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There’s no getting around it, running a business costs money. Sometimes it costs a lot of money. However, if you do everything in your power to avoid incurring debt early on, it will increase your odds for survival. More »Funding, Fraternity and Family: Turning three potential F’s for your business into A’s

Resource Guide for the Yahoo Smart and Simple Guide to Starting a Business. Part 3: Ownership, Funding Family - three challenges in starting your business. More »Resource Guide for the Yahoo Smart and Simple Guide to Starting a Business. Part 3: Ownership, Funding Family - …

A Kauffman Foundation report finds entrepreneurship declined last year, with fewer men starting companies. More »Study: Fewer Startups Launched in 2012

Question: What’s your favorite digital tool for collaboration or brainstorming and why? Question by: Ashley Producteev for Productive Collaboration “I highly recommend cross-platform tool Producteev for collaboration. It’s easy to set up, easy to use, and fantastic for team members who are working on many projects at the same time with others. There is space... More »10 Tools That Simplify Startup Collaboration

Your business plan must be ready to accommodate rapid changes so that your company can follow suit. Here are five ways to make your business plan as lean and effective as possible. More »How to Build a Lean and Efficient Business Plan

In a short five years, Dropbox has gone from 0 to 100 million users. That’s impressive. What’s even more impressive is the fact that they’ve done it with one of the most simple website designs ever. Since the first year, their homepage has featured only two main components—an explainer video and a download button. They’ve... More »From 0 to 100 Million Users: How a Simple Video Can Change Your Business

The second annual Halo Report released today shows where angels are excited to invest, both by sector and geographically, and how much they are commonly investing. More »What Angel Investors Want Now

Question: What is the biggest perk of owning your own business? Question by: Ashley Lifestyle of Choice “Some people value creative freedom above all else. Some value work/life balance. Still others have their eye on the big bucks. For me, success is the ability to be picky about the projects I take on while still... More »15 Top Perks of Entrepreneurship

Recently, we announced a $5 million Series A round of financing. We started raising this round and talking to investors in late fall of last year. As you can probably imagine, going through this process involves taking a step back from the day-to-day work and looking at our overall strategy and evolution. Fundraising forces you... More »What I Learned From Raising a Series A

Is there an ideal age to do a startup? Not really, unless you live a monastic existence—something not very conducive to the networking needs of an entrepreneur. Are 20 something’s more suited to startups? Yes and no. Without question it is easier to pull off the time demands of a startup when completely unencumbered. I... More »When It Comes to Startups, Does Age Really Matter?

Chris Reiners is the owner and operator of the Fireside Cafe, a casual eatery in Walsenburg, Colorado. More »Startup Diaries: Three Free Ways to Advertise Your Business

I went to a great tech event called VatorSplash. It’s an event where tech entrepreneurs claw their way to center stage in hopes of getting their demo seen and receiving the coveted Vator award. The real benefit is they get in front of some impressive VCs that might love their idea enough to fund it... More »4 Reasons You’ll Fail at Entrepreneurship