This statistic from the U.S. Census Bureau takes my breath away. In the midst of a terrible recession, with virtually no capital and no bank loans available, and yes, a bit of “necessity” due to unemployment – Americans stood up to the economy and kept working, likely with little revenue to the business or income [...]

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There was a repeated focus on capital control by entrepreneurs at Digital Hollywood’s Venture Capital panel in Los Angeles which I chaired a couple of weeks ago http://bit.ly/cpbI4w .
Trends still tight
Economic trends are still tight for entrepreneurs, and also for VCs looking to replenish their own Funds from their institutional investors. This is driving a [...]

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I was thinking about money and freedom when I heard an NPR interview with Merle Haggard, the country music legend, now 72, talking to NPR’s Steve Inskeep about hopping freight trains in his youth. http://n.pr/aedMlf
“I rode a freight from Oregon back to Bakersfield — that’s over a bunch of mountains,” Haggard says. “It was wintertime [...]

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We live in a capitalist society. We build businesses. For all the adjacent reasons to build a business – inventing the next new thing, changing the world, advancing humankind – a business must make money, create profit, and keep growing (or at least bettering) itself.
For this you must understand the numbers, even if you can’t [...]

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What if there was a way for you to get your employees truly invested in your company making a profit and achieving your key goals? You just tell them what you’re trying to do and how you’re progressing, and they become rabid fans and supporters. Sound easy? Too good to be true? Well it actually [...]

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