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Boy, it sure does sound like that is a silly thing to say? How do you make money when you do not have work? Well, it isn’t easy…but you can do it. My husband lost his job two months ago, after 25 years in aerospace…..now who has issues? He is OK though because:
1) He is [...]

On Tuesday, we talked to super Mom entrepreneur, Stacy Roderick. Stacy helped create the one-stop resource for paperless invoicing, marketing and electronic billing atGoToBilling, www.gotobilling.com.Today, Stacy shares more of her work-life balance success tips.
What advice do you have for other couples who work together? Â
Separation of duties and plenty of communication. Try not to step on each [...]

If you are a mother pursuing your small business dreams, check out this interview with Stacy Roderick of www.GoToBilling.com.
Stacy manages to take care of her family, cook healthy meals, stay in shape, and help run a successful business all at the same time. Here’s what Stacy had to say:
How did you get started in [...]

Late last year (as if it was so long ago) I attended a keynote presentation featuring Larry Brilliant of Google.org and Malcolm Gladwell author of The Tipping Point. Larry Brilliant shared his inspirational story of leading the first organization of doctors to rid the world of smallpox and how it eventually lead him to his [...]

By Erin Jacobs, VerticalResponse
Customers often ask me, what are the best offers to use in email marketing programs, or any lead generation program for that matter.  The answer, of course, is dependent on a list of factors- among them: What is the nature of your business? What are you trying to achieve with your email? [...]

Submitted for your consideration during this Halloween season.
A true spooky startup legend.
A teenage boy and his girlfriend were enjoying the October moonlight shining on a pond at a park just outside of town.
The radio was playing their favorite song when it was crudely interrupted.
It was a special bulletin and an almost frantic announcer exclaimed: “State police report that [...]

Interesting article in the NYTimes:
Leave it to the Germans to combine livestock with lodging. In the last decade, hundreds of farms throughout Germany have transformed old barns and potato warehouses into heuhotels, or hay hotels, where guests spend the night on a bed of dried grass.
The eco-friendly hotels (no sheets to change) are cheap and [...]

I have found that inventing, starting a business up, and other entrepreneurially thingies follow the same emotional pattern as your first roller coaster ride.
Step 1: I’m so excited I could just pee.
This is when you size up the ride. You’re caught in the moment considering the immense possibilities of your idea. The dizzying heights and speed you’ll [...]

Entrepreneurs are different, that’s a common theme on Startup Nation.
We work differently. We think differently. And, by the looks of my Startup Nation profile pic, we dress and wear our hair differently. But, maybe that’s just me.
A case in point: I went shopping with my friends. They’re your average corporate hard-charging, salary-seeking, bonus-pimping 40-hour-a-weekers.
Now, as we [...]

Have you got those calls yet? You know, the calls or the in-the-grocery-store chats from your old co-workers, or ex-bosses who are looking at their jobs and thinking maybe the security of a full-time job wasn’t such a secure thing after all?
And they heard you started your own business and are doing quite well, thank you [...]