You can give back long before you’re big and successful. Here’s how. In the summer of 2007, Susie Hadas found herself in the middle of hot flash. She was using a rather uncomfortable product to try to cool down, and, like the other products she’d tried, it wasn’t working. Frustrated, she said aloud to herself, […]

  Another mobile payment start-up enters the ring. The founder explains how his company is different. Co-founded by billionaire Jack Dorsey, Square was the first to give people a free mini card reader to plug into a mobile device and accept credit and debit cards on the go. Square’s charm is in its simplicity–there are […]

You can’t innovate from the center of the firm. You have to start at the outer edge and work your way in. There’s a reason people use terms like “cutting edge” and “leading edge” when describing innovations. If it’s not edgy, how innovative can it be? Yet organizations often err by trying to innovate not […]

Sometimes the most effective marketing is the kind you do right outside your front door. National advertising campaigns might sound amazing in theory, but an entrepreneur’s secret marketing weapon could be waiting right outside the front door. We asked eight successful founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council to name some creative ways businesses can use […]

It started with a simple idea: a portable loo for dogs. But building it into a $10 million company nearly sunk founder Tobi Skovron. Tobi Skovron has lived what many would see as the entrepreneurial dream. He came up with an idea, started it with a $20,000 loan, and over 10 years built a multi-million […]

A lot has changed since the mid-1990s when Google and email were barely in use. Here, the service rating site founder explains what sets her small business apart. Well, that was quick. After a week of hopscotching across the country–and an itinerary that SBA employees have assured me did not include open bars or lavish […]

Got innovation-phobic team members? Use this handy guide to classify and overcome their objections. In business, just about everybody claims to be for creativity and finding new and better ways to do business. Not only does innovation sound exciting, it also sounds profitable. But studies have revealed that while lots of folks claim to love […]

Need a few good business partners? Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you already know. Launching a business is hard, so it’s no wonder the majority of entrepreneurs refuse to go it alone. Some find their partner at school or at work, while others look in more unusual places. We asked a few entrepreneurs […]

A hard-charging professional flames out and discovers a better way of working based on the wisdom of long-lived Japanese islanders. Who’s your business role model? Whether you go for high tech gurus like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos or more down home exemplars of business greatness such as Henry Ford or your shop-keeping mother, one […]

Truly great entrepreneurs aren’t satisfied with comfort. Pushing their own limits is how they get to greatness. Everyone has a so-called “comfort zone.” You know what I’m talking about: that mental space you live in where there are boundaries and you feel a sense of emotional security with your work and your decision making. What […]