At lunch yesterday, I had the guilty pleasure of hearing “war stories” from a group of lawyers, accountants and bankers. Sometimes lunch with this crowd

I’m sitting on the beach today.  But last week I was mopping up water. Yep, my office flooded last week.  A hot-water heater burst and

If you make a product, selling it on Amazon.com is a double edged sword.  Sure, Amazon offers amazing exposure and great sales volume … but

You ought to have your calculator handy when you watch ABC’s Shark Tank, the TV show where wealthy angel investors make on-the-spot investments into small

I’ve been doing a lot of negotiating lately: Contracts, pricing, sales. And I’ve discovered a super-power that I did not know that I had… the

You’ve been carefully nurturing an equity investor and now he’s threatening to walk away from the deal. Despite an endless number of presentations, term sheets,

The business environment is constantly changing. Even the most carefully conceived business plan cannot claim to be bullet proof in a dynamic setting in which

Got Mobile? Two giant retail chains recently rolled out a mobile payment strategy and you can too. If you have any contact with consumers, you must. Why?

If you’ve been dreaming of the day you can sell your business and retire to that hammock in Waikiki, now might be the time to take

You’ve probably heard stories of Angel Investors swooping in to help fund a company.  In today’s tight financial environment, it almost sounds like an urban

Whether you’re a launching a new product or a new startup, business planning and funding takes a huge amount of time.  Now you can cut

  I almost don’t want to say it… “Do what you love, and the money will follow.”  You’ve heard it a thousand times, but it

In today’s hyper-fast business world, we watch startups like Uber and AirBnB go from zero to billions seemingly overnight.

A Harvard Business Review article (and podcast) called “The High Intensity Entrepreneur” makes this shocking claim:

As a business owner, you have drive, desire and dreams of something bigger.  Sadly, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Fraud

You love being your own boss, but will investors in your company let you keep that job?

Its amazing how complicated you can make bookkeeping if you try. Apply for a handful of credit cards, get two or three bank accounts, and

I was not surprised to hear that online Christmas sales were up by 16% in 2011… I get the distinct feeling that the sun is

Many entrepreneurs I know would be living in federal prison if current fundraising laws were strictly enforced.  But funding a small business is about to get

If you’re thinking of expanding your business internationally, Egypt is an attractive prospect, offering a stable business environment with a sound infrastructure, pleasant climate, favourable