Anyone can start a successful business, according to Norm Brodsky, lifelong entrepreur and coauthor of The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up.  The key, he said it to learn the hard lessons before you get started.

Thinking about starting a new business in the food industry? The recipe for long-term success boils down to starting with the right ingredients:

INGREDIENTS FOR SUCCESS AS A FOOD ENTREPRENEUR

• Vision
• Mission
• Values

DIRECTIONS: Begins with clearly articulated vision for all stakeholders; Apply customer insights to create mission; integrate company culture. Add goals and measurement. Serves: Any entrepreneur well.

Becoming the president of an international corporation used to take a lifetime of hard work. Now it can be done with a PC, strong entrepreneurial spirit and the remaining balance of 2008.

Retail sales of all specialty (gourmet) foods are generating revenues of more than $48 billion a year, and averaging annual growth of more than 8 percent. To some, this means great opportunity. To others, it represents a formidable challenge.

In preparation for Halloween, the Business Owner’s Toolkit offers 10 frighteningly-good treats for entrepreneurs who are ready to launch a new business. 

Instead of filling a bag with sugary-sweets, these treats from the Business Owner’s Toolkit and its sponsors will line pockets of business owners with savings: 

Business Owner’s Toolkit, a leading online destination for business owners, today launched a new, BizCast widget to share valuable business insights, tips and news that will help business owners succeed in this challenging economy.

Why is it that 60% of the Fortune 500 companies chose to incorporate in the state of Delaware when most don’t have a physical presence there? Well, the answer is that Delaware offers some tangible advantages over incorporating in other states. Here are 6 compelling reasons to incorporate in Delaware now.

Many people dream their whole lives about starting a business, but never take the plunge. If you are sitting on your dreams, here are five reasons to make today the day you to start your own business.

To protect everything they work so hard for, most experienced entrepreneurs are saying “so long” to sole proprietorship.

When it comes to investing their retirement savings, many entrepreneurs have learned that franchises will outperform mutual funds.