By: James Carter, a Special to Overdrive It was called indentured servitude in Renaissance Europe, but today college graduates are willing to give up a portion of their future earnings for startup capital now. Several… Read more »
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9 Methods for Alternative Business Financing
By Karlene Sinclair-Robinson, special to Overdrive Entrepreneurs have weathered the storms of personnel issues, market adjustments and one cash flow crisis after another. And yet, many are not able to build a cash reserve to keep… Read more »
Shark Tank’s Daymond John Shares Story at EO University
By: Nancy Dahlberg, Originally written and posted in the Miami Herald Shark Tank star Daymond John parlayed his passion for hip-hop and entrepreneurship to go from waiting tables to founding and growing FUBU, a $4… Read more »
‘Impact Entrepreneurship’ Places Importance on Social Consciousness
By: Michelle Goodman, a Special to Overdrive On a trip to Africa in 1990, Peter Scott was moved to tears by the deforestation he encountered. Determined to do something, he spent 15 years as a… Read more »
Don’t Let Poor Partnerships Drag You Down
By: Kurt Olender, an EO New Jersey member, and is the founding partner of Olender-Feldman LLP So, you and your partners just started a business. The future looks bright, everyone expects the company to grow quickly… Read more »
Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise
By: Jeff Cornwall, a Special to Overdrive Over the past couple of decades we have seen a steady increase in the number of women becoming entrepreneurs. At Belmont University, for example, 45 percent of students… Read more »
Preparing Your Family for Entrepreneurship
By: Carolyn Brown, a special to Overdrive No more regular 9-to-5 gig working for someone else and playing by their rules. You have a great idea for a business and you are ready to be your… Read more »
Surviving an Acquisition
By Jenn Greacen, an EO Central Florida member and executive director of The Clear Agency. My 6-year-old presented it most appropriately when she told her teacher that she hadn’t seen much of mommy lately because she had… Read more »
Bringing the Smallest Businesses to the Global Market
By FedEx Get Ahead. You might not initially realize that the eBay seller who caught your eye is a crafts maker in Guatemala, but as entrepreneur Maria Pacheco explains it, that’s the beauty of the… Read more »
The 10 Greatest Social Entrepreneurs of All Time
By Carol Brown, special to Overdrive. While it is admirable to build a successful business of any kind, some entrepreneurs do more than just make a profit with the fruits of their labor. Some actually… Read more »