As a VC, I have a simple motive for investing: get out for way more than I paid. My fund only makes money when we sell our companies. So, it’s all about exits. You will often hear that the best companies are bought not sold. That’s b t. Do customers just show up and buy your product? Do investors just show up and offer to give you money? MORE >>

Tony Hsieh, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Zappos.com, offers leadership advice for fast-growing companies. When Tony Hsieh first got involved at Zappos.com in 1999, it was as an investor and advisor. He had already sold a company--Internet advertiser LinkExchange--to Microsoft for $265 million because it was not a fun place to work any more. MORE >>

This post is one in a series of tips for making your small business run better and is sponsored by UPS. UPS is all about logistics — the logistics that makes your business run better and faster. One thing is for certain – it’s become much easier to work virtually these days. photo credit: eldeeem via photopin cc. If You Liked This Post. MORE >>

Have you been avoiding social media because you don't know where to start? Here are five steps for a strategy in social. How can a social media novice start thinking about implementing a social strategy? Perhaps you're from a small or mid-sized business, which still hasn't gotten on the social media bandwagon. Why are you going into social media? MORE >>

The language we use for startup stages (discovery, validation, customer creation, company building) is abstract. The lines are blurry. And if jumping ahead of yourself is the #1 cause of startup death[1], that’s a problem. So here’s another way of thinking about the stages of a startup in visual terms using the business model canvas[2]. MORE >>