American Giant, an apparel line launched today, signals that American manufacturing is making a comeback. Still, there are obstacles--and misconceptions--to overcome.
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The president is right that current rules make it very hard for growing businesses to raise money. Will Congress really cooperate to change them? Yesterday, President Obama presented the details behind one of his State of the Union initiatives: to make it easier for small businesses to raise money and to grow.
Read More »10 Steps: Teach Your Kids to Be Entrepreneurs
What business owner doesnt wish similar entrepreneurial success for their children, whether they have hopes to pass on the family business one day or can see their child creating their own. Here are 10 steps to teaching your children to become budding entrepreneurs.
Read More »Facebook IPO: 6 Smart Takeaways
Few IPOs will be of the size of Facebook's. But the company's path to going public can teach any entrepreneur how to better navigate her own road to getting funding.
Read More »Start-up on a Budget: 14 Cheap Tools
Starting a business and trying to keep costs down? Use these expert tips to find resources that can cut your overhead. As a small business owner, you already know that “fast,” “easy” and “cheap” are magic words.
Read More »The Best Way to Be Memorable
How will people remember you long after you've found success?
Read More »Why TARP Failed Small Business (And How to Fix It)
There are other options for reviving the economy, including asking Americans to invest in something similar to war bonds. We all hear that you should avoid the topic of politics.
Read More »Slash Your Tax Rate to Buffett’s 15%
To get down to the zillionaire's tax rate of 15%, all you need are these five strategies.
Read More »Write a Pre-Nup for Your Partnership
Sure, everything seems rosy now. But when you and your co-founder no longer see eye-to-eye, you'll be glad you did the paperwork early on
Read More »Capital: The Real Reason Women Get Less
Women-owned businesses start life with a third less capital than those owned by men. Some female entrepreneurs say it's partly the owners' fault. Money
Read More »6 Better Ways to Talk About Money
Stop having conversations about price.
Read More »Where VCs Are Investing Now
A new report shows that venture capitalists invested much more in 2011 than in 2010 -- but that the amount of money going into seed-stage deals plummeted.
Read More »Men Spend The Big Bucks When Women Are Scarce
Across the animal kingdom, males are competitive when females are scarce. Now a study with people has examined how the number of women affects men’s attitudes about a marker for competitive fitness: Money. Basically, the fewer the women, the more the men threw their money around.
Read More »5 Resources For The 4 Year Career
These five innovative nonprofits are all developing responses to the faster-changing world of work outlined in " Generation Flux " and " The Four-Year Career ." Looking for a second career? Civic Ventures offers Encore Fellowships in seven states. These fellowships, which carry a small stipend, give retirees the chance to use their skills during a full-time or part-time commitment at a nonprofit, and perhaps segue into an "encore career" with meaning
Read More »The Four-Year Career
Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron.
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