From Coffee to Coffins
I recently asked my colleague at NYC Business Solution, Cristina Shapiro to share some ideas of what kinds of products and services New York City purchase... Read more
Strategy and Planning
Recent Strategy and Planning Articles
For Businesses in the Gulf, Still an Uncertain Survival Plan
Although the source of the ongoing oil spill seems to be contained, local businesses still foresee a long road ahead. Read more
Small Businesses Fight Offshore Tax Havens
Multinational companies use tax havens to avoid $37 billion in taxes -- money that could be spent on a small business lending fund. Read more
Review: Diary of a Very Bad Year
Keith Gessen turned interviews with a hedge fund manager into one of the best books written about the Wall Street calamity. Read more
Sarah Prevette, Founder of Sprouter 
Sarah Prevette has created a service that entrepreneurs can use to socialize, share tips, and ask questions in a rapid-fire, short-attention-span fashion. Watch video
How to Write a Business Plan for Your Online Business
The barriers to starting an online business are lower than ever, and that includes the writing of the traditional business plan. Here's a guide to tapping in... Read more
Get Ready To Meet Your Biggest Client
As small businesses continue to struggle, many have overlooked the potential opportunity found within large institutions and governments. Whether it's... Read more
The Gates-and-Buffett Effect
Paul Allen to give billions to philanthropy. The co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the NBA's Portland Trailblazers announced on Thursday that he... Read more
Report: Small Business Credit Card Use Creates Jobs
Study finds significant benefits to using credit cards, including revenue growth that's spurred massive job creation. Read more
First, Make a Lot of Money, Then Spend It!
FIRST, MAKE LOTS OF MONEY... Tom Angell, a partner at top-notch accounting firm Rothstein Kass (and occa... Read more
Review: The Upside of Irrationality
Dan Ariely's second book about defying conventional logic makes for a great beach read. Read more
Case Study: When a Married Couple Disagree
Tom Pastorius wanted to buy back his business, Penn Brewery. His wife Mary Beth was not so sure. Read more
Try Giving It Away
The CEO of College Prowler couldn't attract enough paid subscriptions to his college-guide site. Then he figured out a way to make money by giving away subsc... Read more
How Incubators Speed the Start-up Process
Initiatives such as Y Combinator in San Francisco and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado, provide more than just funding. Read more
The Start-Up Economy
How to help entrepreneurs help the U.S. economy Read more
Entrepreneurs in the News
The latest news on Rick Bayless, Sacha White, and Rashidah Ali Read more
Reader Mail: July/August 2010
Inspired by Bob Moore and the marital issues of entrepreneurs Read more
The Immigrant Advantage
Immigrants have always provided the U.S. with its entrepreneurial advantage. It's time that the country again commit itself to tap the best and brightest--wh... Read more
Community Organizers
Meet the business activists. Read more
How to Make More Manufacturers
Plenty of Americans have the desire to make actual stuff, not just software. What they lack are the tools. We should help them. Read more
The Start-Up Conundrum: By the Numbers
How can we create more new companies? Read more
Student Loan Breaks for Entrepreneurs
Why the federal government and lenders should cut recent grads some slack. Read more
A Tax Cut for Angels
How states such as Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota give angel investors (and start-ups) a break. Read more
Cutting Incorporation Bureaucracy
It takes six days and six filings to incorporate a business in the United States. Do we really need this level of bureaucracy? Read more
An Energy Policy for Entrepreneurs
To encourage investment in the clean-tech economy, officials in Washington need to pass legislation that sets the rules of the game. Read more
Why It's Time to Revamp the SBIR
A federal program meant to foster innovation seems to benefit only a select-few companies that are very good at winning grants. Read more
How States Can Attract Venture Capital
A program in New Mexico provides a model for other states that would like to grow their local investment communities. Read more
Government Data for Entrepreneurs
The so-called Government 2.0 movement seeks to unleash a wave of entrepreneurship by making government data more widely available for commercial use. Read more
Why We Need More Funding for Big Science
Research and development done under the auspices of agencies such as the NIH, NASA, and DARPA has seeded America's entrepreneurial economy for decades. It wo... Read more
Why Microfinancing Works
Banking the unbankable can prove to be a smart investment for cities and states. Read more
Review: Delivering Happiness
In his new book, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh describes ways to create the best customer experience. Read more
Review: Click
Authors Ori and Rom Brafman follow-up their bestseller Sway with a look at what brings people together. Read more
Financial Reform and You
You can be forgiven if you're having trouble figuring out what the financial regulatory reform bill means to you. Reportedly logging in at over 2,0... Read more
Small Town Gets a Boost from the Twilight Craze
The famed Twilight saga has changed the shape of small businesses in tiny Forks, Wash., where the books are based. Read more
Tony Hsieh Shares His Secrets for Success
Many people know Tony Hsieh as a 'double-bagger,' a serial entrepreneur who's found success twice in the past 15 years. First with LinkExchange, his very ... Read more