In today’s economy, which startup businesses are just plain likely to fail? Of course, a lot depends on who is doing the starting up. But experts say there are certain businesses that are more likely to fail than others.
“There’s this very sad pattern about how people start businesses,” says Scott Shane, an entrepreneurship professor at [...]

Techpreneurship, with Jeff Amerine
(Jeff Amerine is an IA advisor and officer with the University of Arkansas Technology Licensing Office. Each Thursday, his Techpreneurship blog will appear in INOV8. Drop him a line in comments.)
This week I am going to cover one of the necessary startup activities that will cause most techpreneurs to age in dog years….yes, you [...]

Not fretting the small stuff is one thing. Fretting over the right stuff is the key to startup success, according to Joel Spolsky at Inc.:
…I learned an important lesson: When in doubt, make your product more compelling. All of Fog Creek’s affiliate marketing ideas, coupons, discounts, direct-mail pieces, catalog ads, and everything else we spent [...]

Ask the Investor, with Jeff Stinson
(Each week, Jeff Stinson, executive director of the angel-investor firm Fund for Arkansas’ Future, will answer your questions about VCs, entrepreneurs, funding and start-ups in Arkansas. Submit questions for next week’s column through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or via email at jeff@arkansasfund.com. You can also leave questions in comments below.)
Q: Where [...]