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Learn from these entrepreneurs that ditched the office to cut overhead expenses, be closer to family, and enjoy, as one entrepreneur put it, the "10-step commute." Thinking of starting up —but don’t want the daily trek to an office? Home-based businesses, or virtual businesses, provide plenty of advantages, especially if you’re looking to bootstrap your operation. Here’s a look at 11 entrepreneurs that ditched the office to cut overhead expenses, be closer to family, and enjoy, as one entrepreneur put it, the “10-step commute.” Green and Profitable Shel Horowitz Shel Horowitz started his first home-based business in 1981 on the kitchen table of a rental apartment.

Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was a true Renaissance man, distinguishing himself as an author, artist, poet, architect, and philosopher. Probably sometime in the 1430s, Alberti wrote “De commodis litterarum atque incommodes” (The Use and Abuse of Books), in which he extols the virtue of scholarship

Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was a true Renaissance man, distinguishing himself as an author, artist, poet, architect, and philosopher.

Despite the recent surge in self-publishing, traditional publishers and small to mid-size publishing houses are still going to be around. Not every business owner can self-publish , nor does every one choose to

Practical advice to turn an average workday into an incredibly productive day. Occasionally you need to go the extra mile .

These books that lead you to believe that you can achieve success by simply working smarter and not harder are lying. I was recently speaking to Dan Hanlon, CEO of Excelsior-Henderson motorcycle company, one of the greatest U.S

How does one get over their fear and start talking and networking with those that can help your business, from VC rockstars to possible partners? Even a personal hero, such as Nike cofounder Phil Knight? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from Never Eat Alone (2005) by Keith Ferrazzi .

For Jonas Eliasson to bring the Me-Mover to market, all it took was one eureka moment. And then 13 years of painstaking improvement. Like any sane human being, Jonas Eliasson hated commuting.

Large numbers of infants and toddlers have died from lead poisoning in Nigerian villages where their parents process gold ore inside their family compounds, according to a report published Tuesday by an international team of researchers. [More]

Mark Zuckerberg isnt the only entrepreneur good at making bank.

Evidence points to information from trusted sources getting a better hold on our brains than the noise from everything else. So it's no surprise that companies want to capitalize on those feelings.

What can technology companies learn from a 50-year-old hardware store?

There are lots of tools designed to help you come up with innovative solutions. But sometimes the best one is a sledgehammer.

When Shirley Ann Jackson was in elementary school in the 1950s, she would prowl her family’s backyard, collecting bumblebees, yellow jackets and wasps. She would bottle them in mayonnaise jars and test which flowers they liked best and which species were the most aggressive

When Shirley Ann Jackson was in elementary school in the 1950s, she would prowl her family’s backyard, collecting bumblebees, yellow jackets and wasps. She would bottle them in mayonnaise jars and test which flowers they liked best and which species were the most aggressive.