Personal Finance

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Entrepreneur’s “20 Questions” series features both established and up-and-coming entrepreneurs and asks them a number of questions about what makes them tick, their everyday success strategies and advice for aspiring founders. Three years ago, college friends Alessandra Perez-Rubio and Louisa Rechter had a problem. It seemed like …

[ad_1] Want to know the secret of success? Just ask Jon Taffer. “Appreciate the power of knowledge. Seek knowledge. Knowledge is confidence. Confidence drives success. I have always been very confident,” he told Entrepreneur in advance of his keynote address at Entrepreneur Live, a day-long conference held this past week …

[ad_1] Want to define your leadership style? Watch this mentoring session moderated by David Meltzer at our Entrepreneur Live event in Los Angeles last week. In this short video, Meltzer chats with former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman and Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno about how anyone can define a leadership …

[ad_1] A self-directed retirement account could be an IRA, Roth IRA, 401(k), Roth 401(k), Pension Plan, SEP or even an HSA or Coverdell or College IRA. Any of these accounts could be moved from a traditional brokerage to a custodian or structure that allows you to invest in what Wall Street …

[ad_1] Entrepreneur Franchise 500 Rank: 16 Initial investment: $1,431,500 to $1,949,000 Initial franchise fee: $25,000 to $35,000 New units in 2016: 60 units (+2.9 percent) Hardee’s is owned by CKE Restaurants, which has split its burger companies across the country. Hardee’s operates in the midwest and eastern U.S., while Carl’s Jr. takes the west. …

[ad_1] It’s no secret that exercise reduces stress and keeps us physically healthy. But now a recent study has found an additional benefit to getting in regular workouts: It’s good for your brain, too. A group of researchers from Western Sydney University in Australia and the University of Manchester in …

[ad_1] When it comes to conventional financial wisdom, I’m in the same school as Walmart founder Sam Walton when he said, “Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.” By definition, conventional wisdom is what everyone just assumes to be true, because, well, everyone else assumes it’s true. Or, …

[ad_1] In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner and certified financial planner Jeff Rose says he currently has seven sources of revenue, which are deposited into his bank account on a monthly basis. That’s a lot better than the single source he had while working at McDonald’s. So, how did he do …

[ad_1] The stories are almost legend. The barista who hustled his way into Uber, learning coding in quiet hours at the coffee shop, all without a college degree. The guy with a 2.5 high school GPA and a few college credits at a satellite campus who snagged himself an engineering …

[ad_1] This article first ran November 22, 2016 and has been updated.  It’s hard for small businesses to compete with the big guys. But that’s why there’s Small Business Saturday. American Express founded Small Business Saturday in 2010, giving small businesses and brick-and-mortar stores across the country a special boost …