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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

After a vicious attack, Save the Date founder Jennifer Gilbert not only moved on, she also built a $30 million business. In 1991, at 22, Jennifer Gilbert was the victim of a random and vicious stabbing that was widely reported. Her name was never released, however, and as she built her New York City-based event-planning company, Save the Date, into a $30 million business, she kept the attack a secret.

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.

Will your idea fly with customers? Here's the best way to find out. Editor's note: This post is part of a series featuring excerpts from the recently published book, The Startup Owner's Manual , written by serial entrepreneurs-turned-educators Steve Blank and Bob Dorf.

Members of the Young Entrepreneur Council answer the question: What's your best tip for staying on task in a busy start-up?

They're organized, can multi-task, and have zero time to screw around.

West Coast business schools are entrepreneurial breeding grounds, but not just for the next hot thing in tech--here's what mix-and-match watch company Modify learned during its launch. I graduated from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business in May 2010. Friends from school included the founders of ideation space

Strategy retreat: Two words that make even the toughest leaders cringe. Here's how to make the process less painful...and maybe even a little fun. It's only spring, but you're probably already thinking about next year.

As a working mom who also happens to be the EVP of CafeMom, a multimedia site that caters to a community of 9 million visitors monthly, Tracy Odell offers some advice on entrepreneurship and work/life balance. A lot of information passes through Tracy Odell’s mind on any given day. As executive vice president of CafeMom

While chatting with a business colleague yesterday, she made a statement that I hear all too often from my female friends. As an independent contractor, her client asked her to do a significant amount of additional work that was not part of their original deal.

A woman is fired for donating her kidney to her boss. Yes, seriously.

Even if you're not the boss, you should be acting like one. Here's how to take charge of your daily life

“Forget about earthquakes and fires; everybody has a story about how bad people can be in the workplace," says Krista Tippett, host of the nationally syndicated radio show On Being.

It's not just people who make first impressions. Offices do, too. Make sure yours is working for you, not against you.