The "college for everyone" concept known as massive open online courses (MOOCs) seems to be evolving. A number of companies offering the populist-driven idea are not giving up. But they are, according to University World News, finding some challenges getting universities to offer college credit for...
With market indices rallying to all-time highs this summer, investors seem to be betting on a recovering U.S. economy. But more and more pundits are warning that the market may be over-hyping the still somewhat limited real growth in the economy. The U.S. unemployment rate declined...
It's official. The new SEC rules ending the ban on advertising and general solicitation in Regulation D private securities offerings to accredited investors were published in the US Federal Register on July 24. They are effective 60 days later, or September 23, 2013. After that...
The New York Times reports today about a fascinating entrepreneur with a very novel idea: pay a monthly fee to fly as often as you want on his airline. Wade Eyerly thinks this idea can soar with new SurfAir. He gets you on 6-passenger single...
As an entrepreneur, you have the freedom to create your own schedule. It’s not any easy task to figure out how many hours you devote to building your business, especially when you have a family. Each individual finds their own balance between time at home...
According to Wikipedia, the origin of the term "dog days of summer" was tied around a star. Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog), is called the "dog star" because it is the brightest in the group. In the Greek and Roman days, these stars...
Just reminding everyone that The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook has been on sale since May and my understanding is that it is selling well! Thanks for all your support! To check it out, just go to http://amzn.to/148cAzP. The book first looks at the 9 key personality traits I...
Lately it's been reported that mega-mergers are coming back in a variety of industries. We have waited quite awhile for this to happen. We hope that will also begin to trickle down to the middle and lower middle market of deals. There are pluses and minuses...
According to The Deal, there were eight IPOs of life science companies in May alone, more than the whole rest of the year leading up to May. This is good! And they are generally trading very well. In the second quarter, life science IPOs were...