The Entrepreneurs site is designed to help those who are interested in starting a business or are in the early startup stage. The goal of this site is to help users do three main things:
- Decide whether starting a business is a good idea for you
- Decide what kind of business to start if you don't have an idea
- Cut through the red tape and confusion and figure out how to do things like:
- Incorporate or choose not to incorporate
- Obtain any necessary business licenses
- Apply for loans, venture capital, or other types of funding
- Get involved in a franchise program or buy an existing business
- Hire employees or outsource work
- Rent an office or retail space or establish a home office
- Move from startup into operations
While we invite all interested readers to browse here, those with established small businesses may find more relevant information in the Small Business Information GuideSite or one of the other sites in the Small Business Channel. Those looking to invest in entrepreneurial ventures will want to visit one of our investment sites in the Money Channel.
The home page is in a format known as a "weblog". It contains a combination of short commentaries on articles from around the Internet, plus links to those articles, and links to newly posted or otherwise timely original feature articles here on the About Network. You can also see the archives of older posts and learn about syndicating our headlines via XML/RSS/RDF.
Those posts on the front page whose titles are a hyperlink are links to featured articles here on About. Most articles will have links to other related articles, both in the About network and on the web. In addition to topical articles, we'll also feature editorials on major news stories of interest to entrepreneurs and interviews with successful entrepreneurs sharing their secrets.
The “How-To” Library provides concise, step-by-step procedures for accomplishing common tasks entrepreneurs face. They are designed to be easily printed out and used as checklists.
On the left hand side, you will notice a subject library with all the main topics for the site. Each topic provides you with a full list of annotated links to the best resources, tips or tools on the web for that particular subject. Some of the broader topics may be broken down into sub-topics, as well. Complete descriptions of all the content topics are available in the Subject Library.
The Buyer's Guide offers reviews of books and other products of interest to entrepreneurs, including a variety of Top Picks for various subjects.
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