The popularity of the iPod (compare prices) and other MP3 players (compare prices) has been fueled primarily by music. But as an entrepreneur, how about spending some of that "semi-free" ... Read More

Are you ready for it? Here it is: Avoid superlatives you can't easily prove. What's a superlative? A superlative is a word that describes something as the ultimate of something: first, ... Read More

...you can sure screw it up. As we talked about last week, it's impossible to actually sell anything, because a prerequisite for any sale to occur is that there is ... Read More

Naming your business is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. A great business name is memorable, distinctive and evocative. A mediocre business name is forgettable, undifferentiated ... Read More

Make sure you know how much your money is costing you. Angel/venture capital is the most expensive money you can get. Entrepreneurs often forget this, falling into the illusion of ... Read More

The current edition of the Carnival of Entrepreneurship is up at Yoest.org. I love Jack's use of photos of all the submitters -- great idea! This week includes posts on ... Read More

It's an old cliche that we all know and understand, but to what extent do you really apply it in your business? Are you doing work that could be delegated, ... Read More

Is email your primary communication tool? Or at least a close second? If so, then improving your email productivity is one of the best things you can do to increase ... Read More

Following up on last week's tip about Google Alerts, this week let's take a look at another essential information management tool: blog aggregators, also known as RSS readers. RSS is a ... Read More

As an entrepreneur, you wear many hats. Between developing your products, closing deals, and managing your employees, contractors and partners (and clients, sometimes), you manage to stay pretty busy. And ... Read More

The biggest problem with the word "sell" is that it gives the mistaken impression that it's something you can actually proactively do. Consider this... there are plenty of people who buy ... Read More

You'll hear people argue that job security isn't what it used to be -- that there's no loyalty of companies to employees any more. And they'll try to tell you ... Read More

For all the attention it gets from both media and entrepreneurs, you'd think that venture capital was the dominant form of financing for entrepreneurial ventures. But in fact, nothing could ... Read More

BusinessWeek has a pair of thought-provoking interviews regarding the performance of the U.S. Small Business Authority (SBA) under the Bush administration: Is the SBA Hurting Small Business?Lloyd Chapman, founder and president ... Read More

This week the Carnival of Entrepreneurship arrives down under at Leah MacLean's Working Solo, out of Sydney, Australia (isn't technology grand?). This week features posts on: "Net Neutrality" - Larger companies and ... Read More

Printing your own business cards may seem like a real money-saver at first glance. But often, it's a case of "penny wise and pound foolish". It may take less ... Read More

A project is not complete until it is working for you, rather than you working for it. Entrepreneurs tend to juggle many projects. One thing that we do that sometimes gives ... Read More

One of the advantages entrepreneurs have over larger companies is the ability to move quickly. In order to take advantage of that, you need a constant supply of information about ... Read More

A student in one of my seminars very bravely asked this question: "I'm spending a lot of time marketing, and I'm spending money on advertising, but I'm just not ... Read More

Odds are that you offer a far broader range of capabilities than any one client needs, whether it's product features, multiple products or the related services you can provide. A ... Read More

First of all, you may be wondering what "Saturday Startup Tip" is all about. Starting today, I'm going to be offering a daily tip in each of seven topics ... Read More

The response to the Carnival of Entrepreneurship has been overwhelming. For the second edition, we had enough submissions that our weekly host had to be selective to narrow it down ... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service announced January 3 that it is simplifying the employment tax reporting requirements for some 950,000 small business owners with few employees. Employers with estimated annual employment tax ... Read More

I just announced the launch of the Carnival of Entrepreneurship a week ago, and the response has already been fantastic. I received some excellent and varied submissions for the first ... Read More

Historically, entrepreneurship has been a male-dominated pursuit, but many of today's most memorable and inspirational entrepreneurs are women. To honor them and offer some uniquely female perspective on entrepreneurship, I've ... Read More