Entrepreneurs

The roomful of entrepreneurs watched in anticipation as the first participant took the stage. They’d all been in that position before: teeing up the PowerPoint slide show, fumbling around with the presentation remote and clearing their throats before launching into a business pitch....

Today at the White House’s first Demo Day, President Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, spoke with various startups about their founding stories. This comes a little over a month after SCOTUS legalized same-sex marriage across the nation. Progress is underway, undoubtedly....

"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong," Benjamin Franklin once said. These attitudes of success are timeless and guide every entrepreneur's journey. While there's an abundance of contemporary entrepreneurs worth quoting, I've long had a fascination with legendary entrepreneurs...

There's no genetic test for entrepreneurism but these three questions come pretty close. You can't just take a blood sample and determine if someone has the DNA of an entrepreneur. Still, I'm convinced from decades of observation and interaction that being an entrepreneur isn't just something...

Early this week the WSJ reported that the Securities Exchange Commission is investigating the selling of pre-IPO company stock, which has seen a recent surge in activity as companies remain private longer and valuations continue to rise....

What you can learn from the behaviors of 7 billionaires--in their own words. According to Forbes, there are about 1,826 billionaires on the planet. Of those, 290 joined the club in 2015. That's an increase of about 19 percent. At that rate, the number of billionaires...

From taking that first step, to the complacency of success, these are the lethal challenges every successful entrepreneur will face. If I've learned anything in my short time one Earth it's that there is no success without taking risk--even if it's only taking on the perception...