President Obama announced his new American Jobs Act and promised it would invigorate small businesses. I’m often skeptical of the impact of any regulation, but

Everybody loves to hate QuickBooks. Sure, it is the most complete small business accounting software, but sometimes that’s the problem.  If you are simply looking

Everyone wants to use money from Angel Investors in their business.   Taking money from individual investors is a great way to fund rapid growth.  But

You read this blog because you need solutions to tough problems.  We tackle issues like finding angel investors, improving profitability, and setting growth strategy.  And

While most Americans were surfing funny pet videos on YouTube last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Internet is making us stupid and killing

There are plenty of ideas about how to calculate the perfect price for your products or services, but none are very interesting or useful for

Running a medical office is no easy feat. There are staffing concerns, coding and billing frustrations and everything in between. In efforts to make healthcare

I’m thrilled that “entrepreneurship” is now a major you can study in school.  In fact, you can get a master’s degree in entrepreneurship.   College

Companies come and go.  Thanks to the Great Recession, I happen to know several that are on the way out.

The ATM on the sidewalk is dead.  Long live the ATM in my pocket.

Are you up for a wild ride through the mind of an rock-star entrepreneur? Give Elon Musk a call and ask him to share his secrets to success. 

Boy billionaire Sean Parker got famous pretty young and pretty fast.  If you are old enough to remember the original company called “Napster” then you know

I love QuickBooks. It’s fast, powerful, and full featured.  I even interviewed the guy who designed it.

The Girl Scouts of America is learning an important business lesson this week, as a couple of pissed-off  teenagers are jeopardizing their billion dollar cookie empire.  It’s

By Guest Blogger Marc Brown Startup is a time of wild optimism. The sky’s the limit and everything seems possible. It’s also a time when

Even today, when everyone says “credit is tight”, borrowing is still the best way to go: rates are low, community lenders are eager to create jobs,

After 10 seasons of watching American Idol, the endless Coke commercials and Ryan Seacrest jokes have paid off: I’ve gleaned great business wisdom from watching American Idol.

It doesn’t make for pleasant conversation, but it happens every day…Business owners die.

Is your business making money for you or not?

You feeling old yet?  It’s hard not to when the news is full of kids starting companies that get bought before they even post a sale.  Suddenly