Leaving your large company to join a start-up is never an easy decision to make. You have to take many factors into consideration, including your tolerance for risk, how much cash you have in the bank, your family situation, student loans, and lots of other things. When I (...)

Like many members of Generation Y, my first entry-level job put me in a place I didn’t want to be – a cubicle. When I left the corporate world and got involved with Brazen Careerist, everything changed. For the past six months I’ve experienced the ups and downs of (...)

Save Up Before Starting Out Starting a new business involves a lot of decision-making, a lot hard work, and a lot of financing issues. From funding your operation to having enough put aside to make the ends meet, every money decision is crucial to your future and your success. A good (...)

Everyday of my college career seemed to conclude with a series of long meetings, each one more trivial and ineffective than the next. Water-cooler gossip delayed the start, while side-discussions and tangents drew us away from our goals. Everything eventually dissolved into free-for-all bashings of Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, or (...)

A couple of weeks ago Penelope and I went to a meeting in Milwaukee with a group of potential investors. After the meeting, we went upstairs to grab a drink while the group discussed a few things. One of the guys came upstairs to shake our hands and say (...)