Kevin Plank, like so many successful entrepreneurs, saw a problem and began tinkering with ideas that would solve it. He hated how the cotton t-shirts he wore under his pads as a football player at the University of Maryland would…
“Do I really need a logo for my small business? I’m just getting started.” That’s a question we get a lot. And while getting a logo design may not be the first thing you do when starting up, you should…
If you haven’t heard of Tim Ferriss, it’s not for a lack of his trying. Ferriss is a successful entrepreneur who has shared his strategies for success on his blog, and in several best sellers, including The Four Hour Work…
Over the past two weeks, we’ve profiled two entrepreneurs who have been very outspoken about the role of companies in giving back to the communities where they operate. John Mackey calls it “conscious capitalism”. Marc Benioff calls it “compassionate capitalism”…
John Mackey is best known as the college drop-out who (along with his girlfriend) cobbled together $45,000 to start a small health food store called SaferWay in Austin, Texas. Later Mackey joined his store with the Clarksville Natural Grocery and renamed…
“Successful startups are the ones who have enough money left over to try their second idea.” —Clayton Christensen, Author and Harvard Professor One of the best books we’ve come across on starting a business is Nail It Then…
Just a reminder: U.S. Corporate taxes are due this Friday, March 15. It’s not too late to submit your tax payments for 2012, but after tomorrow, it will be. Last week we shared a few thoughts about corporate taxes in…
Yvon Chouinard is well known in the worlds of rock climbing and environmentalism, but almost unknown as a savvy and successful businessman (despite being both). In the early 1970’s, Chouinard learned the art of black smithing in order to design…
“…a casual survey of the laws relating to the taxing of corporations convinces me that any corporation that gets away with its trousers and one collar-stud should offer up Hosannahs.” …
Sir James Dyson is perhaps best known for his paradigm-shifting vacuum cleaners—vacuums that work using mini cyclones to suck and separate dirt, while never losing suction as it fills up. He formed his own company to make and sell his…