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Why You Should Fear SOPA

Big Technology has come out against the anti-piracy legislation as censorship. Entrepreneurs have a whole different bag of worries

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Don’t Damage the Next YouTube

It's not at all clear that the bill would even succeed in catching online piracy. But it could significantly harm innovation on the Web. What's currently being called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) may very well acquire a new name if it manages to come to a vote and pass: The Bill That Broke the Internet.

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Do You Need a Business Partner, or Not?

How do you make a fair partnership agreement for you and your company? Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur advises.

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Entrepreneurship Everywhere

Seven million people in 115 countries are participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week competitions, awards, and other idea-generating activities as you read this. In honor of the third annual Global Entrepreneurship Week, BizBuySell, an online marketplace of businesses for sale, tells the entrepreneurship story from Canada to Colombia with statistics and other fun facts. BizBuySell, a marketplace of businesses for sale, offers about 45,000 U.S.

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Don’t Let Customers Bully You

If you're a pushover, you'll completely lose a customer's respect. Follow these six steps to diffusing customer anger without caving in. My recent column Top 5 Ways Big Customers Screw With Small Vendors points out that some buyers see sellers—that means you—as scapegoats

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When Your Financial Target is Way Off

This plan will help you refocus on high-potential opportunities that will bring your target back in view. A client of ours —let’s call him Pete—recently took on the most challenging role of his career.

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Creating Super-Speedy Start-ups

Entrepreneurs share how they launched their businesses in just 54 hours at Startup Weekend. We've heard it before: You have a great idea, but you just don't have the time to build it into a sustainable company. Startup Weekend proves that notion false

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