Entrepreneur Stories

I just interviewed my thousandth entrepreneur. Mind you, this is not a conclusion from formal tracking.  I myself have been an entrepreneur almost twenty years now.  From day one, I...

Surfside Bagels was wiped out by Hurricane Sandy. The MSNBC Your Business Rescue Team was called into action. In this episode we share recommendations and strategies for recovering from the...

Systematizing your business is the key to unlimited success and growth.  I know you know that. But many people struggle with the "where to get started" part.  Do you need...

Andrew Mason, 32, the charismatic, but controversial CEO of Groupon, has been fired. After a rocky leadership, profanity laced memos to the SEC, fuzzy accounting practices, SEC investigations, and a...

It is a shame that so many entrepreneurs are afraid to take risks for the fear of permanent embarrassment. Instead of doing something edgy and new, they sit safely on...

Entrepreneurship is for the young. After all you need energy, stamina, relentless focus, and the most important thing, time on your side. Bullshit! The key to successful entrepreneurship is simply...

Before we get started here, I want to make sure we agree on something. Every hour of our life is an hour closer to our death. In other words each...

Woody Allen said 80% of success is showing up. That was clearly before Al Gore invented the Internet. Showing up today gives you 95% of success. I realized it this...

I was crankin' up some good old AC/DC this afternoon, and it got me thinking.  If there was a song that spoke to the experience and the spirit of the...

This is the first in a series of posts I call “Break to Fix,” in which I give you examples of how to fix a common business problem by breaking...