How Does Someone Decide Whether They Should Be a Solopreneur or Start a Company with Multiple Employees?
Today, I spoke to Marla Tabaka, who is a Million Dollar Mindset Coach, Inc. blogger, and host of two popular radio shows. In this interview, Marla talks the qualities all entrepreneurs have, and how to decide if you want to be a solopreneur or have multiple employees, and more.
Business Start-Up Quiz
Take this quiz before you start your business and save yourself a lot of grief. You can print it out and circle your answers, or simply come up with your answer and click on our "More to Think About" button to learn more. When you are done, add up your points and see how you rate based on our scoring.
Increase Your Chances of Success by Learning from Other Entrepreneurs
SCORE advisor Lou Davenport shares the wisdom he has gained from helping struggling entrepreneurs.
How to Talk to an Angel
Serial tech entrepreneur and renowned angel investor David S. Rose talks about the growth of angel investing, and offers advice on how to successfully pitch to potential investors.
Sister Sky: A Sisters Story
An inspiring story of how real life sisters build a business with heart!
2009 Finalists: America's Best Young Entrepreneurs
This summer, BusinessWeek set out on its fifth annual search to find the country's most promising young entrepreneurs. As in previous years, we asked readers to nominate candidates ages 25 and under running their own companies.
After the call for nominations ended in August, our staff whittled the batch down to 25 impressive businesses. Read profiles of the finalists here.
Click on the title of this slide show above, then see it by clicking on the right arrow on the upper right-hand side of the page.
Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
A study released by the Kauffman Foundation earlier this month, titled “The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur,” led by co-authors Vivek Wadhwa, Raj Aggarwal, Krisztina “Z” Holly, and former BusinessWeek tech editor Alex Salkever aims to discover who American entrepreneurs are and what makes them tick. To do so, the team surveyed 549 successful business founders from high-growth industries between August 2008 and March 2009.
Flip through this slide show for Wadhwa's thoughts on the most compelling data.
