Entrepreneurship can fix many of our economic woes, explains the author of The Coming Prosperity. Here's his thought-provoking metaphor for our current economy. How should you think about the relationship between established, large businesses and scrappy upstarts like the one you’re trying to build?
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Feed Subscription2012: Brace for Another Weak Year
Next year's economy will be hostage to the scary Euro crisis and towering debts at home.
Read More »Start-ups Enter the Irrational Exuberance Phase
Congress is beginning to view entrepreneurship by 20-somethings as a low-cost fix for all that ails the economy. A little realism, please?
Read More »The Truth About Occupy Wall Street with Natalie Pace
Listen to this live interview with Natalie Pace on Occupy Wall Street! Discover what the media does not want you to know and is not reporting in this exclusive interview with Natalie Pace; author of You Vs. Wall Street: Grow ...
Read More »Don’t Believe the Jobs Report
The unemployment rate dropped to 8.6% last month. And that's just the beginning of the bad news. Yes, the bad news.
Read More »The Payment Revolution is Coming
Transaction costs suck up to $50 billion a year out of the economy. But they could be on their way out. Here's why.
Read More »Question for Job Creators: What Is A Good Job?
As someone who works with entrepreneurs for a living, I'm always very proud of the role business owners play in supporting the economy. As someone who works with entrepreneurs for a living, I'm always very proud of the role business owners play in supporting the economy. Among the many by-products of their efforts is job creation.
Read More »Can Small Business Saturday Succeed?
The Friday after Thanksgiving is known for big deals at large retailers. But can AmEx's marketing push help claim enough of that business for the little guys?
Read More »From The Editor: The Creative Economy
.caption {color:#666;font-size:11px;} .caption img {padding-bottom:2px;} Photo by Benjamin Lowy There are two economies at work in the United States right now. One is traditional, entrenched, powerful, and often highly profitable
Read More »We’re in a recession. Go start a company.
Members of the Millennial generation say they're ready to start companies, but the soft economy is stopping them. Bad excuse
Read More »Does the GOP Really Love You?
Republicans claim to be the party of entrepreneurs. Here's how it could prove it really means it. The Republican primary debate smackdown in Las Vegas on Tuesday underscored a couple things you already knew about the GOP candidates.
Read More »The Right Tax on the Wrong People
The American Jobs Act includes a clause that--if enacted on the venture capital industry--could hamper start-up investment, innovation, and, ultimately, job creation. Tucked away on Page 139 of Obama’s American Jobs Act, after the sections on payroll tax credits and unemployment benefits, are a few lines of text that could change the way venture capital investment works in this country.
Read More »Create a Bulletproof 2012 Budget
Thanks to credit crunches and slow sales, experts say the key to budgeting for 2012 is being prepared for the worst. Here are the simple steps to building a bulletproof budget.
Read More »Inc. 5000 Small Business Confidence Survey, Fall 2011
Inc. 5000 CEOs weigh in on the economy, hiring, and sales. The CEOs of Inc
Read More »Why You Should Hire E-lancers
When you dont need a full-time employee to do the task at hand, hire an e-lancer from one of these new companies. Call it the joblet recovery. With unemployment at 9 percent and 2012 looking bleak, many job seekers find themselves adrift in a modern version of the preindustrial piecework economy
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