Entrepreneurs are busy people. They’re also overwhelmed with gadgets: phones, computers, bluetooth headsets, not to mention countless other toys. But what gadgets do you actually need? The Open Forum article gives you four must-have gadgets to push your entrepreneurship to the next level.

Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs pay attention: it may be time to ditch your business plan. In this Entrepreneur article, the venture capital firm ffVC gives advice for bringing your future business into the world in the twenty-first century. This article is especially useful if you’re outside the main VC hubs like San Francisco and New York.

Running a company can be kind of a whirlwind. It’s important to stop every now and then and take stock. Here are a few of the five questions that every entrepreneur should ask him or herself. WHAT CAN I BUILD WITHOUT A DEVELOPER? I’m not a technical person, so I simply assumed that I could …

Every entrepreneur has a different reason his or her first (or second, or third) startup failed. But Inc argues that there’s one underlying reason all startups fail: Here’s the problem: Founders don’t often know what they’re doing. No, I’m not trying to be flippant here. It’s not a crime, just the truth. They don’t know what …

To read all the articles about entrepreneurs, they seem like an almost annoyingly optimistic and perky bunch, but it isn’t at all that uncommon for these self-starters to get the blues. With all the responsibility resting squarely on their shoulders, entrepreneurs need to be on the lookout for depression so they can tackle the problem …

The word “entrepreneur” may bring to mind a cadre of jeans-wearin’ young things packing a bag full of tech products or the latest episode of Shark Tank, but the history of entrepreneurship goes back much further than the day Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne teamed up to start Apple. H/T to Ritu Pant. Via Homestead. Entrepreneur …

The names of famous authors may come to mind with ease, but it’s unlikely the name of Mac Anderson skips off the tip of your tongue even though his work has undoubtedly been motivating you since the late ’80s. Entrepreneur’s Jason Daley got the chance to speak to the man behind the iconic motivational posters …

When you think of great leaders of American history, Abraham Lincoln, the president who brought the country back from the brink of implosion is bound to rank in the top three, so what can a leader today learn from this mighty man? Stephanie Vozza at Entrepreneur was watching the recently-released Lincoln with leadership in mind, …

Wondering how your experience stacks up to established entrepreneurs? MBAPrograms.org took a look at thousands of LinkedIn profiles to get a composite sketch of the “typical” entrepreneur as a starting point for your research, but don’t count yourself out if you don’t fit the mold. Via MBAPrograms.org. Infographics for entrepreneurs.