October 18, 2011
To resolve the entrepreneurship gender gap, we need to make owning a business seem cool to girls before they reach high school
September 30, 2011
Efforts to encourage anyone to start a business have done little for growth. Getting skilled professionals to focus on "productive" ventures makes more sense
June 21, 2011
After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1999, David Park founded discussion forum service Coolboard.com. It took more than a dozen software developers, product ...
July 23, 2010
If you're an entrepreneur looking for money, you probably have a list of factors that you've heard increase the odds that someone will finance your business. But ...
July 9, 2010
Despite the hype surrounding equity capital, very few startups raise money from outside investors. The Census Bureau's most recent Survey of Business Owners shows that...
June 8, 2010
For-profit social entrepreneurs try to blend profits with public benefits. As business expands, the goal is to create value for shareholders as well as the ...
March 19, 2010
Tucked into Senator Christopher Dodd's (D-Conn.) massive proposal to fix the U.S. financial system are a few changes that would affect how new businesses are financed....
March 18, 2010
New companies like SecondMarket, Felix Investments, and SharesPost have sprung up in recent years to match accredited investors seeking to buy stakes in high-flying ...
February 26, 2010
If you're an entrepreneur, at one time or another you have probably sought to answer the question: "Where can I get the capital I need?" For most people, the answer is...
February 12, 2010
This column is adapted from Born Entrepreneurs, Born Leaders: How Your Genes Affect Your Work Life by Scott Shane (Oxford University Press, 2010). How people feel ...
February 5, 2010
The financial crisis and recession have made raising capital more difficult. This is true for the millions of owners of small businesses that rely on debt from banks, ...
November 13, 2009
Adam Farrell founded a solar technology business when he was just 15 years old. His entrepreneurial career started in ninth grade while working on a science project ...
September 15, 2009
When Sue Drakeford became the first African-American to represent Nebraska at the Miss USA Pageant in 2001, she saw a great business opportunity. She would start a ...
September 11, 2009
Editor's note: This column is adapted from a recent e-mail Calacanis sent to his newsletter subscribers. The following points about getting the most out of a trade ...
September 8, 2009
Ask my wife's Uncle Joe when the greatest time of his life was. You may be surprised by his answer. "It was the War," he says. "I loved the War." Before you get the ...
September 2, 2009
There's a big push in Washington to pass new food safety legislation. The House has already passed a major bill, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, which would ...
August 28, 2009
The ancient dictum "know thyself" written on the wall of the Apollo temple at Delphi is as wise today as it was 2,500 years ago. It is extremely relevant if you want ...
August 14, 2009
Some things are just obvious. Seen that new study about how a dog is as smart as a typical 2-year-old? If you're a parent of a 2-year-old, I'm sure that this comes as ...
July 29, 2009
Editor's note: This column is adapted from a recent essay Calacanis sent to his newsletter subscribers. Yahoo (YHOO) committed seppuku today. The once-proud warrior of...
July 24, 2009
I can tell you this with great certainty: You will not stumble upon a multimillion-dollar business idea while brainstorming at your local coffee shop during your lunch...
July 21, 2009
As the debate about health care continues, I find myself thinking about other countries with national health plans and worrying that we're going to become like them. ...
July 7, 2009
Historically, June 15 is a big, big day. Don't believe me? Well, Arkansas became the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Now that's big. And on June 15, 1849, James Polk ...
June 26, 2009
The 1970s really seem like ancient history, don't they? President Obama was just a high school kid in Hawaii. Tim Geithner was a freshman at Dartmouth. Ben Bernanke ...
June 19, 2009
Running a small dairy farm with your family might seem like a beautiful lifestyle business. You milk your cows twice daily, and two or three times a week, a tanker ...
May 29, 2009
I don't care if Jon has been cheating on Kate. I don't care about Rush Limbaugh. I don't care that Adam Lambert lost American Idol. Speaking of Adam Lambert, I don't ...
