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
Entering New Businesses
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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
Conquer New Markets in 3 Steps
If you want fast growth, go beyond the comfort zone of your first customer base. Here's how to get started. Read more
'That's a Terrible Idea...You Will Fail'
When Josh Linkner, now CEO of Detroit Venture Partners, sought $1,000 to start his first business, he learned a lesson he will never forget. Watch video
How to Build a Brilliant New Venture
Highly effective entrepreneurs like Zipcar founder Robin Chase tend to follow the same method. Here's a look at how it works. Read more
Acquisition or Partnership? How to Decide
If you're thinking about forming a partnership or acquiring another business, these questions will make it easier to decide which option is best. Read more
Hidden Ways to Learn From Other People's MBAs
Should an entrepreneur get an MBA? That's up for debate. But your business could benefit from working with the best and brightest at business schools. Read more
How to Lead Your Company Through Change
Different employees react differently to change. However each feels about a new situation, you can help all of them adjust. Read more
Can Bonnaroo's Creators Build an Epic Foodie Festival?
It's the first year the Great Googamooga festival in Brooklyn puts the spotlight on dozens of local chefs and craft food-and-drink makers. If "food is the ne... Read more
Save a Struggling Business: 8 Tips
Starting a company from scratch has its appeal, but fixing a broken company can be more profitable... and satisfying. Read more
The New Rules for Product Invention
How bobble turned an existing invention into a $40 million business within two years. Read more
Partner or Not: How to Decide
Bringing in partners to help launch a new business is the ultimate risk and reward proposition. These questions will help to ensure that the relationship is ... Read more
Coming Up with New Clothing Line Ideas
Lara Miller's creative inspiration comes from architecture, Russian dolls, and Mexican textiles. Watch video
How This Gay Social Network Went Mainstream
Joel Simkhai founded the company behind an incredibly popular app called Grindr. But to take the service mainstream, he knew he had to pivot. Well, sort of. Read more
New Concept? Ask These 3 Questions First
To rigorously evaluate a new idea, business plan, sales pitch, or product feature, be sure you ask these three simple questions. They will save you. Read more
Book Review: Demand
Authors Adrian J. Slywotzky and Karl Weber offer tips on creating what people love before they know they want it. Read more
Spicing Up That Sales Pitch
Can laughs make the sale? Plus, the new deal-site ecosystem, loving the Like button, and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs. Read more
The Pioneer of the Specialty Coffee Business
An ivy-league graduate ditches the corporate life to open a string of coffee shops in New York City. Read more
Speed Dating for Co-founders
Networking events such as FounderDating and Startup Weekend help entrepreneurs meet potential co-founders. Read more
How to Break Into the Green Energy Business
As the international race to efficiently use renewable energy escalates, more money is being thrown at making green energy widely available. Here's how to br... Read more
How to Obtain Fair Trade Certification
Interested in adding a social mission to your business, or simply finding importable goods farmed and manufactured with an eye toward environmental and econo... Read more
How to Start a Catering Business
You're a whiz in the kitchen and a master event coordinator. Are you ready to enter this $7 billion industry? Read more
How to Bring an Alcoholic Beverage to Market
Hey, home-brew whiz. So you have what it takes to get your intoxicating beverage behind bars and on liquor-store shelves? Read more
Banking on the Bacon
Bacon has proven to be a viable hedge against the recession -- its frenzied popularity has migrated from the Internet into the products of innovative entrepr... Read more
The Demand Economy
How to locate deep pools of demand in a shrinking marketplace Read more
Hot Market: The Aging Population
Baby boomers are hitting old age—and they are terrified of nursing homes. If only there was some way to keep the elderly in their homes and healthy. Read more
Hot Market: Eco-Friendly Homeowners
Forget McMansions—tomorrow’s home is smaller and greener. Read more
Hot Market: Consumer-Friendly Financial Services
The fees are high. The service is lousy. And strange charges appear for no reason. There has to be a better way to bank. Read more
Hot Market: Locavores
Tainted burgers. Contaminated eggs. E. coli scares. No wonder Americans are looking close to home for their food. Read more
Hot Market: Insomniacs
The problem with an always-on, 24-hour, caffeine-fueled culture: When you want to go to sleep, your humming brain won’t let you. Read more
Hot Market: The Outsourced Work Force
More businesses are turning to remote workers. But can you really be sure that your off-site employees are working? Read more
How to Adapt Products for Different Markets
How Violight adapted its toothbrush sanitizer into a cleaning product for cell phones. Read more
