If I told you I was selling restaurant franchises at a million dollars a pop, plus an annual royalty percentage, would you take me up on that offer? If you answered yes, call me immediately as I got so much crap to sell you. But if you’re most people, you’d need a wee bit more information...

The feeling is all too familiar to us entrepreneur types. The debilitating paralysis that grips our business soul and temporarily evaporates every ounce of our self confidence. If you have ever owned a business, there has been a time when you invested all your creative energy on closing that deal or...

When the news broke out yesterday, that Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple) was taking a leave of absence due to complications with cancer, the blogosphere (and Twittersphere) went into a frenzy. From straight reporting of the breaking story to dump-apple-stock urges to “you’re an idiot if you...