Serial Entrepreneurs


Recent Serial Entrepreneurs Articles

Which States are Start-up Hotbeds?

By Christine Lagorio |  Apr 6, 2011

A ranking of entrepreneurial activity. Plus, Obama's Facebook town hall, Steve Jobs on Madison Avenue, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more


Trapper John, CEO

By Inc. staff |  May 27, 2012

Since leaving M*A*S*H, actor Wayne Rogers has built an impressive portfolio of businesses.  Read more


Build With a Buyer in Mind

By Nolan Bushnell |  Mar 29, 2011

Groom your company right from the start to become a part of a public company's portfolio.  Read more


A Radical Take on the Virtual Company

By Darren Dahl |  Mar 1, 2011

Second Life creator Philip Rosedale has a new company, LoveMachine, that is staffed by freelancers from around the world.  Read more


From Singer to Entrepreneur

Feb 1, 2011

Pat Boone is known for singing and selling millions of records. But here are a few of his business ventures you may not know about.  Read more


Things Are Looking Up

By Nolan Bushnell |  Dec 29, 2010

Nolan Bushnell is optimistic about the economic prospects for 2011. Here is his take on banks, tax cuts, and start-ups.  Read more


Transforming How Food Is Grown

By Adam Bluestein |  Dec 1, 2010

Chuck Lacy, a former president of Ben & Jerry's, is developing alternatives to corporate agriculture.  Read more


The Man Behind the Roku

By Eric Markowitz |  Dec 1, 2010

Anthony Wood is revolutionizing home entertainment and forcing the TV networks to evolve.  Read more


Chronicles of a Young Serial Entrepreneur

By Lou Dubois |  Nov 23, 2010

As Matt Mickiewicz prepares to launch his fifth company, the 27-year-old Vancouver native talks about being a young entrepreneur and the importance of being ...  Read more


The Value of Mentors

By Nolan Bushnell |  Nov 9, 2010

What I learned from Bob Freed, Robert Noyce, Jerry Sanders, and Don Valentine.  Read more


Go Shopping for a State

By Nolan Bushnell |  Oct 25, 2010

There is an old saying:  "If they are passing the hors d'oeuvres, you should take one." Right now, many states are passing out more than small nibble...  Read more


Making Your Business Sellable

By John Warrillow |  Oct 20, 2010

Serial entrepreneur John Warrillow answers reader questions on how to build value in your business.  Watch video


Google's Car Will Change the World

By Nolan Bushnell |  Oct 14, 2010

Imagine a world without traffic jams, with online bidding for parking spaces, and the end of drunk driving.  Read more


The Product Nobody Wanted

By Nolan Bushnell |  Oct 12, 2010

Innovation tends to create sales and distribution problems. New products often cannot find retailers or they violate accepted distribution cycles.  I...  Read more


How to Encourage Spinoffs

By Nolan Bushnell |  Oct 11, 2010

To be successful, a spinoff needs a room of its own—and not under the same roof as your existing business, says serial entrepreneur and Atari founder Nolan...  Read more


How to Make it Big in Texas

By Tamara Schweitzer |  Oct 11, 2010

Dallas-based serial entrepreneur Chad Willis co-founded a $44 million oil company that he runs and has ownership in 14 other companies. He's 31 years old.  Read more


What It Takes to Become a Serial Entrepreneur

By Eric Markowitz |  Sep 23, 2010

Running one company is hard enough. Can you imagine running five companies simultaneously? A look at successful serial entrepreneurs.  Read more


My Husband's Next Business

By Meg Cadoux Hirshberg |  Sep 1, 2010

The four words an entrepreneur’s spouse dreads hearing: “I have an idea.”  Read more


Marc Ecko is Not Giving Up

By Christine Lagorio |  May 4, 2010

After a brutal year during which he was forced to sell off millions in retail assets, the urban wear entrepreneur is back, and he has an audacious goal.  Read more


6 Lessons from World Entrepreneurship Day

By Christine Lagorio |  Apr 15, 2010

The future is mobile, at least according to the entrepreneurs who gathered to mark the second annual World Entrepreneurship Day at the United Nations in New ...  Read more


America's Coolest Workplace

By Rod Kurtz |  Feb 15, 2010

Pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek has built a business empire of more than a dozen ventures. They are all run out of the Fantasy Factory, his office near Los Angel...  Read more


With IPO, Tesla Hopes to Raise $100 Million

By Courtney Rubin |  Feb 1, 2010

The latest in a string of clean-tech IPO announcements, the electric car company's long-anticipated stock sale could propel it to household-name status.  Read more


Is Entrepreneurship in Your Genes?

By Josh Spiro |  Oct 20, 2009

Research suggests that entrepreneurial qualities are heritable, but does DNA determine your ability as an entrepreneur?  Read more


How I Did It: Serial Entrepreneur Richard Heckmann

Richard Heckmann, as told to Jeff Bailey |  Jul 1, 2009

Buy fearlessly, sell ruthlessly, repeat regularly. How Richard Heckmann takes struggling companies and sells them for billions  Read more


The Start-up Guru

By Max Chafkin |  Jun 1, 2009

Paul Graham's business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies -- for a lot less money than you would think  Read more