The No. factor that prevents entrepreneurs from starting a new company or meeting goals is fear. Simple ways to check your fears at the door. interview entrepreneurs every week for my radio show. also coach business owners over coffee and cheap bar food. The recurring theme across these conversations: overcoming fear. We all have fears. MORE >>

It’s Valentine’s Day and who can resist the chance to wax poetic about well….love. Just because we’re a business shouldn’t stop us from getting in on the action and having some professionally appropriate fun right?! Note: walking the line is NOT crossing the line. Or, so saith Johnny Cash. I may be paraphrasing). Deep breath….what MORE >>

A handful of studies confirm what you likely already suspected: Your Facebook habit is hurting you--in more ways than one. How many times do you check Facebook a day? And what are your motivations for doing so? Are you bored? Don't have enough to do? If you have a hard time coming up with good answers, here are some things to think about. MORE >>

Subscription ecommerce has become quite a hot business model over the past couple of years, perhaps reaching peak hotness 6-12 months ago. Phil Wilkinson, the founder of Kopi, is an old friend and we were discussing characteristics of good ecommerce subscription businesses over lunch yesterday. Gross margins of 30%+. Manageable churn. MORE >>

Having difficulty coming up with a new idea or content? Here are six reasons to try crowdsourcing. Our company, Wild Creations , is coming up on our six year anniversary. We have a number of new initiatives, and we felt now would be a great opportunity to shake things up and create a new "identity" for the company. There was one problem. MORE >>