Entering New Businesses




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Do the Numbers Add Up for Your New Venture?

Any new business model must include sources of revenue, costs, as well as key metrics for measuring success. Here's how we modeled our potential new venture.  Read more

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.  Watch video

3 Surefire Ways to Grow Your Business

These three avenues will help you focus on the core while capturing new growth opportunities.  Read more

Jennifer Lopez Has a Start-up

How ShoeDazzle founder Brian Lee teamed up with Jennifer Lopez to create a new T-shirt company.  Read more

Innovation Secrets From Apple, Priceline & Spotify

Find out why your customers come to you. And focus on making whatever that is faster and easier to get.  Read more

The 20-Minute Business Model

Can you put your entire business model down on paper in 20 minutes? Author Ash Maurya shows us how.  Read more

Too Sexy? 'No VC Wanted to Touch Me With a Barge Pole' 

Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, explains how every obstacle she encounters only proves why she must launch her "real-world" sex sites.  Watch video

Eight Ball, Corner Pocket: Think 6 Steps Ahead of the Competition

Want explosive growth? Strategize like a world-renowned pool player.  Read more

Why My Company Pivot Scares Me

CEO of Inc. 5000 company VerticalResponse Janine Popick talks about her trepidation leading up to a major shift in the company's business model.  Read more

Til Death (or the Company) Do Us Part: Working with Your Spouse

Yes, you can work with your spouse -- and survive it.  Read more