ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE  

Bill Harris, CEO of Personal Capital, was formerly CEO of PayPal and also Intuit, the makers of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax. He founded numerous financial technology and security companies, and served on the boards of RSA Security, Macromedia, SuccessFactors, GoDaddy and EarthLink.


Retirement Saving for Optimists

It's like eating your vegetables, but here's what you need to know: the Roth 401(k) is perfect for entrepreneurs.  Read story

One Operating Expense You Can Bring Way Down

You try to keep your business expenses down. Here's a way to do the same with your investment expenses.  Read story

Top Thing to Invest in Right Now: You

Buy key-person insurance. Stat. It's the best investment you'll make this year.  Read story

How to Manage Your Portfolio Like a Business

In your company, you focus on what's coming--not what happened last year. It's time to manage your investments the same way.  Read story

California Start-ups: Your Tax Bill Just Got Bigger

The state has nixed one of the chief tax incentives for starting a business there. But it gets worse: The consequences are retroactive.  Read story

Best Investing Tip for 2013

You know you need to periodically recrunch your numbers and assumptions in your business plan. It's time to do the same with your investments.  Read story

4 Ways to Protect Your Assets From Your Great Ideas

By all means, pour everything you have into that brilliant idea. But don't drain your assets.  Read story

Best Gift Idea? Be an Angel Investor

Make an investment in someone's future. But don't seek out the founder behind the next hot start-up: Start younger and think longer term.  Read story

Why Pessimists Win

Serial optimists, take note: The best thing for your business might involve throwing a big wet blanket on your bright-eyed predictions.  Read story

4 Year-End Tax Moves for Investors

'Tis the season to review your tax strategy. If you haven't already, look at your personal portfolio and consider these four tweaks before 2013.  Read story

Tax Moves to Make Before 2013

It's anyone's guess what next year will bring for taxes. So do yourself a favor and start planning your strategy now.  Read story

Tax Hikes Are Coming. Time to Sell?

If you've thought about selling your business, now a new factor should enter into the decision: Should you do it before taxes rise next year?  Read story

Prep Your Business to Sell for Top Dollar

A little polishing up today can boost the value of your business tomorrow. Here are three places to start.  Read story

What Entrepreneurs Need From Washington: It's Not Debatable

So far, the debates have painted tax policy as the holy grail for small business. Too bad the facts don't support it.  Read story

The Tricky Business of Knowing When to Sell

Sell just after landing your first big customer? This CEO didn't think he'd do it either. But sometimes when you sell your company isn't entirely up to you.  Read story

Want to Attract Top Talent? Offer a Killer 401(k)

Salary, stock options, and equity are certainly valuable. But a great retirement plan can help sweeten the deal. Here's how.  Read story

How to Explain Stock Options to Employees

Think it's not your job? Wrong. If your employees make a mess of their options, it hurts you more than you think.  Read story

4 Financial Habits of Highly Effective (and Wealthy) CEOs

If you're like most entrepreneurs, you've invested everything you have into your business. And that's a huge mistake.  Read story

How to Fix Your Company's 401(k)

Don't have a clue if it's any good? Big mistake. You might be screwing things up for employees--and wasting precious capital.  Read story

How Joe Fernandez Got His Klout

Joe Fernandez launched Klout the old-fashioned way: sleeping on couches, abandoning his friends, and risking his life's savings. Piece of cake.  Read story