This brings up an interesting question: Has the government ever triumphed over private enterprise when competing with them on a level playing field?

He was running a lemonade enterprise and he didn't have a permit, so they shut him down.

A little BackgroundI formed my LLC in the state of VA, where I live (YC Enterprises, LLC).

Once they realize that it requires as much time and hard work as any other entrepreneurial enterprise, they give up and go looking for another way to get rich quick.

It was part of a seven-year legal fight involving Marinaccio, the town of Clarence and a developer that, according to The Buffalo News, finally ended last month when the state's highest court ruled that Marinaccio, who was awarded $1.6 million in compensation after the 2009 trial, is not entitled to an additional $250,000 in punitive damages.Marinaccio sued Clarence, a Buffalo suburb, and Kieffer Enterprises Inc. after runoff diverted onto Marinaccio's property from a new Kieffer subdivision turned it into wetlands.

Tony - The harsh truth is that sending out a few letters (yellow included) or postcards does not make for a strategy and will probably not lead to an ongoing, viable enterprise.

The common definition of a security is an investment of money, in a common enterprise, with the expectation of profit, solely through the results of a promoter.

That's simply a lack of understanding of the role of government and free enterprise.

A real estate investment company is a PRODUCTION enterprise.

@Jonathan Tavarez Try M Taylor Enterprise (owner Matt) or Mission Home Services (owner Dave).