Cynthia E. Griffin

Having trouble landing your share of funding? These true-life stories will show you how five other entrepreneurs did it.

Get-rich-quick seminars promise the American dream, but do they really deliver? Our writer went undercover to find out.

It's a different VC world than it was a few years ago--but one that many women business owners find appealing.

True stories of "how I got my franchise start-up capital"

Beating the local business community's drum is a lot harder than it used to be.

In search of the ridiculously inexpensive franchise

Women's money and women's businesses coming together for the good of all women

From angels to vcs, new roads for investment capital continue to open up.

The U.S. Census Bureau gets stingier about classifying businesses as women-owned.

Some say the new administration isn't exactly oozing with support for new start-ups; some say help is on the way. So what's the truth?

What makes a young woman want to own a business? A little education will help.

With new angel funds and networks popping up nationwide, that shouldn't be too hard to do.

Think issuing your own credit card is just a pipe dream? Maybe not. Here's why.

Exporting on the Web

Two sides lay out their cases for whether Internet transactions should be taxed.

Are you ready for the untamed wilderness of entrepreneurship?

Funding available to entrepreneurs in underserved areas

Do minority franchisees get stuck with undesirable locations in inner city areas?

Entrepreneurial centers focus on those who've served.

New high-tech bridge loan fund

Self-employment pushed as option for the disabled

The Web catches customers. Why not use it to catch investors?

Economic development and business financing rolled into one

Find out how these four recent graduates are helping college students realize their dreams of entrepreneurship.

. . . are needed to fill a communications industry void.

Helping women overcome their Achilles' heel

Cultural diversity is this entrepreneur's game.

Woman investors are changing business.

Palm Pilots now make banking <i>hand-y</i>. Get it?

Don't be. This online service can hook students up with the venture capital they need to start a business.