Funding and Building your Business

The debate boils down to these two points: access and cost. In several states, small business owners have only one or two insurance companies from which to choose — a monopoly producing out-of-sight prices. Of…

Two men scrutinize a laptop computer screen in a conference room splattered with yellow Post-it notes. Conversation is interspersed with the tap-tap of keyboards. By K. Oanh Ha Mercury News “You don’t have to do…

Montana businesses should emphasize the state’s “mystique” when trying to go global, but there’s a lot of research to do before shipping out that first order. By the AP The IR “The point is, there…

Effective business planning is critical to an entrepreneurial company’s long-term success and its ability to raise capital and grow successfully. As a result, bankers, accountants, consultants and academics have written volumes about business plans. by…

A survey by Northwestern Mutual of the class of 2001 college graduates found that more than half (56 percent) said it was likely that they would work for themselves someday. By Craig Earnshaw Brigham Young…

Entrepreneurship is not dead. And don’t bother to tell aspiring dealmakers enrolled in M.B.A. programs throughout the U.S. that this is not a good time to raise money from venture capitalists. by Katherine Goncharoff TheDeal.com…

Rob Ryan and the team at Entrepreneur-America http://www.entrepreneur-america.com/ have redesigned and improved the website to make it more useful and accessible for entrepreneurs and professionals. Among many improvements, the site now utilizes the eService customer…

You think the past five years were nuts? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet! It’s only going to get weirder, tougher, and more turbulent. Which means that leadership will be more important than ever — and…

Q: My husband and I own an aquatic furniture business where we sell unique and customized waterfalls and aquariums. We began operations in April 2001. We’ve made moderate sales, which increase as the word gets…

When Classmates.com was founded in 1995, the company decided to use the subscription model. "If customers are not willing to pay," said CEO Michael Schutzler, who joined in 2000, "it’s not a business." By Tom…