5 lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Navy SEALs
Fortune (blog)
War metaphors in business are overused, but that doesn't mean that some battlefield lessons don't apply to the startup boardroom. By Jeff Bussgang, contributor There has been a surge in interest with the world of the Navy SEALs since the Osama bin ...

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Out of a Job, Into a Startup: Laid Off Workers Go Entrepreneur
BusinessNewsDaily
These successful business owners did just that – turning layoff lemons into lucrative lemonade. For many, getting laid off is a traumatic experience. But Marlo Scott describes her termination from a large financial magazine as an absolute relief. ...

College Students Aren't Getting Entrepreneurial Skills; Schools Need to Focus ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Sixty-two percent said the most effective way to teach someone to become an entrepreneur was by creating a small business or interning in a start-up. Only 2 percent said it was through class work and lectures. Sixty-nine percent said that work ...
Poll Flunks Colleges as Teacher of EntrepreneursBusinessNewsDaily

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An Indian Entrepreneur visits New York: “I was born in the wrong country :)”
The Next Web
So where does Aditya think these entrepreneurs are going, the people who exit successfully in Indian startup area? His answer shocks me. “I don't know if there are successful exits in India.” Like, none whatsoever? He clarifies, “If you raise a huge ...

Entrepreneurship is child's play
StartupSmart
He says age shouldn't be a barrier to being a successful entrepreneur. “Age should never be a road block — it's only a road block if people make it a road block. It's all about being proactive and turning problems into solutions. ...

TransEnterix Receives Global Entrepreneurial TiE50 Award
openPR (press release)
Founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, Calif., TiE is a not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals that has grown into 53 chapters in 12 countries. Offering a means by which successful entrepreneurs can help aspiring ones, ...

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VC guru sees "irrational exuberance" in Web boom
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Internet investment scene is in the throes of a gold rush mentality that is driving valuations higher across the board based on a small number of notable startup successes, one of the venture ...

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PhysOrg.com
Waste-conversion startup Sanergy bowls over competition
MIT News
Khosla said the key to entrepreneurial success is having the guts to fail. Khosla also advised the young entrepreneurs at MIT: “Sell your heart out, with guts and a level of arrogance that's mostly unwarranted … in-your-face bravado is absolutely ...
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Awards $100000 Grand Prize to Startup ...Marketwire (press release)

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New Dyslexia Documentary Explains Entrepreneur Link
BusinessWeek
... stages of business start-up when they are able to control their environment.” The broader implication, [Logan] says, is that many of the coping skills dyslexics learn in their formative years become best practices for the successful entrepreneur. ...

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Big Omaha 2011: Day 1 live blog (afternoon edition)
Silicon Prairie News
2:35 — Martell shares the story of his brother, who fought through inexperience and financial struggles to build a successful construction company and become an award-winning entrepreneur. Martell helped his brother through the process and shares a ...

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China's entrepreneurs see App Store as window on world
Ottawa Citizen
“They see the iPhone and iPad as a channel that affords them a cheap way of distributing apps worldwide,” said Bertrand Schmitt, CEO of AppAnnie, a Beijing-based startup that provides sales and market analytics for App Store publishers. ...

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China's entrepreneurs see App Store as window on world
Ottawa Citizen
“They see the iPhone and iPad as a channel that affords them a cheap way of distributing apps worldwide,” said Bertrand Schmitt, CEO of AppAnnie, a Beijing-based startup that provides sales and market analytics for App Store publishers. ...

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Bizdom U Cleveland Now Accepting Applications for Inaugural Entrepreneurial ...
Sacramento Bee
During the four month, full-time, program, entrepreneurs prepare plans for a business, which must be located within city limits. Entrepreneurs whose plans are approved can receive start-up funding for their plan of up to $100000. ...

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TransEnterix Receives Global Entrepreneurial TiE50 Award
Newswire Today (press release)
Founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, Calif., TiE is a not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals that has grown into 53 chapters in 12 countries. Offering a means by which successful entrepreneurs can help aspiring ones, ...

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The New DC Startup Scene Focused on Military Tech: Interview with BTS, Part 2
govWin (blog)
BTS: I believe the startup scene in DC is vibrant. There are many entrepreneurs just like us in the DC metro area—former military or government employees who see a need and know that a small, agile company with the right solution can achieve success. ...

What VCs Are REALLY Thinking When You Pitch Them
San Francisco Chronicle
An entrepreneur's school doesn't trump his or her work experience. "If I read that someone went to Harvard, that means something different than if I read someone was the third employee at a startup," says Banta. "If they went to Harvard, ...

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Interview: Jason Nazar of Docstoc
The Business Insider
Did your Presidencies equip you for life at a startup or was it just an effective way to meet coeds? "Yes (laughs)! It was a great precursor to being an entrepreneur. It's a lot of the same skills as running a company. You have to mobilize people, ...

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Forbes (blog)
Q and A With 'Something Ventured' Producer Paul Holland
Forbes (blog)
Today India and China are more conducive to starting new companies because their governments want companies to get started and be successful. Still, I don't think there's any better time than today to be an entrepreneur. It's a full-fledged industry ...

5000 new media startups - can one save local news?
SF Public Press
Today, San Francisco sits at the epicenter of a brand new tech boom revolving around several thousand variously funded startup companies. The organizer of the premier mixer for entrepreneurs in the city, Christian Perry of SF Beta, estimates that there ...

iFlow Reader developer rages at Apple (Q&A)
CNET (blog)
Morin has been an entrepreneur for a number of years and founded a very successful company called Wonderware, which made industrial automation and information software products and is now part of Invensys. Even though Morin says he was a Mac guy, ...

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