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When David Williams took over Fishbowl in 2004, he thought the job would be easy sailing. Boy, was he in for a few surprises. David Williams was semiretired before becoming CEO of Fishbowl for what was supposed to be a severely limited engagement

When David Williams took over Fishbowl in 2004, he thought the job would be easy sailing. Boy, was he in for a few surprises

Increased regulation of bank lending still needs to allow for measured risks that permit sound small businesses to receive funding needed to thrive. I self-financed Metal Mafia when I first opened it in 2004.

The bank for some of America's most successful tech companies is looking to take advantage of the U.K.'s thriving start-up community. Silicon Valley Bank has crossed the pond.

How to apply Sun Tzu strategies to business acquisition.

Take the time to discover which customers add the most value to your business. The CEO of one of our clients , a public company that provides credit card processing services to merchants, had a problem: The company had consistently delivered revenue growth rates better than most of its competitors, but its price-earnings multiple was lower than those companies.

There's one simple thing entrepreneurs need to do to get a banker on their side.

There's one simple thing entrepreneurs need to do to get a banker on their side.

By the time Norm's new hotel opens, it will have been booked for the next three years, and therein lies an important lesson for any entrepreneur. The news from Tioga, North Dakota, is that Black Gold Suites—the new hotel I'm building there (see "Black Gold for You and Me," September 2011)—will open on March 1. But don't bother trying to get a reservation: By then, we'll have been booked up for the next three years

Huge secret loans from the Fed have enriched the very banks who now refuse to lend to small business.

Venture capitalist Kesha Cash of Jalia Ventures is looking for a few good entrepreneurs of color.

Norms next big move: opening a hotel in North Dakota I thought I'd take a break from answering questions this month to tell you about my new business. It's called Black Gold Suites, and there's a story behind it. My wife and I spend part of every year in Telluride, Colorado, where we have a home and where I've gotten into residential construction.

Running a business should earn you an honorary degree given all you will learn, says Brian Hamilton, the co-founder and CEO of Sageworks. We live and we learn

Verizon and AmEx have plans to let customers order items simply by typing in their phone number. It's all about integrating AmEx's Serve platform into the phones and tablets Verizon sells--an expansion of some fledgling "pay by phone" systems, and very different than the systems other teams are planning for the future of mobile payments.

Astute travelers to the United Kingdom who notice the reverse side of the Bank of Scotland’s Tercentenary series