Nothing kills startups like distractions. The worst type are those that pay money: day jobs, consulting, profitable side-projects. The startup may...

You can deduct travel costs related to setting up a new business as long as the trade or business you are in is the same as you engaged in previously,...

In a rapidly growing market, you don't worry too much about efficiency. It's more important to grow fast. If there's some mundane problem getting in...

"Ramen profitable" means a startup makes just enough to pay the founders' living expenses. It's not rapid prototyping for business models...

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than it is to earn it in the first place.

If a little money does not go out, great money will not come in.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

I can't emphasize how important it is for a startup to be cheap. Most startups fail before they make something people want, and the most common form...