The following excerpt is from Entrepreneur’s book . Buy it now from  |  |  Erica Zidel knew that trying to raise funds for her startup would be a full-time job. She worried that chasing after would distract her from building the best product she could. So rather than sweat the investment game, she spent years holding down a day job while bootstrapping her new company on the side. […]

In the process of building our company, , I’ve realized there are three different mindsets – going in the right direction, not now and being wrong — I’ve adopted that have been vital to my success. By adapting these mindsets, I have learned to sell a great product and lead a high-performing team. For those entrepreneurs just getting started, here are the three mindsets more […]

It’s 1:30 p.m. You go out, you grab lunch, only to come back to the office, sit at your desk and chow down for 10 to 15 minutes or so. As you gobble down the last bite you realize you have a meeting to run to and a proposal to write. Or maybe the inbox icon in your screen keeps buzzing, gently reminding you that […]

Just as Whatsapp announced the launch of its much-awaited video feature for iOS, Android and Windows Phone users, speculation began if it would be applicable for group chats and hence, enable business conferences. The Facebook-owned messaging service has finally upped its game to beat Apple’s FaceTime and launched its own service to combat Google’s newly-announced Google Duo. While WhatsApp allows voice calling, conference audio calls […]

Hello there. If I may say so, one region of the world that has always fascinated me — not only for its hardworking people but also for a culture’s resilience in times of adversity, as well as openness to new challenges — is Asia. Among the Asian countries, I single out China among other countries which I believe is highly conducive to a small business […]

Elon Musk is among the top entrepreneurs who are in the news almost every day and have a vast impact on the latest technology trends. One day you will see Elon Musk in the news for Tesla motors and the other day you will be watching him celebrating the achievements at . As an entrepreneur, Elon did not achieve the success that easily. It was […]

Most people haven’t heard of a scrappy little ski company called , but we gave it a lot of space in this issue — a story about founder Cyrus Schenck. I bet you’re wondering: How did Schenck pull that off? I’m going to tell you. Why? I owe it to you. Magazines like Entrepreneur are designed to help readers navigate their world, and we do that in journalistic […]

Entrepreneurial Finance Philippe Gregoire Louvain School of Management – Universite catholique de Louvain Reference book : Entrepreneurial finance, a casebook. Paul A. Gompers and William A. Sahlman. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002 1 Entrepreneurial finance Project assessment (POCD) Funding (amount, firm’s value, best partner) Deal (ownership / control / incentives) Exit (IPO) Project Assessment • 4 critical success factors for entrepreneurial ventures ? ? […]

Skydiving and entrepreneurship may seem unrelated, but they actually have seven commonalities you may be overlooking. I think an entrepreneur should skydive more than once for one simple reason — risk. Risk taking is an ongoing hurdle in every entrepreneur’s life. I don’t just mean the initial gamble of entering entrepreneurship. As you continue on your journey, you will be confronted with a bombardment of […]

Introduction Entrepreneurship is defined as the willingness or capacity that an individual or group of people have in developing, organizing and managing business ventures regardless of the risks that are involved (Kumar, 2008). Entrepreneurs are essentially individuals with excellent skills in presentation, generation of creative ideas that are likely to lead to the creation of multiple business ventures, as well as negotiating, functional and other […]