The Best Advice for Disabled Parents Ready to Begin a New Venture
Image courtesy of Pixabay The Best Advice for Disabled Parents Ready to Begin a New Venture by Marcus Lansky Founder, Abilitator.biz Are you considering building your own small business? Being your own boss can mean more flexibility and independence,...
How Renegade Entrepreneurs Think Outside the Business Box
The word “entrepreneur” has been used more and more often lately as Americans struggle to find ways to survive in a sinking economy. Many people may consider the renegade entrepreneur to be nothing more than any other businessperson; he or she is hard working,...
Networking Sans Nauseum
Four Cardinal Rules to Networking Awesomeness When I started my own business a few years ago, the thought of networking terrified and annoyed me. First, I am not what one might describe as overly sociable. Second, I thought it sounded nauseatingly cheesy. As my...
Surprising Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
At one time, entrepreneurship was looked upon as more of a life choice than a career path. As the people of America and all over the world look for ways to become successful while dealing with unemployment, a sinking economy and many other issues, entrepreneurship has...
Crowdfunding
Harnessing the Financial Power of the Masses It’s a concept that goes by many names. Sometimes hailed as crowd financing, peer lending, hyper- or equity-funding, crowd funding is based upon a fairly basic idea: several individuals come together, usually via an...
Low Cost Ways to Start Your Business
Let's face it, while there are many people who have the drive, ambition, and imagination to start a business, many of them simply do not have the funding to do so. With the cost of living so high, it is often hard for an entrepreneur to save enough cash to take off,...
Do You Have What it Takes?
The “Wow Factor” of Successful Entrepreneurs Contrary to predominant stereotypes of the typical entrepreneur, all entrepreneurs are not created equal. People with a variety of personalities are drawn to the challenge of starting their own businesses. As different as...
Bestselling ‘Rules for Renegades'
From Christine Comaford According to Christine Comaford's own author bio, she has “lived many lives: serial entrepreneur, technology and CEO advisor, venture capitalist, engineer in the early days of Microsoft. Today I help CEOs in rapid growth and turnaround...
Bad for Business
The Seven Sins of Entrepreneurship Working in business opens up different traps to fall into. Along with any legal traps are those a little bit more personal. Though the seven deadly sins are usually thought to apply to everyday life, they apply to business life, too....
Can Renegade Entrepreneurs Help Save America?
One of the key focus points in the recent Presidential debates between President Barack Obama and his opponent, Governor Mitt Romney, is the economy of the United States. As the unemployment numbers grow, many Americans are feeling frightened of what is to come not...
Jon Crawford
Kicked Out of Y Combinator, Still Raises $1.5M A recent Venture Beat article shares the tale of a CEO who was literally kicked out of Y Combinator, and yet was able to raise an impressive $1.5 million from VCs such as Kleiner Perkins. Despite the letdown of being let...