I’ve given elevator pitch advice in the past, but I thought you might enjoy some tips from a seasoned entrepreneur who eats elevator pitches for breakfast!   I would like to introduce you to Rich Sloan; he is the cofounder of StartupNation and a lifelong entrepreneur who has raised over $70 million ...

You can use any word-processor to create your business plan, yet the urban sprawl of text that results after your second or third page is enough to render the plan useless. Your business plan is supposed to be a tool that effortlessly tracks the tasks and details of your ...

For some, the thought of writing a business plan is as pleasant as the stomach flu, yet the truth is that a business plan shares more in common with a diary and a to-do list than it does with a college term paper. So, break out that favorite pen ...

  [...Imagine Eminem's "Lose Yourself" playing in the background...]   Look, if you had one shot... One opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted... One moment... Would you capture it... Or just let it slip away?   Yo, his Palm Treo is sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy... There's Starbucks on his business coat, it's a spilled Tazoberry... He's nervous, but ...

The history of LoveSac was suggested to me by Josh when I had told him that I was thinking about starting a business (circa 2005). One year down the road and I'm still figuring out what I want to do, yet the LoveSac story remains a great reference for ...