Business in Action, 9th Ed.
Chapter 6: Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Ownership
Bill Reichert, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, reports.
"You have to spend money to make money.
"What do Silicon Valley and Stockholm have in common?
"When friends heard that James Higgins, 31, his wife, Trish, 29, and his brother Palmer, 27, left their traditional jobs in finance and sold their charming Greenwich, Conn.
Philip Levinson (photo, left) reports at BusinessInsider.
"Slow and steady wins the race is infrequent advice in Silicon Valley.
"Focusing on federal truth-in-advertising standards, this A-to-Z primer is an essential resource for businesses of any size.
"Founders blame investors, investors blame CEOs, CEOs blame research and development (R&D), R&D say the product is fine, the market just doesn't get it, and marketing people blame it all on the recession," writes Triin Linamagi (photo, left) in a piece featured at FastCompany.
From Harland Sanders to Martha Stewart, Bill Murphy, Jr.
“I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built.
"Our company, which offers content and video materials for small businesses, is in its third year of operation.
"Anastasia Martin,* a 24-year-old social media manager for a New York City college, will never forget the moment she realized that she was underpaid," writes Molly Triffin.
"It has never been cheaper to open a Papa John's restaurant," reports Hayley Peterson (photo, left).
According to Jon Parrish, "I now live by the rule of “Goo-diligence.
"I certainly agree that starting a business is fraught with risk, and none of us get it all right the first time.
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"Amit Agarwal is the founder of Digital Inspiration, a popular tech & how-to website since 2004.
"Educators are often admonished to design work that 'leaves the classroom.
"There are many different ways of telling a story, but everything starts with an idea.
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