I don’t know about you but I am fascinated by startups. They have every element of a good adventure story: heroes, villians, a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and disaster lurking at every step. Kind of like an Indiana Jones movie! And while the United States is known as the startup

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Throughout my career I have met and presented before scores of angel investors, venture capitalists and investment bankers. But Marty Fahncke is the only person I know personally who identifies himself as a strategic investor. Marty brings much more than just a checkbook to the companies he invests in. He also shares his decades of

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Successful entrepreneurs see their current business as a valuable asset that can be sold when they decide it’s time to move on to their next adventure. Right? No. Every year over 1,000-times more businesses are founded in the United States than the number sold. Does that mean that 99.9% of businesses are failures? I guess

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It’s no secret that publishing a book that solves the problems of your ideal clients is a powerful way to gain the upper hand in a competitive marketplace. That’s why I invited Diana M. Needham of Business Book Partners to be my guest this week on Radio Free Enterprise. Diana helps business owners, professionals, corporate

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In recent years, a new approach to entrepreneurship has been evolving which is often referred to as Conscious Business. According to Wikipedia, “Conscious businesses subscribe to a Triple Bottom Line model of success. They aim to provide positive value in the domains of people, planet, and profit.” Although I was aware of corporate social responsibility

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