Lowell Hawthorne has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. “People said they saw it in me from the beginning … whether it was in my acquisition of marbles from children at school, or my management
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Industry research firm IBISWorld (www.ibisworld.com) has identified the following six franchise industries with promising outlooks, based on revenue growth, growth in the number of franchise establish
Generally, there are two parts to a consulting agreement: the “statement of work” (SOW for short) and the actual legal contract. The “statement of work” describes the services you will be resp
(Part 2 of 2)Sadly, the securities laws don’t make it easy for small startups to raise capital from lots of “little” investors. So how do you structure a startup when you’ve got lots of people
(Part 1 of 2) When people think of the securities laws, they think of big companies that are “going public” through an initial public offering. But even startups have to worry about securiti
There really is a Green Revolution out there and businessowners had better join it if they want to make more money and increase market share, declares William S. Parrish Jr., president of NobleStrat
Understand the Green Revolution to prevent a barrier to entry similar to the digital divide.Follow legislation for the new business models that require sustainability, energy efficiency and regulatory
Small-Business Mistakes The 12 dumbest — and most commonHere is my Top 12 list of the dumbest entrepreneurial moves. All are easily avoidable with a little common sense and street smarts:12. N
One recent ripple in the “social media” stream is online coupon promotion websites, the most popular of which are Groupon.com and LivingSocial.com. There are subtle differences between the website
An entrepreneur wrote to me about an online business he started last year. “We’ve had an amazing run so far, with more than 10,000 unique hits every day on our Web site and a 30 percent gross prof