Entrepreneur Magazine: March 2001

Easy.Com, Easy.Go
OK . . . we've weeded out the wanna-bes. Who's still with us?

They're Baaaaaaack!
Entrepreneur's young millionaires, the reunion tour. You won't believe what happened next . . .

Grab Your Atlas
With all the opportunity in the world awaiting, why would you start a local business?



Advertising Workshop
Chart Smart
Charts may make good copy, but does your ad tempt prospects to read them?

Be Your Own Boss Features
Vroom!
The nation's 100 fastest-growing franchises

Biz 101
Space Race
Is your start-up set to rocket into an office of its own?

Quilting Tee
Grandma never sewed like this.

BizStartUps.com
Easy Does It
1) Point. 2) Click. 3) You've got an online store.

Bright Ideas
Bicycle Built For You?
Race to an industry ripe for invention.

Franchise Focus
To The Max
Profit from real estate sales, but do none of the selling.

Opportunities
Success By Hand
Old-fashioned chocolates make New Economy profits.

Wish Upon A Car
When is a reference to cars and lemons a good thing?

What's New
The latest happenings at Show Me PCs and The Next Step Magazine

Hole In One
Delivery and a lot more than bagels

Global Domination
Franchisors, the world is yours . . . thanks to Uncle Sam.

Smart Ideas
Terminal Bliss
Gate 9, Flight 277 . . . Gate 10, pedicures for everybody . . .

Cast A Wide Net
Kids are Web-savvy. What about teachers and parents?

What's Your Problem?
Four’s A Charm?
How do I set my four businesses apart from the competition?

What Women Want
Where's the money for women-owned businesses?

Global
In Country
You can't go global without some local representation.

Pulse
Star Lite
You want attention? Go on TV. You want to clear out your inventory? Go on a shopping channel.

Listen Up!
Watts is about to let you in on the future of advertising.

It’s Only A Game
On second thought, maybe it's better to just play dotcom.

Dressed For Distress
Is business casual in for a backlash?

Check Out The New Guy
A fresh face on the House Committee on Small Business

Travel
e Is For Eventually
Will e-tickets ever be fully functional?

Lost Cause
Assuming the airlines won't learn to take care of your luggage any time soon . . .

Road Notes
New services from Biztravel.com and AvantGo, American Airlines and AOL, and US Airways

Wheels
Take A Seat
. . . to accommodate the family; leave it behind to make room for business.

Driver’s Ed
Showroom or chat room? The best information on cars comes from the people who drive them.

The Long Way Home
Ease your hellish commute with a technology-packed car.

Women
Welcome To The Jungle
Are you ready for the untamed wilderness of entrepreneurship?

Office Supply
A new agency looks out for your federal contracts.

Books
Matters of Time
Technology's future, time with the family and time management

Bulletin Board
SBA
Online e-commerce course; 50 times the lenders

New Mexico
One-stop business site

Latinos
New funds aim to fill the capital gap.

Hot Seat
Putting the "Tea" in Charity
This tea-selling duo knows the joys of making money--and then giving it away.

Trade Shows
Trade Shows
Mark your calendar.

Buyer Zone
Wrong Number
Don't let fraudulent credit card orders knock you out.

Capitol Issues
For Better Or Worse
Business forecast for the Bush years

Cutting Edge
Learn To Share
Not in the altruistic way, but in the save-big-bucks-through-shared-services way

Family Business
The Daughter Also Rises
Women are taking over the family business; their initiative is the key.

Insurance
Survival Strategy
Disability could strike you at any moment—protect your business and your partners.

Legal
Renters’ Rights
A co-employer can relieve you of a load of paperwork—but watch out for these legal traps.

Management Smarts
Relief Wanted
Hiring a CEO could save your business.

Staff Smarts
The Grinch Who Stole Business
"Glass half empty" people cost you money--here's how to deal with them and prevent negativity from spreading.

Your Business
First, The Bad News . . .
How to say it without bringing employees down

Powerful Punch
Do you have a high-impact team in place?

Respect Your Elders
Training tailored for older workers

Web Site
To keep up with news and development in human resouces, check out this site.

Fast Pitch
Cable-Ready
Want to market the way Coke and Pepsi do? Then try cable TV.

Marketing Smarts
Between The Lines
You may be using subliminal advertising and not even know it.

Straight To Video
Satellites beaming your product to retailers everywhere

Real Deal
Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels
. . . use tricks like these—so read on, and players won't pull a fast one on you.

Sales Success
Ringing True
Three easy ways to sell better on the phone

Ask the Rainmaker
Beware The Ball And Chain
. . . of a loan: avoiding prepayment penalties.

What, No Farm?
The Agriculture Department has its eye on business, too.

Money Smarts
Easy Money?
Or will it be catch as catch can under the new administration?

Raising Money
The Graduates
Moving from individual investors to institutional VCs means learning to play by a new set of rules.

Tax Talk
Smooth Moves
Roll over your small-business investments and shield yourself from capital gains taxes.

No Deposit, Big Return
And that's good news from the IRS.

All's Fair in . . .the Law?
A change in taxation legislation makes selling a business a better deal.

Buyer's Guide
Your Reproductive System
Don't get too excited: a not-so-intimate look at workgroup copiers and whether you should choose analog or digital

Bytes
Body Language
Password glut got you down? Hackers scoff at password systems, anyway. Is biometrics the answer?

Connections
Sounds of Silence
The world is a quieter place with wireless messaging.

Give the Web a Ring
A new way for your customers to call up your Web site

Hot Disks
A Room Of Your Project’s Own
Setting up project headquarters on the Net

Byte Guard
Keep watch over your PC.

New Releases
Product reviews of WS_FTP Pro Version 6.6 file transfer program, free DSL connection from EarthLink and System Mechanic 3.5 utility software

Net Profits
Give And Take
Why it pays to partner up on your marketing efforts

Wise Buys
Product review of True Internet Color from E-Color Inc., Ektron's e-WebEdit Pro and AskIt.com's Crisis Management Tool

Web Site
Try this site for a clever new way to find out more about security for your computer.

Tech Smarts
Coming To America?
The world loves the wireless Web, but when will it take off here?

New Releases
Coming soon to a URL near you

Fast Facts
Technology statistics

Web Site
If you're looking for really private e-mail, check out HushMail.

Tools
Buff Film
Silicon Film Technologies' (e)film film cartridge

Catching Rays
Sunwize Technologies' Portable Energy System

Sign of the Times
Interlink Electronics' ePad VP9001 electronic signature-enabled notepad

Web
Retire Right
The Web's got the answers to your retirement-plan questions.

Dotcons
This federal government Web site is dedicated to exposing online scams.

Foreign Affair
All the statistical information about other countries you can get your hands on

Cash In
Get paid for finding proof of an earlier use of a patented idea.

Find It
This newest search engine lets you paste in chunks of text you want to search for.

Fast Facts
Internet and technology statistics