A Test to Identify Entrepreneurs

A Test to Identify Entrepreneurs Harvard researchers have a way to help banks screen loan applicants easily. The goal: to spur lending to small and midsized companies in the developing world By Caroline Winter From Business Week 1. Do you like taking things apart to see how they work? 2. Do you enjoy going to [...]

Becoming an Entrepreneurial Expat

Becoming an Entrepreneurial Expat Thinking of launching a business abroad? Here’s what you need to know. By Michelle Goodman From Entrepreneur.com After working in Mexico City as a manufacturer’s representative for two years, Elizabeth Helsley thought about returning to her hometown of San Diego to start her own company. Then she ran the numbers and [...]

The Hard-to-Swallow Truth About Branding

The Hard-to-Swallow Truth About Branding If Starbucks can lose its brand mojo, do you think your brand can remain immune to erosion? Plus, the 5 questions you must ask yourself right now. By David Brier From FastCompany.com Businesses too often do “what’s worked.” That’s a good practice, as long as it continues to work. Unfortunately, companies [...]

10 Great Seasonal Summer Businesses

10 Great Seasonal Summer Businesses See the slideshow at Inc.com. What makes Hawaiian Rumble, in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, worthy of hosting the Masters of mini golf? A 40-foot volcano that shoots 15-foot flames. “It rumbles so loud, it shakes the ground,” says owner Robert Detwiler, who also started the U.S. ProMiniGolf Association. Vegetable [...]

How to Improve Your Financial IQ

How to Improve Your Financial IQ Stop avoiding your numbers–there’s nothing to be afraid of and everything to gain. By Peri Pakroo From Entrepreneur.com Like many things we know are good for us–exercise, getting a good night’s sleep, laying off the French fries–keeping careful track of yourbusiness‘s finances is one of those must-do tasks to [...]

Feature: Junior Achievement’s efforts to teach kids around the world about business

Feature: Junior Achievement’s efforts to teach kids around the world about business By Kate Foley, Fearless Ambition When people think of Junior Achievement, the first thing that comes to mind may be the JA they experienced when they were a kid. “Their perception that all we do is teach kids how to make lamps and [...]

Opinion: Startups Should be Colocated

Startups Should be Colocated By Francine Hardaway From FastCompany.com Editor’s note: This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert’s views alone. Long before I went to China and got to know Mark Suster, I read and admired his blog.He’s one of the new generation of open, transparent VCs. So it’s [...]

It’s All in Your Head

It’s All in Your Head When it comes to your business, are you tapping into power you already have? By Allison Nazarian From Entrepreneur.com It’s been said that there is no stronger, faster or more powerful tool on earth than the human brain. Yet when it comes to our businesses, too few of us fully tap [...]

Video: Business TV: Why youth culture matters to business

Business TV: Why youth culture matters to business Hear expert business advice from Anastasia Goodstein, Author and Founder, Ypulse, as she talks about the importance of youth culture to business and more business marketing tips for those eyeing Gen Y. Anastasia Goodstein: The first is that youth culture really defines the popular culture, so whatever [...]

Unleash Your Inner Guerrilla Marketer

Unleash Your Inner Guerrilla Marketer Social media is the ultimate energy vs. money marketing tool–put it to work for your business. By Barbara Findlay Schenck From Entrepreneur.com Jay Conrad Levinson coined the term “guerrilla marketing” in the 1980s, defining it as an approach for “achieving conventional goals, such as profits and joy, with unconventional methods, [...]

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