Funding and Building your Business

1. Retool your business plan.

There is no perfect answer to this question, but there are many wrong answers which will immediately jeopardize your credibility.

The three entrepreneurs sat down with USA TODAY business reporter Laura Petrecca at the second annual Perfect Business Summit and shared their thoughts on social media, naysayers and counterfeiters.

Call it ingenious, call it evil or call it a little of both: Copyright troll Righthaven is exploiting a loophole in intellectual property law, suing websites that might have avoided any trace of civil liability had they spent a mere $105.

Entrepreneurs who raised capital from investors located more than 25 miles away were forced to raise smaller amounts, with a shorter duration between each fundraising round, than those with nearby investors.

Dreaming of success? Then study failure – because "oops" is the mantra of champions.

Apply to an angel group.

Getting Paid Faster – A Lot Faster

This is the dream era for green technology, when even concepts that sound wildly innovative or insane – depending on who’s describing them – are getting attention.

This is the dreaded "due diligence" process.