Elevator Pitch: DivotCard
The DivotCard offers customers discounted golf rounds. Can it raise $1 million from investors? Read more
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How to Determine Which Franchise Business is Best for You
With thousands of franchise opportunities, it's no easy task. Follow our guide to choosing one that will give you a greater chance of success. Read more
Elevator Pitch: Closet Couture
Closet Couture wants to be the Facebook (and eBay) of fashionistas. Can it stitch together $1 million? Read more
Business for Sale: A Motorcycle Accessories Shop
Would you pay $1.3 million to buy this Arkansas retailer? Read more
How to Choose the Right Franchise Location
Where you decide to locate your franchise may make or break your business. Read more
Business for Sale: A New Jersey TV Station
A low-power TV station that broadcasts lots of high school sports and town hall meetings is on the market for $2.5 million. Read more
Elevator Pitch: Nixle
Nixle helps police send text-message alerts to local residents. Can it raise $7.5 million? Read more
Elevator Pitch: SpeakerText
SpeakerText adds transcripts to online videos. Can it raise $500,000? Read more
Business for Sale: A Financial Website
Paul Rubillo is selling Dividend.com for $1.975 million. Read more
TV Guides for the Web
Start-ups vie to bring you easy to use guides to TV shows and films on the Web. View slideshow
Elevator Pitch: eDivvy
eDivvy helps people buy group gifts online. Can it get investors to pitch in $1.5 million? Read more
Start-up Trend: Local Sportscasts on the Web
A college wrestler grapples with opportunity in the local sports market. Read more
Welcome to the NFL: Winning a Super Bowl Contract
"Don't expect to get rich," the NFL warns potential contractors--at least not from the contract itself. Read more
Regret that Tattoo? No Problem
More entrepreneurs are making money on unwanted body art. Read more
Elevator Pitch: Prime Time Boxing
Prime Time Boxing helps people channel their inner Rocky Balboa. Can $500,000 take it another round? Read more
How to Make Money From Distracted Driving
A look at companies that are creating text-blocking technology. Read more
Coconut Water: A New Drink Fad?
Is coconut water just another trend in the healthy beverage market? Read more
A Start-up Recycles Cell Phones
New ATM-like machines offer consumers cash for their old cell phones Read more
The Business of the Bridge
A look at companies that keep a Delaware River bridge afloat Read more
Trading Lawn Mowers For Goats
Goat and sheep mowing businesses thrive as organizations choose to mow their acreage with beasts instead of machines. Read more
Start-Up Trends: Food Trucks 
Upscale food trucks are one of the hottest businesses these days. Here, three entrepreneurs share what it takes to run a restaurant on wheels. Watch video
Business for Sale: A California Ski Resort
Rick Metcalf is selling his Mount Waterman ski resort for $1.65 million Read more
Business for Sale: An Arizona Winery
An 83-year-old winemaker is ready to hand off his 10-acre Arizona vineyard. The plot is priced at $465,000 Read more
Business for Sale: A Minnesota Bowling Alley
This 24-lane bowling center in Duluth, Minnesota, is priced at $2.4 million Read more
For sale: An inn on a Maine island
The owners of a 32-room hotel on Mohegan Island off the coast of Maine are putting their hotel up for sale for $4.3 million Read more
Horse Race: Branded Entertainment
Four start-ups vie for leadership in the lucrative new space of branded entertainment Read more
The Best Industries for Starting a Business Right Now
Here's a look at some of the fastest-growing industries today -- and where some of the best industries to start a business may be. View slideshow
Business for Sale: A Motorcycle-Seat Manufacturer
Mike Corbin, who built his custom motorcycle seat business from scratch over four decades, is ready to cash out. Will he get $11.5 million? Read more
Business For Sale: A Tennessee Sawmill
The owner of a Tennessee sawmill wants to sell his business for $850,000 in order to become a minister Read more
Horse Race: The Whiteboard Jungle
Schools nationwide have been replacing their blackboards with digital whiteboards or "smartboards". Here's a look at the players in the industry. Read more
Horse Race: Putting the App in Apple
Now that it's officially sanctioned, companies are rushing to develop games and widgets for the iPhone Read more
Horse Race: Searching for the Next Digg
Start-ups jockey for position to be the authority of what's hot on the Web. Read more
Cashing In on the Housing Crisis
The real estate section of your local newspaper may read more like the obituary page these days. But some savvy entrepreneurs have managed to build booming b... Read more
What Makes a Good Opportunity?
Evaluate your business concept using the three "M's" before you start up. Read more
Business for Sale: Not a Sure Thing
Thinking of selling your small business? Here are some marketplace realities that could trip you up. Read more
