Deciding on a business model is often one of the biggest decisions a start-up makes after deciding what they're selling and what their value proposition is.

An example of a business model to avoid comes from my book, Great CEOs Are Lazy, in which I wrote about a low-margin steel distribution business that was forced to carry $100 million in inventory ...

Costco (NASDAQ:COST), a big box retailer, is a rare example outside the tech space of a business with a recurring revenue model through subscriptions. Costco stays profitable even in tough ...

There are plenty of other examples, but the point is that the model that creates more production from late-life assets through improvements to equipment and operations inevitably leads to ...

Fractional ownership is becoming available for a wider set of asset classes. This is enabling consumers and investors to participate at higher rates because of lower capital requirements. But how ...