3 tips every entrepreneur should know

(Editor’s note: Doug Collom is vice dean and an adjunct lecturer on venture capital and entrepreneurship for Wharton|San Francisco. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)

Starting companies is hard.  And it’s critical to make sure that your venture is …

5 harsh realities of being an entrepreneur

(Editor’s note: Jason L. Baptiste is the CEO and co-founder of PadPressed and co-author of the OnStartups blog. This story originally appeared at that site.)

There’s always talk about a startup’s end game – whether it’s in the form of …

Leveling the education landscape for entrepreneurs

(Editor’s note: Lewis Drummond is CEO of FledgeWing.com,  an online community for entrepreneurial  students. He contributed this column to VentureBeat.)

In the mid-1960s, the Kauffman Foundation had the foresight to see the need for an organization promoting entrepreneurship. More than …

Calling all entrepreneurs…

Thinking of starting a business or looking for ways to grow your recently launched firm? VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner is filled with expert advice on taking your company to the next level.

Here are a few of the most recent stories …

Calling all entrepreneurs…

In case you’ve missed any of our recent advice for startups over at VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner, here’s a wrap up of the must-read stories. Be sure to click through and check them out:

Harnessing the power of analytics — Too …

Four keys to a great PR campaign

While you can’t underestimate the power of a good press release, too many businesses forget that it’s just the beginning of a process. The real trick to successful marketing is ensuring you have all the elements of your public relations …

Key steps for developing customer loyalty

Most entrepreneurs rightly focus on revenue generation from new customers. But many do not plan for — or flat out ignore — customer retention and the opportunity it represents.

By your company’s third year, it’s typical that 50 percent of …