A New Market for Surf Boards?
Two entrepreneurs are trying to distribute surf boards cheap enough for kids to own two or three. Is Bender Boards Warby Parker for surfers? Read story
How I Navigated My First Hire
I'm hiring a college intern for the winter break. So I mapped out a plan to make it worthwhile for my start-up--and for her. Read story
What You Need to Know about Online Affiliate Marketing
The founder of FamiliesGo!, a travel website, describes the ins and outs of choosing the right affiliate marketing partners. Read story
Me Versus Amazon. Guess Who's Winning?
I thought Amazon's affiliate program could give my site a boost. Instead, it's my temper that's rising. Read story
Go Big or Go Home?
The founder of FamiliesGo!, a travel website, weighs the options for her start-up’s growth. Read story
How Analytics Drive My Web Strategy
FamiliesGo! founder Eileen P. Gunn writes about the underlying web analytics that steer her business decisions. Read story
Plan? I’m Too Busy Working
How FamiliesGo! founder Eileen Gunn will break away from day-to-day tasks to map out a long-term strategy. Read story
My First 60 Days
FamiliesGo! founder Eileen P. Gunn reflects on her initial ups and downs. Read story
What If You Can’t Give Things Away?
Entrepreneur Eileen P. Gunn writes about how she'll create a better web contest next time. Read story
How I Make Time For Sleep
Start-up founder Eileen P. Gunn writes about how she budgets time to maximize focus, momentum--and rest. Read story
How (Even A Long) Vacation Helps My Start-Up
Entrepreneur Eileen P. Gunn writes about taking time off from her new family travel website to go to Germany with, you guessed it, her family. Read story
Why Women Don’t Get Venture Capital: The Bruised Nose Theory
My daughter fell on her nose at camp this summer. This, in a nutshell is why I’m reluctant to seek venture capital or to build my business, ... Read story
Don't Make the Same Mistakes with Google AdSense I Did
Every entrepreneur makes mistakes when starting out. Some are fixable, some don’t matter that much in the long run. Some really bug you and can&rsqu... Read story
The Best Start-up Advisers Are in the Trenches
One of the perennial pieces of advice I get as a new entrepreneur is to put together a board of advisors or get a circle of mentors. I’ve fo... Read story
Lessons Learned as FamiliesGo! Launches
What happens when parent-travel website FamiliesGo! goes live. Read story
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Repeat
The founder of parent-travel website FamiliesGo! chronicles her start-up shuffle. Read story
The High Costs of Filing an LLC in New York
I’m going through the steps of starting up FamiliesGo!, a travel planning website for families, and I would like to file the business with New York ... Read story
How I Face Down Discouraging Entrepreneur Moments
There are times I can see all the moving pieces I’ve been amassing over the past several months settling into place. And I can see FamiliesGo... Read story
What work do you take on vacation?
The July 4th weekend is just behind us and I spent a good part of last week thinking about summer and how my expectation for work-free vacations might or ... Read story
How I Stay Productive: I Make Myself Accountable
There was a point over the winter where every germ in New York City seemed to find its way to my doorstep and I was alternating between playing nurse and ... Read story
My On-Again-Off-Again Relationship With My Business Plan
I'm not a fickle person, but I admit I've treated my business plan shoddily. I had a quick, shallow flirtation with it before deeply committing, only to d... Read story
How Twitter Became My Secret Weapon
One of the cofounders of the start-up accelerator TechStars told me recently about an entrepreneur who reached out... Read story
How I Promote My Start-up—Even Before I Launch
My first entrepreneurial venture was Your Career Is An Extreme Sport , a career-advice book I wrote in 2007. In addition to reporting and writing ... Read story
Coping With Fear, Frustration, and Euphoria
Back in November I took the Kauffman Foundation's FastTrac program, a boot camp for aspiring entrepreneurs. I spent sev... Read story
Start-up Tips I Didn't Believe at First
Before I launched FamiliesGo! I spent the better part of a year talking to people, reading articles and blogs, and taking classes on starting and running ... Read story
Why I Became an Entrepreneur
The inaugural post of Eileen P. Gunn's new Inc.com blog, Start Me Up. Read story
Buyers Learn to Beware at Franchise Boot Camp
Louis Dominguez, a 53-year-old retired account executive with Verizon, was recently on a conference call with a representative from Alphagraphics, a print... Read story
