Is Your Company an Irresistible Buy?
Guy Kawasaki applies the principles in his new book Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions to learning how to enchant an acquirer to buy your company.
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Blogger Logic: Why you should never rehire a quitter
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4 Keys to Success with Social Media
To gain insight into how to use social media in your business, look to the successes of some of the entrepreneurs who use the medium best. Read more
Don't Bore Your Audience to Death
Guy Kawasaki, a former Inc.com mentor and Read more
Ten Lies Entrepreneurs Tell
Guy Kawasaki posts a great list of lies that entrepreneurs tell to investors on his b... Read more
Call for Cover Design Yields 264 Entries
Back in March, I announced Guy Kawasaki's contest to find a ... Read more
Must you show that you are different from a competitor to raise venture capital?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to the following question from an inc.com user: When approaching venture capital... Read more
Which steps come first when planning a new business?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to the following question from an inc.com user: I'm wrestling with writing a busi... Read more
Can I raise funds even though I don't have a management team?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to this question from an inc.com user: I have spent a lot of time researching and... Read more
Guy Kawasaki on Angel Investors
Guy Kawasaki discusses when and how an entrepreneur should seek out an angel investor. Read more
My competitor has venture capital backing. How can I use that fact to my advantage?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to the following question from an inc.com user: How would you suggest that I use ... Read more
Cloud Computing For Beginners
8 tips to getting started in the cloud. What's not to love about cloud computing? As Guy Kawasaki points out in his latest OPEN Forum blog post, cl... Read more
Heavenly Strategies for High-Tech Start-Ups
Each week, the web-based, early-stage venture financing firm Garage.com receives hundreds of proposals from prospective high-tech startup companies lookin... Read more
Revolution for Nonradicals
Short reviews of seven new business books offering information on marketing, starting a business, and problem solving. Plus: a best-selling author lists his ... Read more
Get$$$Now.com
New online intermediaries are closing the capital gap for companies that have outgrown friends-and-family financing but can't get a backward glance from vent... Read more
Are You Ready to Get Funded?
Gone are the days of getting funding just because you have a bright idea. Investors are looking past the " concept company" and looking for start-ups with... Read more
Web Awards 2000: Innovation
The winners in the Innovation category of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards employ cutting-edge multimedia and clever Internet concepts to attract and keep c... Read more
How can I be sure that a venture capital firm will be a good fit with my company and our goals?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: Before working with any investor or venture capital firm, you should research the f... Read more
How should I select and compensate a board of directors for my high-growth start-up?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: Board members can help enhance the expertise, experience, and network of the manager... Read more
How can I turn a small sales team into a business development group forming strategic partnerships?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to this question from an inc.com user: In reality, every one of your employees shou... Read more
How do I protect my ideas when meeting with people who could help me?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: When you are presenting information to potential investors, you have to be careful... Read more
Should I ask venture capitalists for more money than I need to create a cushion?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: When raising venture funding, start-ups should generally aim to raise enough money t... Read more
Web Awards 2000: Innovation
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Google Takes Aim at Twitter
Google gunning for Twitter, Facebook . In a not-so-subtle attempt to put some pressure on social networking behemoths Facebook and Read more
The Business Owner's Bookshelf
30 books you should read and put to use Read more
Social Media Branding Exercises
Using networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to brand yourself or your company is becoming very popular these days. Tons of consultancies have... Read more
How do I value my Internet start-up?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: Valuation of young companies -- especially Internet start-ups -- can be tricky. In f... Read more
The Best Small Business Blogs
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How Do You End The Year? (Part 1)
As the End of year approaches, do you take time to look back at the past year, and judge your successes and failures, hoping to learn from them? Do you lo... Read more
The Six Types of Twitter Users
Which Twitter type are you? The American Ex... Read more
The Complete New-Business Survival Guide
Inc.'s catalog of the best books, agencies, networking groups and information sources for the self-educating CEO. Read more
A Guide to Starting Your Small Business Blog
Though time-consuming, blogging about your business has its benefits. Here are four tips to help you get started. Read more
19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now
We scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest business bloggers. Their advice just might help you run a better company. Read more
How to Start a Business for (Almost) Nothing
Now more than ever, it's possible to start a great company for peanuts. Read more
EntrepreneurshipWeek USA at Stanford
Next week is EntrepreneurshipWeek USA. Created by the Kauffman Foundation, the event is to promote entrepreneurship and educate the public about what it m... Read more
Network: Reader Responses
Reader-to-reader advice. Read more
Microsoft Hosts Online Small Business Summit
March 16, 2007 -- Microsoft is offering a free online summit for small businesses covering technology, financial management, sales, and m... Read more
How to Get Funding Now: Two VCs Weigh In
In the September 2001 Inc story, More Strings Attached , Jill Andresky Fraser tells ... Read more
The SBA, Bad ESOPs and More Twitter
Credit crunch hits SBA lending. The SBA's Community Express loan program has been drastically cut back in recent months because of the cr... Read more
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