The Social Network opens in theaters nationwide on Friday
amidst a deafening buzz about Facebook’s co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg. If people
aren’t questioning the veracity of the film’s storyline, they’re speculating
about it. Is it fact, fiction or just a dramatic, narrative account pumped up
with a little extra Hollywood juice?
Controversy erupted months in advance of the release of
the Aaron [...]

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It was forecast to be a season of gloom for workers who like to snag a few months’ pay during the retail holiday season. But then a funny thing happened: Big retailers announced some massive hiring programs. It appears quite a few of the big chains are expecting this December to be bigger than last year’s.
At [...]

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“Mom,” my 9-year-old son said to me recently. “What’s an entrepreneur?”
“It’s someone like mommy, who has their own business,” I replied. “Why do you ask?”
“Because SpongeBob is one,” he told me.
Turns out there’s an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants, “Chocolate With Nuts,” that’s all about starting a business. Here’s the plot, and what real entrepreneurs can [...]

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If you think your business is having a tough time getting bank financing, talk to Dennis Rosenthal.
Rosenthal’s company, JonKeith Communications, a New York City IT consulting firm, persuaded his bank to lend him $23,000 to pay off his credit card debt last year. But after everything he had to go through, he’s not sure if [...]

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You want to know what I think of your new website. You got a sec? The
folks over at Zurb have created an ingenious little web application that allows
anyone to conduct a free test of what visitors remember about a website. And
those visitors get exactly five seconds to form a first impression.
Called Clue, the site lets [...]

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Now that the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 is finally law, it’s time to take a look under the hood and see what-all is in there. Last week, I discussed the $30 billion in funding that goes to community banks — hopefully to lend to small businesses, but no guarantee there.
Some have [...]

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Why write about politics on an entrepreneurial blog?  If you’ve read my reviews long enough, you’ll know that I like to occasionally venture beyond business books for fresh insights. I’ve also written about how political campaigns are entrepreneurial, while the actual role of being a legislator is managerial. Hence you can learn a lot from [...]

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Meet us. Pitch us. We want to hear your stories.
Entrepreneur is inviting readers to our free Winning Strategies for Business conference Tues. Oct.5, in Long Beach.
It’s a day of seminars, speakers and networking. (Here’s the agenda.) But what makes the day particularly special for us is our Meet the Editors session. It’s a chance to [...]

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If you’ve tried logging onto Facebook today (Sept. 23, 2010), you may be
wondering if there’s something wrong with your internet connection or if
Facebook is down. Fear not; it’s not you! Sadly, it seems many people and their grandparents (yes, your customers’ grandparents are likely trying to access Facebook also) are receiving a message similar to [...]

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If you’ve been feeling that our country isn’t as hot a place for entrepreneurs as it once was, it’s not your imagination. A new study from the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy shows the U.S. has sunk to third place when it comes to fostering entrepreneurial creativity.
Researchers for the SBA took a look at [...]

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