41.   Blank had shown an entrepreneurial bent during college when he started his own landscaping and laundry businesses.

42.   Books and online guides to starting a business offer much more information on protecting your intellectual property.

43.   Bobbie Dreis-Ayers needed a high-end piece of computer equipment to start her business.

44.   Bonilla said his philosophy is to instill hope in students, as well as the nuts and bolts of starting a business.

45.   -- SmartOnline.com offers proprietary online tools and resources to start a business, build a Web storefront and manage money, marketing and most everything else.

46.   -- Women are starting new businesses in record numbers, but more than half of them use high-interest credit to get going.

47.   A cousin from Portland, Ore., wrote that he was thinking of starting a business and was looking for wealthy investors.

48.   A group of minority athletes, entertainers and entrepreneurs are trying to change that by matching up private investors with minorities who want to start businesses.

49.   A disadvantage, he added, is that people who start successful businesses are seldom good managers.

50.   A number of international investors either pulled out of Mexico or delayed plans to start businesses there.