Top Crowdfunding Platforms

There is a multitude of crowdfunding platforms to choose from today and depending on what your're trying to raise money for, it can make...

Peer to Peer Lending Platforms

  Peer to Peer lending platforms growth has exploded in the last decade. Many find this to be a great alternative to traditional funding sources....

What Makes a Great Leader

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50NyNeSzfHg?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] Jon Taffer, host of Spike TV's 'Bar Rescue,' takes a moment to discuss the secret sauce to being a leader. According to Taffer's...

5 Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned From Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is here to stay. It has raised billions over the last 10 years to help support numerous entrepreneurial ventures and there are billions...

Pros and Cons of Exclusionary Rule

What is the exclusionary rule? It is a set of guidelines which dictate how and when evidence can be used against someone in a...

Angel Investors and Equity Crowdfunding

It's often been said that when equity crowdfunding became available to the general public, the big losers in the investment world would be the...

Pros and Cons of Drilling in ANWR

Let's face it. Our world today is run on fossil fuels. At the top of that list is oil. We need more of it...

Learning from Your Business Mistakes

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UJ7R5DjbHw?rel=0&controls=0] The founder of Mint.com and Fountain, Aaron Patzer, discusses how failures helped him how to succeed as a young entrepreneur. With the lessons...

The Cost of Raising Millions Through Equity Crowdfunding

Regulation A+ has been released, allowing companies to raise capital from non-accredited investors. Private company investments are only allowed to do so, but it...

Pros and Cons of Deinstitutionalization

For several decades, the mentally ill were cared for in institutions instead of private sector settings. Throughout the 1960s, however, deinstitutionalization began to occur...

How to Have Awesome Brainstorming Sessions

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ6v-xI_HSE?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] The contributing editor at Inc., Jeff Haden, discusses how to create limits that help to foster concentrated goals. These tips will help you...

Crowdfunding is Becoming the Top Financial Resource

Crowdfunding participation has increased every year that it has been available to the general public. With equity crowdfunding rules coming into place in some...

Pros and Cons of Criminal Profiling

Criminal profiling is often mistaken as racial profiling, but the two activities are very different. Racial profiling assumes that someone of a specific ethnic,...

The Social Makeup of Social Entrepreneurship

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaDXGmS_aRY?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] Jonathan Lewis, who is the founder of the Cafe Impact as well as the Board Chair of MicroCredit Enterprises, speaks in a university...

The Power of Social Entrepreneurs

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZQvhsa6LN0?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] In this edition of TEDx Talks, P R Ganapathy talks about just how powerful social entrepreneurs truly are. This type of entrepreneurship is...

Being Successful in Social Entrepreneurship

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl8c5ooHfWs?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] A social entrepreneur is someone who creates a business with the main goal of making social change, this is most commonly done through...

How Social Entrepreneurs are Pioneering Change

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk5LI_WcosQ?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] Social entrepreneurs are people who set out to change the world, help people in crisis, or improve the lives of human beings. This...

Raising Money with Angel Investors

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqRBN7qvyxs?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] Angel investors are people who provide capital for start up businesses to get started, generally in exchange for some equity in the company....

A Lean Startup Case Study

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_MH8TENpwc?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] A case study is looking at the beginning and end of a situation and determining what could have been done better and what...

Design Meets Lean Startup

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFnHzU4_W8?rel=0&controls=0&w=640&h=360] Problem solving is one of the biggest keys for businesses. Being able to adapt and respond to problems quickly is an invaluable asset...