Six Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business
Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Here are six things to consider Read story
Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Here are six things to consider Read story
Kauffman Foundation president Carl Schramm talks about why great companies tend to get launched during recessions Read story
As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last , what we might expect in ... Read story
They say it takes money to make money. But when you're young and trying to start a business, where do you turn for that all-important start-up capital? Read story
America's coolest young entrepreneurs are making their mark in a wide range of industries -- and making millions in the process. Read story
University's business-plan contest catapults two students into entrepreneurship. For the CEO they hired, it's deja vu The old saw... Read story
Each week, the web-based, early-stage venture financing firm Garage.com receives hundreds of proposals from prospective high-tech startup companies lookin... Read story
Freedom! Independence! The dream of being on one's own! That's the American ethic, nurtured by tales of hardy immigrants who took their lives into their... Read story
In mid-October Richard L. Thompson, 44, and Lawrence G. Braitman, 40, co-founders of Flycast Communications, a Web-based advertising firm, flew from San F... Read story
According to a recent Industry Standard article, the highly successful entrepreneur John Peters, now CEO of broadband service provider Sigma Netw... Read story
Finding the right angel investor could help you get your start-up off the ground. Angel-investor networks are a good place to start looking for funding. T... Read story
We've compiled a list of boot camps and forums across the country where entrepreneurs interested in acquiring capital are learning to fine-tune business plan... Read story
Since the limited partners get the early losses, they demand less equity from founders at the time of tax-free conversion. Read story
With budget deficits growing, government-sponsored programs for small businesses are being cut back or altered. Yet many government resources are still av... Read story
Can you teach someone to be an entrepreneur? With more than 1,500 U.S. colleges offering some sort of entrepreneurship classes -- by the Ewing Mari... Read story
Five years ago, Jim Poss, a 28-year-old environmental studies grad from Duke University, was determined to make a living in renewable energy -- he had the... Read story
As the phrase itself implies, business incubators are programs intended to help small businesses get off the ground. They almost always provide both servi... Read story
The individual who decides to establish his or her own small business stands on the cusp of an exciting and potentially rewarding period of life. But he o... Read story
Entrepreneurship comes from entrepreneur, anglicized from the original French word. It means someone who undertakes something. Merriam-Webster defines "e... Read story
Four years ago, David Birch showed that small companies create most of the country's jobs. Now he has found that failure is just as important as success in k... Read story
U.S. entrepreneurs are filling new niches in the semiconductor industry. Read story
INC.'s fifth anniversary issue (April), with its articles about entrepreneurs, came across my desk the same day I was set to re-read an article from INC. ... Read story
Entrepreneurism is the most creative -- and revolutionary -- activity in the American economy. Most politicians would just as soon do without it. Read story
When Democrats around the country take a close look at our economy, they'll realize that entrepreneurial companies are not part of the problem, but part of t... Read story
The current crop of student entrepreneurs are determined not to let school get in the way of their education. Read story
In Europe, it used to be that the only thing worse than failing at entrepreneurship was succeeding, and making money. Now, suddenly, entrepreneurship is all ... Read story
Peter Drucker may have invented the discipline of management and written several insightful books on that subject, but he has yet to address the subject o... Read story
DONALD L. SNELLMAN NEVER graduated from high school. But the owner and founder of printing-equipment maker Norfin Inc. has made it to the upper reaches o... Read story
It may look easier, what with all the advice and money and services available. But it may be harder than ever to succeed. Read story
At the Institute for New Business Ventures, we see many new and emerging businesses in Indiana and offer would-be entrepreneurs some insight into what the... Read story
Statistics show that successful entrepreneurship requires tenacity and patience. Read story
A new generation of researchers discover the effect of small business on the economy. Read story
New businesses create a major trend by forming partnerships with established companies. Read story
Book Review: American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technical Enthusiasm 1870-1970. (Viking 1989) Read story
Interview with six prominent venture capitalists on the industry's future. Read story
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