The Best & Worst Celebrity Entrepreneurs
Fox Business
Check out startup dos and don'ts from A-list entrepreneurs. Sandra Bullock has one in Austin, Texas, where she attends to every detail, while Chris Noth (aka Mr. Big from “Sex and the City”) remains hands-off at his in Manhattan. ...

Q&A: Scott Case, CEO of Startup America
Bizjournals.com (blog)
There's a few keys that every entrepreneur has to have in order for them to be successful. One of them is tenacity, that notion of never giving up. And second is make mistakes quickly, recognize them and correct for them. … A third is to invest as ...

Penn Olson
The Anatomy of a Tech Start-up [INFOGRAPHIC]
Penn Olson
My friends always have the idea that an entrepreneur is rich, famous and successful. But I wonder why most of them aren't entrepreneurs. No offense but yes, I know a lot said are just words of encouragements. Entrepreneurs need that ego vitamins too, ...

Author to share advice on winning in biz
Austin Business Journal (blog)
“This book is of particular importance to women entrepreneurs because it informs in practical ways how to augment one's authority and leadership,” RampCorp entrepreneur Lisa Estus said. “Entrepreneurs often win the funding, the clients and the ...

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Entrepreneur Expo Created To Help Military Families
Patch.com
Fellow Military Seeds board member Dave Silvia offered to work with expo-goers on business start-up. “From (the) idea to the next level,” said Silvia, who owns a small successful flag manufacturing business. Luc Deslauriers, of Frannet, helps people ...

Students at Stevens Gain Start-Up Experience
PR.com (press release)
Created through Stevens Entrepreneur and Enterprise Development (SEED) program, CADeyes offers an engineering drawing service that converts scans into 2D and 3D drawings as well as fly-through simulations for engineers, architects, and real estate ...

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How To Temper Entrepreneur Passion With Reality
Forbes (blog)
John Bradberry, in his new book “6 Secrets To Startup Success” explores many of these attributes, especially passion, and defines some useful principles to help enthusiastic entrepreneurs squeeze the most out of their passion, while not being trapped ...

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Inc.com
A Start-up Combines Slim Jims and Red Bull
Inc.com
Serial entrepreneur Brian Levin was on a ski trip with buddy Matt Keiser in 2006 when one morning, after a raucous night, they discovered that a can of Red Bull had spilled into a backpack, soaking the beef jerky that lay inside. ...

The Silicon Valley guide to success in business
Irish Times
“Until the majority of people in Ireland doing technology start-ups are not Irish, we will be fairly insignificant in the big scheme of things,” says Patrick Collison, the Limerick entrepreneur who is developing his latest start-up, Stripe, ...

For Silicon Valley Start-Ups, Funding Boom Is Lopsided
Wall Street Journal
Jeff Tseng, a 32-year-old entrepreneur, last year tried to raise money for his start-up, Kontagent Inc., a San Francisco company that helps videogame companies track how people use their products. Over five months, Mr. Tseng met with 20 venture-capital ...

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IT majors Infosys, Wipro and TCS spawning new breed of entrepreneurs
Economic Times
When the angel investor mentoring a raw start-up is the former chief technology officer of IT bellwether Infosys Technologies , the probability of success for the fledgling company rises exponentially, as technology product start-up Customer XPs ...

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LA Startup Profle: Kristin McClune, President of Events Clique
lalawag
The best thing about being an entrepreneur is that it's rewarding when you see that a product you have created is helping other people and enhancing other's professional services. What's one of your most successful decisions? ...

How to be an entrepreneur, by Pete DeComo
Bizjournals.com (blog)
Needless to say he knows a thing or two about being an entrepreneur in Pittsburgh and working in the start-up environment. The bottom line, according to DeComo, is if you want to be successful, you have to innovate where there is an opportunity for big ...

Monetate Named Technology Startup Company of the Year at 18th Annual ...
PR Web (press release)
The company's Software as a Service platform empowers marketers to test and target product offers and site features and convert successful tests into personalized messaging and promotional campaigns, instantly, anywhere on the website. ...

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Blockshopper
San Francisco Entrepreneur Sees a Gap in Mobile App Market
Blockshopper
David Ashforth is the young British entrepreneur behind this success and is delighted that his hard work is finally paying off. Still only in his twenties, Ashforth made the decision to move over 5000 miles from his home in England to California so ...

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Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs - Sweet Sixteen Kisses ...
The Business Insider
As noted in Roping in the Legal Eagles, successful entrepreneurs are generally not litigious. Even if you are a mean cuss, your startup will likely not have the financial resources to hold a BDC to disadvantageous deal terms. Thus, you gain nothing by ...

Finalists Selected for TEDCO's Inaugural ICE Awards
Citybizlist (press release)
Finalists in the Entrepreneur category were chosen based on their distinct leadership skills, start-up success, personal recognition, vision creation and ability to build a management team. They include: • Jonathan Cohen, founder and CEO, ...

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference
TechCrunch
When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo! or the countless other successful startup firms. A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can ...
Q&A: Straight-talking VC Mark Suster challenges entrepreneurs to think bigGeekWire

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5 Reasons to Keep Retirement Funds for Retirement
Fox Business
Entrepreneurs have long drawn on their retirement savings including IRAs, SEP accounts and 401Ks to fund a business startup or expand an existing business. It makes sense to them because they envision that their businesses will be so successful that ...

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Four common mistakes of new entrepreneurs
CanadianBusiness.com
A successful entrepreneur will constantly adjust course without losing sight of the final destination. Step 2: Be Realistic about costs. Don't shortchange your startup when estimating the funds you will require—you'll just diminish your chances of ...