Funding and Building your Business

Often, an entrepreneur knows funding for their venture is necessary, but doesn’t always look in the right places for that illusive financing. Focus your time and effort seeking out the types of investors that give…

THE PROBLEM: What happens when an expected tidal wave of business reveals itself to be a brief splash? Mark Kolb, chief executive of Taratec Development Corp., of Bridgewater, N.J., is the first to admit he…

Forget software and Internet technologies, the real activity in Seattle is happening in medical devices. At least that conclusion could be drawn after three local medical-device companies — Spiration Inc., Vertis Neuroscience Inc. and Calypso…

Rob Ryan, founder of Ascend Communications and Entrepreneur America, will be honored by Cornell University on Sept. 26-27 as Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year (CEY) 2002. Ryan earned national attention when he grew his 1989…

It’s one of the oldest jokes on the Internet, endlessly forwarded from e-mailbox to e-mailbox. A software mogul — usually Bill Gates, but sometimes another —makes a speech. “If the automobile industry had developed like…

Although critics of employee incentive programs argue that they ruin the work ethic, many businesses find that giving out cash bonuses, merchandise, stock or other awards can result in less absenteeism, higher morale, more productivity…

COMMENTARY–Recently, I was speaking with an executive of a leading software company providing a Web Services software infrastructure. I asked the executive how they were sharing information to meet their integration schedules with one of…

Are you cut out to conquer the challenges facing today’s entrepreneur? HBS professor Walter Kuemmerle has developed a litmus test to help you decide. Two key questions: Do you have the patience to start small?…

Do you have co-workers who eye one another jealously? How about a boss who favors one person over another? Maybe employees who play managers off one another to get what they want? By L.M. SIXEL…

If you view the customer’s world in terms of products and features rather than jobs that need to be done, you’ll miss the target. By Clayton Christensen and Tara Donovan- Optimize Magazine For the full…