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“Luck” may be part of a direct translation of the company’s name, but Geely Automotive founder Shufu Li seems to have been born with an entrepreneurship gene. When you are born to peasants and raised in rural China, that’s pretty incredible.
An article in the Detroit Free Press by Carol Cain tells his story. "I [...]

We often blog about interesting language creeping into the business vocabulary… words like "flesh out," which brought out all the linguaphiles.
Well, this next one we think we resolved without your help. But maybe we’re wrong–that’s for you to comment on.
In this case, the explanation was staring us in the face for many years. You may [...]

As you might expect, we get a great many emails from entrepreneurs who march to the beat of the StartupNation drum. Carin is one of those people.
Unfortunately, Carin has recently run into tough times and sent us an email asking for help. (see her email below, provided here with her permission.)
The question we have is [...]

As our most recent newsletter stressed, there’s got to be a way for you to get out from the grind, ditch the drudgery of that day job, and do something YOU LOVE with your precious time!!!
Our lead article indicates that over 80% of the businesses that will open for business next month will be launched [...]

Ppl r calling it the myspace generration and u may evn be a part of it. If u r, u should read this mssg. If you are not, you may also find something of use herein.
Here’s the good news: Children and teenagers are more connected than ever, to information and to each other. [...]

The Consumer Electronics Show is currently underway in Las Vegas, and Mr. Gates keynoted with much ballyhoo about Vista, the new version of Windows that is set to replace XP later this year. This got me thinking…
You’re about to launch a small business - let’s say five to ten employees max. Do you [...]

In a world of dog psychologists, feng shui gurus, and astrologists, it seems like these days there’s a consultant who’s an expert on anything and EVERYthing!
That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
For example, we recently got an email from an entrepreneur who’s developed a consultancy specifically and solely for coffee shops and how to make them [...]