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Three Examples of On-Again, Off-Again Entrepreneurs
Back in April I wrote about a trend I see increasingly, called the “on-again off-again entrepreneur.”
I promised I would write more about that trend, so here goes.
The on-again off-again entrepreneur is someone who moves back and forth between being employed and owning his or her own…
Leading Cause of Death of Startups: Real Estate
Ross Mayfield, CEO of SocialText, and a long-time blogger himself, is finally getting an office.
For two years his company has operated virtually, with employees working from their homes across the United States. He calls it “net-enabled bootstrapping” because the company has used…
The New Music Entrepreneur
Editor’s note: From time to time we like to bring you guest columns on important subjects or industries. So we are very pleased to provide this two-part guest column by music futurist Gerd Leonhard. In this Part Two, he tells us how the music industry is changing, creating new opportunities…
Women-Owned Businesses Growing Fastest
Women-owned businesses are the fastest growing group of businesses in the United States. Minority-owned women businesses especially are growing. That’s according to an interesting article by Erin Chambers in BusinessWeek:
“Business ownership among women in general is growing at nearly…
Stay-at-Home Moms: The New Entrepreneurs
Today’s Wall Street Journal (requires subscription) has a front-page article about professional women who become stay-at-home mothers and then start their own businesses:
“Tamara Monosoff, a former business consultant and Clinton White House staffer, quit work to stay at home when her…
Japan’s SMEs Hot on IPO Trail
This interesting news is out of Japan: the initial public offering (IPO) market for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Japan is red-hot.
The following piece is from the October 17th Terrie’s Take newsletter (subscribe free), by Terrie Lloyd, the publisher of English-language publication…
Entrepreneurs Finding it Harder to be Successful
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago Dr. Scott Shane, a very talented professor here in our home town of Cleveland, Ohio hit our radar screen. He recently was named as principal investigator for a new study commissioned by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to examine what factors affect the…
Best Home-Based Businesses
A growing segment among small businesses is the home-based business. Home-based businesses mostly consist of one employee — the sole proprietor running them. On occasion, you may also find a home-based business with as many as a couple of employees.
With the advent of low cost home-office…
You Must be Crazy!
OK, OK, so that’s not exactly the title of Barry Moltz’s book.
The actual title is You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business.
The book describes the crazy ups and downs and emotional trials of running a business.
Barry is a very funny and smart…
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