's Your Business. Watch video
If You Don't Dream, Nothing Happens
"If you set seemingly impossible challenges," says Sir Richard Branson, "you make what people believed impossible possible." Watch video
Your First Venture Can Be Extraordinary
Sir Richard Branson talks about entrepreneurial audacity--his own and that of his "great friends," Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Read story
Richard Branson: Knight of Big Ideas
Sir Audacity himself: "Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them." Read story
Sometimes, You Need Millions of Dollars to Grow a Start-up
In 2009, in order to build her organic baby food company, Shazi Visram raised $11 million--fast. Last year, HappyFamily Brands's sales hit $35 million. Watch video
Dive In: How 2 Competitive Athletes Made Swimming a Business Opportunity
Ten years ago Casey Barrett and Lars Merseburg found New York City was ripe for a swim school. Now Imagine Swimming is one of the fastest-growing companies i... Watch video
Leader in Motion: How Choreographer Bill T. Jones Collaborates
Award-winning choreographer Bill T. Jones has led his dance company for 30 years. Watch how he works. Watch video
Michael Useem: A Leadership Checklist
In 2010, the Copiapó mine in Chile collapsed and trapped 33 miners. Wharton professor Michael Useem talks about leadership lessons from how Chile's Minister... Watch video
The Watch That Raised $8 Million on Kickstarter
Eric Migicovsky created Pebble, a watch that syncs with Android or iPhone apps, and crowdfunded more money from ordinary individuals than any other Kickstart... Watch video
The Photo App Facebook Didn't Buy: Hipstamatic
Facebook may not have paid $1 billion for the Hipstamatic photo app this week, but it has had a profitable business model for years. Read story
Of a Kind Founders Decide Fast, Iterate Later
Soon after Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo launched Of a Kind, a fashion website, in 2010, they realized their initial web site ideas would always be wrong, an... Watch video
How Behance Brings Order to Crazy Creatives
Behance founders Scott Belsky and Matias Corea want to fulfill a broad creative industry need--for better organization--with web tools, events, even notebooks. Read story
How Do You Beat Chinese Copycats?
Jay Lapeyre, president of global manufacturing company Laitram LLC, shares why his company's history of innovation (it was the first ever automate shrimp pee... Watch video
Want to Expand Your Business? Enter the Fab.com Economy
Fast-growing Fab.com joins the expanding list of flash sales sites that are putting the spotlight on small designers. Watch video
How To Go Up Against Apple and Microsoft
In the race to get Internet TV shows and movies into the living room, Boxee co-founder Idan Cohen notices unanticipated advantages of being the (much) smalle... Watch video
You Only Have So Many Slots to Fill
Start-up headhunter Keith Cline divulges how he recruits for the most coveted tech jobs. Watch video
A Start-up About-Face: From Fabulis to Fab
Bradford Shellhammer and Jason Goldberg explain how their unloved social network for gay men became a design daily deal site with 1.6 million members. Watch video
Top 5 Live Chats of 2011
Looking for inspiration? Watch our top five most-watched entrepreneur Live Chats in 2011! Viewed by nearly 100,000 people so far this year, we rank them here... Read story
Tips on Social Media in 2012
What you need to know about word-of-mouth marketing in the new year, according to Dave Kerpen, founder of Likeable Media, and author of Likeable Social M... Watch video
An In-Store Revolution
A New York brick-and-mortar entrepreneur takes a cue from e-commerce: She curates limited-time-only themes and product lines, hosts community events, and sel... Watch video
Do the Side Hustle
Entrepreneur advisor Melinda Emerson explains her six steps to end small-business failure. Watch video
Growing a Wedding-Planning Business—Fast
Susan Southerland, president of Just Marry!, a wedding and event planning company, talks about how to interact with today's bride�"and the most famous rece... Watch video
Get a Loan from the SBA
So far this year, Pravina Raghavan, district director for New York at the U.S. Small Business Administration, loaned $789 million, up 63 percent over 2011. H... Watch video
Jamie Wong, Co-founder of Vayable
She co-founded Vayable, which helps travelers book fun and interesting experiences on their vacations. Watch video
Carol's Daughter Founder Lisa Price Lets Go of the Reins
Lisa Price, CEO of Carol's Daughter, talks frankly about how she transitioned from mixing beauty products in her kitchen to helming a team of experts who do ... Watch video
Holiday Madness: Are You Ready to Take On the Big Guys?
Can't do doorbusters or sweeping discounts? Brooklyn Industries's Lexy Funk explains small-retail's tricks for profiting big this shopping season. Read story
Warby Parker Disrupts the Eyewear Industry
The founders explain how they dramatically undercut the dominant glasses makers. Watch video
Tom Munro, CEO of Photobucket
Tom Munro, CEO of Photobucket, talks about creating a great user experience and the future of online photo and video storage and management. Watch video
Success Stories: How to Build Your Brand
Arthur Ceria, founder and executive creative director of CreativeFeed, talks about how he creates brands for Chiquita, Sisley, and Microsoft--and himself. Read story
