Becoming an entrepreneur is one of the most exciting decisions you can make. But is it hard? Well, yes. It's not a stroll in the park, but it's also not impossible and can be incredibly amazing.

Being an entrepreneur is not defined by credentials, business plans or funding — it’s a mindset rooted in a specific set of internal qualities. Entrepreneurship is defined by a specific set of ...

When I launched my business nearly two decades ago, I’d decamp to my local coffee shop every morning while the sky was pitch black and iron out any issues at my fledgling company. After working from ...

Business Insider asked several entrepreneurs about challenges that come with working for yourself. Jack Schrupp, who left a teaching job to run his own business, cited professional loneliness. Others ...

The hospitality business is in my blood. My father had a long career in the industry, running restaurants and catering businesses, and I inherited his passion. As a child, my friends spent their ...

Yes, plenty of times. Every time I do, though, I look upon it as a lesson for the future. Most people have lost money at some ...

On this episode of "America's Favorite Mom and Pop Shops®," learn how understanding people — and listening to data — helped this entrepreneur with no professional cooking experience open Poppy's, a ...

Many entrepreneurs are fulfilling the goals they set in launching their small companies—including attaining a better work-life balance than when they worked for someone else. But data from a new ...

Starting a high-tech startup with two kids in diapers probably sounds like a bad idea. It's never easy to balance a business with raising children, let alone when they are 1 and 3 years old. And being ...

MONDAY. THE OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS NAMED THIS YEAR’S CHANGEMAKER HONOREES. THEY’LL BE HONORED AS PART OF THE CHAMBER’S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SUMMIT, WHICH IS MARCH 21ST. AND JOINING US NOW IS ...

There are perks to being your own boss and setting your own schedule. "Being an entrepreneur is great. It's awesome," confirmed Alex Yale, who quit corporate America to launch an e-commerce business. ...