The Value of Mentors
What I learned from Bob Freed, Robert Noyce, Jerry Sanders, and Don Valentine. Read more
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Go Shopping for a State
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 
Serial entrepreneur John Warrillow answers reader questions on how to build value in your business. Watch video
Google's Car Will Change the World
Imagine a world without traffic jams, with online bidding for parking spaces, and the end of drunk driving. Read more
The Product Nobody Wanted
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
As a serial entrepreneur, you are always ready to create a spinoff, approve a new line of business, or simply let employees experiment. There is a right w... Read more
How to Make it Big in Texas
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
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
The four words an entrepreneur’s spouse dreads hearing: “I have an idea.” Read more
Marc Ecko is Not Giving Up
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
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
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
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?
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
Buy fearlessly, sell ruthlessly, repeat regularly. How Richard Heckmann takes struggling companies and sells them for billions Read more
The Start-up Guru
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
John Scharffenberger, The Tastemaker
John Scharffenberger is a crucial part of the gourmeting of America. He got his start making fine chocolate and now he plans to create an American version of... Read more
How I Did It: Bob Williamson of Horizon Software
Once a homeless drug abuser, he's now king of the cafeteria. Read more
The Secret Life of a Serial CEO
Bob Cramer has piloted six companies to big paydays. Now he has found a start-up that offers something else--excitement, poetry, a legacy. Read more
Entrepreneur of the Year, 2007: Elon Musk
Electric sports cars. Solar power. Space travel. Finally, an entrepreneur who's not afraid to think really, really big. Read more
The Retirement Myth
Americans are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives. For many entrepreneurs, the real fun now begins after 65. Read more
How I Did It: Sidney Frank, founder, Sidney Frank Importing
"I wanted to be a billionaire," says the man responsible for your Jägermeister headache. At age 85 he stunned the liquor industry by getting his wish. Read more
Serial Entrepreneurs: They Just Can't Stop Themselves
Once exotic, serial entrepreneurs are everywhere these days. From their tolerance for failure to their creative use of resources to their sense of when to le... Read more
