Startup Canada: FounderFuel Launches Accelerator Program In Montreal
TechCrunch
Today, another early-stage accelerator program hits Quebec's largest city, joining Year One Labs and others in an effort to support and grow Canadian entrepreneurship. FounderFuel was created by the team behind Montreal Start Up, a venture investor ...

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For All Aspiring Entrepreneurs Who Can't Code To Save Their Lives
San Francisco Chronicle
Amit Klein is banking on people just like that to make his latest company, Startup Giraffe, a success. Startup Giraffe solves the execution problem. It helps people turn ideas into actual products. "We'll build the first version of your startup for ...

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Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning
Fortune
A veteran of Silicon Valley -- he graduated from Stanford and has worked as both an entrepreneur and a VC in the Valley for years -- Tung relocated to Beijing recently for a simple reason: "the pace here is faster." He says for every Groupon, ...

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Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning
Fortune
A veteran of Silicon Valley -- he graduated from Stanford and has worked as both an entrepreneur and a VC in the Valley for years -- Tung relocated to Beijing recently for a simple reason: "the pace here is faster." He says for every Groupon, ...

Alfred State College offers 'boot camp' for business-minded veterans
Hornell Evening Tribune
Veterans looking to jump-start a business opportunity have a chance next week to soak in ideas from a proven area entrepreneur. Alfred State College is running a free “Business Boot Camp for Disabled American Veterans” Monday through ...

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Alfred State College offers 'boot camp' for business-minded veterans
Hornell Evening Tribune
Veterans looking to jump-start a business opportunity have a chance next week to soak in ideas from a proven area entrepreneur. Alfred State College is running a free “Business Boot Camp for Disabled American Veterans” Monday through ...

10 Reasons Why Capital Shouldn't Make Or Break Your Startup
Business Insider
The only trick here is that you have to be willing to work around the clock between your day job and your startup. You will (MUST) love what you are doing. Don't equate "startup entrepreneur" with "future millionaire" or visions of a buy-out by a ...

Lean Startups
InfoQ.com
The lean startup movement is growing and all over the world local user groups are meeting to discuss, learn, and build successful businesses. But what is a lean startup? Is it two hackers in a garage, or is it more? A dozen years ago, it seemed like ...
Startups Get Head Start from AOLNuWire Investor
Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2Business Insider

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Serial CEO Judy Estrin On Startups and Innovation
ReadWriteWeb
I spoke to Estrin - someone who's career I've followed for decades -- this week about her life in startups and some of her favorite moments, after reading our coverage about women entrepreneurs. Ironically, when I asked her what her favorite startup ...

Technovation Entrepreneur Sponsoring Startup Weekend, Hosting Webinar
NCTechNews (press release)
A free webinar coming up on Wednesday, May 11th is aimed at helping entrepreneurs gain insight into starting, growing, and running a successful business while taking ideas, research, and innovations from concept to the marketplace.

Small Business News: Startup Edition
Business Insider
What can your small business startup learn from the branding a successful social media site with over 200000 visitors. Here is the story of the branding of our sister site BizSugar.com and what other entrepreneurs can learn about building an effective ...

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Shaker Hts.: Hub for entrepreneurs opens
WKYC-TV
The entrepreneurs have moved into a space that used to be an auto dealership on Lee Road and is now owned by the city. Shaker Heights has formed a partnership with the seed capital investment company LaunchHouse, that helped the entrepreneurs start up. ...

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Troy woman turned home start-up into multimillion-dollar business
The Detroit News
Pole-Wrap has become a lesson in what a determined entrepreneur can achieve. The idea behind Laurie Coleman's company is simple: In Michigan and other places across the country where folks want to finish basements, the poles that hold up the house are ...

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The Price of Success
Portfolio.com
Entrepreneurs dream of achieving hockey-stick growth, but the reality is that it's very hard to see a business grow exponentially in a short amount of time. That's what made the story of San Francisco-based Airbnb, which went from a startup based in ...
Airbnb to launch Australian site as Ashton Kutcher buys inStartupSmart
Airbnb Has Arrived: Raising Mega-Round at a $1 Billion+ ValuationTechCrunch

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Obama's “Startup America” Initiative to Support Entrepreneurship
Patch.com
“Startup America” will focus the resources of the SBA and other federal agencies to partner with the next great American success story to continue and expand our economic recovery. Entrepreneurs interested in seeking financing can visit the venture ...

The 7 Most Tired Startup Trends Right Now
San Francisco Chronicle
It's common for entrepreneurs who have never met to come up with the exact same startup at the exact same time. It happened to "what should I wear" apps Fashism and GoTryItOn. It also happened to group texting startups GroupMe and Fast Society. ...

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Startups Get Head Start from AOL
NuWire Investor
Steve Case, co-founder of American Online, has launched the Startup America Partnership, a startup itself designed to provide entrepreneurs with valuable tools for success at every stage of company growth. The business model is organized to funnel ...
Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley VenturesBusiness Insider
Lean StartupsInfoQ.com

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Startup Founders Walk a Thin Line on Delegation
Business Insider
On the other hand, executives who come from a large company to a startup tend to delegate too much, resulting in high costs and lack of control. Finally, every entrepreneur needs to set aside their fear of delegating. If you do it right, ...

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Tune in, Turn on, Drop out: The Startup Genome project
VentureBeat
A big piece of the solution lies in the scalable impact of entrepreneurship and an increase of successful entrepreneurs. But potential impact consistently fails to be realized because of self-destruction.” I don't think I touched my sandwich. ...
Report outlines the 14 indicators of a successful startupMusic Ally (blog)
What VCs Can Learn from Startup Genome ProjectGigaOm

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Panaya Named Red Herring Top 100 Europe Tech Startup
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
We believe Panaya embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Panaya should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong." Panaya's software-as-a-service helps companies that use SAP ...

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