Should your startup sell pain killers or vitamins?

If you combine all the classes, conversations, books, cases, meetings, lectures, school immersions, and online research I've done, here are the key takeaways I've accumulated thus far about characteristics of successful new businesses. It's not to say...

Where is the "beaten path" for entrepreneurs?

Alright. Here's the deal. I've done well for myself until now, having followed the beaten path to the Mecca of a young professional's choice for graduate education (Harvard Business School). After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with honors,...