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The U.S. government has long supported a “big firm” economy with the idea that large companies are the primary drivers of innovation. But that's a recipe for stunted growth. So say Kauffman Foundation executives Carl Schramm and Robert Litan in an article this month's The American. The U.S. economy needs to grow at a 4% annual clip in the futu Read More

Some people may want to test the waters of entrepreneurship before jumping in. Here's one way: Being an independent-sales rep, even selling door-to-door, for companies that sell textbooks or Tupperware. Or cutlery. Read More

Return Path's Q2 2008 Reputation Benchmark Report (pdf) found e-mails sent from "legitimate" e-mail servers averaged a delivery rate of 56 percent. 20 percent were rejected; 8 percent filtered out of the inbox. The rest — 16 percent — were bounces. So nearly half of the time, e-mail marketers' messages don't get through. But there are way Read More

Actually, says the multi-millionaire founder of Maxim and other lad mags, you probably shouldn't even try. His book, How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets, newly published in America, mostly skips the braggadocio and platitudes typical of self-made-millionaire memoirs. Read More

Crux: Listen to employees; Share information; be open; Salary is not a motivator; Refine your hiring process; Let candidates experience your workplace Read More

Larry Chase talks to three top experts, including Steve Rubel from MicroPersuasion, about social media, including what's working, what isn't and what has to change in your corporate culture to become a successful Web 2.0 marketer. Read More

Recent bank failures are understandably scaring business owners who may keep hundreds of thousands of dollars stashed away for payroll, operating costs or emergencies. Read More

Just because you finally have a website, does not mean that you will automatically get those online sales. You will do well to remember these five key points when starting an online business. Read More

It's hard to get traditional loans these days. But as banks tighten their purse strings, hedge funds are offering asset-based loans to small companies Read More

In tonight's kick-ass post, Seth Godin says it takes 10 years to become a success, on or off the web... Come on Seth... really? I've got another 9+ years to go?! But what if we didn't have to think like this...? Most entrepreneurs are in a rush - a race against time, when really all they are racing against is themselves..... Read More