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It’s always amazing to come to the nation’s capital. We’re staying in a hotel that’s on ‘Embassy Row’ just down the way from the Embassy of Togo, and across from the Embassy of Venezuala. Very cool for a couple of boys from Michigan.
In any event, we just finished Emcee’ing the kick-off evening of this year’s [...]

What is StartupNation?
StartupNation is not a website, or a radio program, or a book.
StartupNation is not a resource, a newsletter, or an event series. (these support it, but do not define it)
StartupNation is not about us at all. StartupNation is each and every one of you that is reading this blog entry right now. [...]

In a recent entry, we asked you why you’d choose to work at a big company–basically, why you’d rather by employed rather than be an entrepreneur.
We got some really thoughtful responses and we appreciate it "BIG"time! but now, let’s go "small"time. Let’s talk about why you chose the entrepreneur’s path.
Why did you start up?
What’s it [...]

Everyone says you can learn from failure.
True.
But you can also learn from success. And that’s why we created "Key Moves."
Perhaps you’ve heard how we feature success stories on our 1-minute StartupNation radio spots airing all over the U.S. (they’re called "Key Moves for Success.") We also feature them on our website–you’ve probably read their [...]

We’re serious. What is it like working at a big company? To us, it isn’t even a possibility. We can’t imagine working in the ranks of a large company where we’d have no skin in the game or influence on the ultimate outcome of the business. Each of the people who work at our company [...]

Ever wonder what the percentage is of businesses in America that claim their "headquarters" as the extra bedroom, the basement, the garage, or no room at all–perhaps just a wireless-Internet enabled laptop that wanders with you from room to room. The home is becoming the preferred address to locate a business. And the fact is, [...]