Every day, hundreds of entrepreneurs launch crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo to raise money and awareness for their businesses. As CEO of Indiegogo, I have been in touch with potential entrepreneurs from all over the world with a wide variety of business ideas. Across this wide spectrum, I have realized that many entrepreneurs are  misguided by the same myths, time and time again.

Here are the five most common myths about starting a business — and how we’ve seen them get blown out of the water at Indiegogo:

Myth #1: There’s a “right” time to start.... Read More

Kross Kountry-4-Kids A Journey-4-Justice Finishes April 14th

A BBQ celebration Sunday hosted by Folsom Harley-Davidson marks the conclusion of a two week cross country and back ride for Kross Kountry-4-Kids A Journey-4-Justice.  The Army Of Angels,the International Child Abuse Prevention Task Force, Folsom HOG and dozens of other groups will be in attendance at the event scheduled from Noon until 3:00 P.M.  The runs accomplishments, reviewing the current call to action over the next year to better protect children and making some major announcements about Kross Kountry-4-Kids 2014. will be covered.

More than 150 government, community and business leaders attended the San Joaquin Partnership and Business Council 22nd Annual Meeting this morning in Stockton.

They were lured by the invite: "San Joaquin County takes leadership in Job Growth" with the sub head of "What does it take to 'land' an Amazon deal?"

And they were not disappointed.

Fritz Grupe, Chairman of the Business Council, celebrating its 25th anniversary, began the presentation with "Businesses go where they are wanted," and went on to explain the dire San Joaquin County business climate 25 years ago: no infrastructure, high crime, no shovel ready sites and an undereducated workforce.