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Obama Administration to Develop Action Plan for Minority Business

Minority entrepreneurs continue to be stymied by lack of financing as well as public and private sector contracts. To remedy this situation, Obama administration officials met with a number of business owners develop initiatives to bolster their firms’ financial standing and provide access to opportunities offered through the president’s $787 billion recovery plan.

2010 Entrepreneurs Conference: What I Learned From the Elevator Pitch

If you had only 60 seconds to deliver your best business pitch, what would you say to convince someone to fund your business? Now consider three investors listening to your pitch (who have probably heard hundreds of pitches before) who have the ability to fund your business idea for $10,000. Could you handle the pressure?

What Dow 10,000 Means—This Time

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average powers through the 10,000-point threshold today, millions of investors are no doubt searching for meaning. But, is there any deep significance here?

Vanguarde Media Files For Bankruptcy

The clock ran out for high-profile Vanguarde Media Inc., publisher of Savoy, Heart & Soul, and Honey. Principals were unable to make a last-ditch effort to raise capital for the...

Privatizing Social Security

One of the biggest debates brewing on Capitol Hill this year involves President George W. Bush’s desire to overhaul the nation’s Social Security system. So far, the proposals being bandied...

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