Entrepreneurship

Passive income is highly sought after these days especially by defensive entrepreneurs in their moonlighting side gigs.   The question on many people's minds is what is the ideal passive income? I don't intend to tell you the "best" passive incomes sources in this post, rather I intend to share with you some of the characteristics to look for . . . Passive income is ideal when it: Involves the customers coming back for more of the product or service Stimulates people to tell friends...Read Full Story

In one my past posts, I discussed Wealth Creation and "Assets" .  Today, I will be discussing passive or residual income.   What is passive or residual income?  It's income that comes from assets you own or create that pays you long your initial investment of time or money.  It is really about leverage and multiplying yourself.  Working once and being paid over and over. A business can produce passive or residual income if you can let it stand on its own and you can create a replicateable...Read Full Story

It can be dizzying trying to keep up with all the new startups coming out of Silicon Valley. Founders of 500 Startups, Dave McClure and Christine Tsai, introduced dozens of companies from its incubation project to various venture capitalists in the Bay Area and it was quite a diverse group Wednesday and Thursday this week.  The latest batch of 500 Startups will continue to pitch to venture capitalists here in the Bay Area and New York this week and in coming days.  I got a chance to...Read Full Story

It can be dizzying trying to keep up with all the new startups coming out of Silicon Valley. Founders of 500 Startups, Dave McClure and Christine Tsai, introduced dozens of companies from its incubation project to various venture capitalists in the Bay Area and it was quite a diverse group Wednesday and Thursday this week.  The latest batch of 500 Startups will continue to pitch to venture capitalists here in the Bay Area and New York this week and in coming days.  I got a chance to...Read Full Story

Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. ——— I’m getting ready to  go overseas to teach , and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship.  After poring through stacks of reports, white papers and position papers, I’ve come to a couple of conclusions. 1) They sure killed a ton of trees 2) With one noticeable exception, governmental...Read Full Story

MARSHALL, Mo., Aug. 3, 2011 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Missouri Alliance for the Development of Entrepreneurship announced today that seven regional winners will be moving forward as finalists in the 2011 MADE In Missouri State Entrepreneurship Competition, an event that will highlight new and aspiring businesses through a competitive and educational business development process. The Competition provides new and potential business owners in Missouri an opportunity to put their business...Read Full Story

Few women try to run their own high-growth companies. That deficit is limiting the recovery’s potential, says the Kauffman Foundation’s Lesa Mitchell Women represent only 35 percent of startup owners in the U.S., even though 50 percent of college students and 46 percent of the U.S. workforce is female. Women’s startup businesses also “tend to experience less growth and prosperity than do firms started by men,” according to a paper released this week by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation...Read Full Story