Last August I wrote a post that discussed some ideas offered by Eric Ries about how to begin a business without busting the bank [The Lean Start-Up]. A few months later, the

In a post entitled Minorities and Entrepreneurism, I wrote, “Although women are not minorities per se, they have been in the minority when it comes to starting businesses that make it big.”

Entrepreneurs come in all flavors. Some entrepreneurs start a company with the intention of making it their life’s work. Others start businesses with the intention of making them profitable then selling them

A year ago, New York Times‘ columnist Thomas Friedman wrote: “You’ve heard that saying: As General Motors goes, so goes America. Thank goodness that is no longer true. I mean, I wish

Last October Pui-Wing Tam and Cari Tuna reported that California’s “Silicon Valley’s start-up economy [had] quietly broadened beyond information technology. It now includes a growing cadre of bioscience and ‘clean technology’ firms,

In a post entitled Entrepreneurs: Old and Young, I cited an article by Stefan Theil in which he claimed that “older entrepreneurs have higher success rates when they start companies” than their

I have repeatedly asserted that one of the best ways to promote economic growth and increase employment is to enact policies that foster entrepreneurism. British Prime Minister David Cameron apparently accepts that

An old Norwegian proverb states, “Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high.” Archibald MacLeish adds, “There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is

In past posts on entrepreneurism, I have noted that entrepreneurs often look to family for investment capital to start a business before looking elsewhere. In the end, that’s all fine and good