Start-up


How to Structure a Business Plan

How to write a business plan that will help you obtain financing, arrange strategic alliances, attract key employees, and boost your confidence.

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The Best Industries for Starting a Business, 2009

Candy, yoga apparel, and iPhone apps lead this year's list.

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How to Start a T-shirt Company

Great designs are not enough, according to Johnny Earle of Johnny Cupcakes. You also need lots of buzz and exclusivity

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11 Businesses You Can Start in Your Pajamas in 2009

Want to make real money while working from home? We found some entrepreneurs who are doing just that.

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Start-Up Trends: Food Trucks

Long relegated to the lowest rungs of the culinary ladder, the food truck has been experiencing a renaissance of late. In New York, and in cities throughout the country, ambitious entrepreneurs have been rehabilitating the image of these mobile eateries.

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Recent Start-up Articles

A Non-Profit Trains Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs

Growing up in Ethiopia, Alfa Demmellash had no idea she would one day start a non-profit that trains entrepreneurs in low-income areas.  Read story

Goldman and Buffett to Aid Small Business

Two icons of bull-market Corporate America team up to finance and support 10,000 small businesses.  Read story

Global Entrepreneurship Week Kicks Off

Thom Ruhe from the Kauffman Foundation talks about Global Entrepreneurship Week, which will be marked by more than 25,000 events worldwide.  Read story

Non-Latin Domain Names Bring Costs, Opportunities

What will URLs with non-Latin characters mean for your business?  Read story

Trading Lawn Mowers For Goats

Goat and sheep mowing businesses thrive as organizations choose to mow their acreage with beasts instead of machines.  Read story

Elevator Pitch: Green Sherpa

Green Sherpa wants to help organize your finances. But first, it's looking for $5 million of its own. Will investors go for the deal?  Read story

Blogger Logic: Jason Cohen on Start-up Etiquette

The founder of Smart Bear Software warns start-ups not to get ahead of themselves  Read story

Innovation: A New Way to Fight Germs

Sharklet Technologies' Tony Brennan invented a sharkskin-like pattern that resists microbes.  Read story

Is a Barter Exchange Right for Your Company?

Careful: Some barter trades can be costly  Read story

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Think twice before you accept family money to run your business  Read story