Category archives: Starting a Business

Several CEOs weighed in on the misconceptions they have faced in starting and running a business in Middle America.

Beware “preparation paralysis.” The truth is that you just need to get up and just start climbing the rock face.

Imagine “Thou shalt not steal” and “Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother” and the rest of it — on your wall at work.

You have a dream but you need a checklist to achieve it.

This contributor needed an attachable guitar amplifier. So he made one — and raised $60,000 in his first two days.

Shaun Neff never had a full-time job before he started his company, and it worked out okay for him.

Hint: It’s just about everything.

Plans are important but the foundation of business success is your confidence in yourself.

Getting started is hard part but the real challenge is staying alive. The key to growing your six-figure microbusiness into a seven-figure small business is so simple that it’s easy to forget.