Photo Credit: Flickr user TimeTrax. The amount of businesses that cannot even survive for a single year is alarming. Depending on what statistics you look at, anywhere from 4% to 25% of businesses fail in their first year of business. In order to increase your chances of success there are three key things you need. Guest Author Chris R. MORE >>

Was sad to see the news about Blockbuster — they’re filing for bankruptcy. Tags: Inspirational Marketing bankruptcy Blockbuster Blockbuster Video business model chapter 11 Gregg Fraley Idea Generation Innovation innovation culture Jim Keyes movie rental Netflix taking action transformation So, they are not dead yet. MORE >>

Its workers, more than 2,000 people, were foremost on John's mind when, on April 5, the company was forced to declare bankruptcy. This is part of a series of stories from CEOs about the most life-changing events in their careers. Sometimes the result was promotion to the upper reaches of business, and sometimes a steep fall from grace. MORE >>

Declaring bankruptcy is sometimes good, so we can continue without the baggage from before. Entrepreneurship Leadership active garage bankruptcy give up never give up persisance persist quit vijay peduruThe famous quote by Vince Lombardi “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” Has perhaps been quoted many times by many people! MORE >>

Time bankruptcy results from the deliberate over-commitment of core resources.  .           I created the term “time bankruptcy” almost thirty years ago when the computer software business was young, and I was a software developer building a young company based upon quality first.  It’s a classic case of time bankruptcy.  MORE >>