Starting a business is not for the faint of heart. It takes a tremendous amount of work, patience and grit to create something from nothing and make it profitable. But when you do your research, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Kappel is the Founder of Patriot Software, LLC. If you’ve thought about opening your own business, you might have begun to ...

Garages, backroom offices, and coffee shops are some of the starting points of many successful businesses— representing the founder's several trials and tribulations to build up their companies and ...

Starting a business is a difficult endeavor. Learn the biggest challenges that come with entrepreneurship and how to overcome them and find success.

Eddie Rodriguez is the CEO of The Franchise Tailor. He has over 30 years of experience as a business owner. Franchises are great business models because they already have the processes, systems and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Starting a business can be one of the most exciting and rewarding things you’ll ever do. The process has its challenges, but it’s ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a kid, if someone wanted to set up a lemonade stand, I’d be the one to write a business plan. So, it wasn’t a surprise to me, or ...

Starting a business can be hard. Not just the actual process of starting a business, but simply making the decision to take that first step (once you do decide to take that first step, here’s a handy ...

Other women have done it with great success, and here are some steps you can take to follow their lead. By Kerry Hannon This article is part of our Women and Leadership special section, which focuses ...

Some people are destined to be entrepreneurs. From the time they get through school, or maybe even before that, they’re hungry to start a business and lead it to success, and they’ll stop at nothing ...