Grow your business with success thinking
Westfair Online
In order to be a successful small business, you have to think and act like a successful business. It sure sounds simple, perhaps, but many small-business owners and startup entrepreneurs forget this basic concept. In the face of financial adversity, ...

Consultant to company co-owner
CNN
"I'm a family man first, entrepreneur second," says the father of two. "I would not have drained our savings to get this off the ground." Dunn figured he'd need $10000 a month for living expenses and his share of startup costs. To close the gap, ...

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Berlin: Europe's hottest new tech hub for startups
The Next Silicon Valley
Germany's Speigel Online reports that Berlin may soon become the place to be for tech entrepreneurs. Berlin is home to an ever increasing number of innovative new technology start-up companies -- to the point that even Silicon Valley venture ...

Indian Americans Turn Out for Obama Fundraiser
San Leandro India West
The StartUp Visa Act of 2011, created by Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), would allow an immigrant entrepreneur to receive a two-year visa if he or she can show that a qualified US investor is willing to invest in the ...

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LA Startup Spotlight: Michael Meschures, CEO of Spaphile
lalawag
He is a very savvy entrepreneur. He is able to build and implement creative business plans for small businesses in any field. He founded Spaphile and many other successful small businesses and continues to be a driving force in the entrepreneurial ...

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msnbc.com
Late last summer, Newsweek reported that Vivek Wadhwa, a self-described “academic, researcher, writer and entrepreneur,” conducted a study of over 500 successful technology businesses and found that older startup entrepreneurs were actually more ...

Tips for entrepreneurs: Jim Pitkow
VatorNews
In this Tips for Entrepreneurs interview from HP Startup Central, he discusses today's evolved landscape for innovation and offers entrepreneurs practical advice for success. The growth and maturity of Internet businesses that represent billions of ...

Invest in female entrepreneurs
Pacific Daily News
NEW YORK -- It was a scene straight out of the 1990s: A web start-up, flush with nearly $1 million in new investor cash, threw a party at a downtown bar to toast that success. But here's the 2011 twist to the story of DailyWorth, a daily email ...

The Business Insider
LUCKY OR SMART? There Is No Such Thing As A Great Startup
The Business Insider
And that is precisely the moment by which all of the true entrepreneurs will have left the building. Start-ups are like extreme-skiing runs. The person who wins is the one who screws up the least and doesn't die. Success in a start-up is being around ...

Forbes (blog)
Why Women Entrepreneurs Should Go Global In China
Forbes (blog)
Program officials state that the program has helped over 10000 women start-up businesses. Another astounding piece of statistical data: at the Global Summit of Women in Beijing, it was reported that there are more women entrepreneurs in China than the ...

Urbanite Baltimore
Press Start
Urbanite Baltimore
In the meantime, however, entrepreneurs are left to negotiate deals with an often scattered community of private and government funders. To get a sense for just how complicated this can be, look no further than CSA Medical, a local startup based in the ...

Kate Middleton Is The Entrepreneurs Princess
Portfolio.com (blog)
Berlau points to the psychological benefits of helming a successful startup, including the feeling of accomplishment and achievement, especially for those who manage to buck adverse economic conditions by finding a niche for their products or services. ...

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Why Kindergartners Make Better Entrepreneurs than MBAs: And How to Fix It
Forbes (blog)
The experimentation mindset applied to unknown problems lies at the core of the new entrepreneur and the shifting entrepreneurial paradigm. Underneath ideas like Customer Development, Lean Startup, and Nail It then Scale It is a bigger problem: the ...

FOCUS Resources Announces May 11 Webinar for Entrepreneurs, Inventors and ...
NCTechNews (press release)
“It's exciting that the Research Triangle and communities throughout the US are turning their efforts to support new businesses and startup programs. Investment in these efforts by the government and private investment groups is an important first step ...

PR Web (press release)
StartupAddict.com Launches Crowdfunding Platform for Startups and Entrepreneurs
PR Web (press release)
In the spirit of the American Startup Partnership Initiative, StartupAddict has one simple mission: No good idea will be left unfunded. Now anyone can be an pseudo Angel and help American startups for the price of their Monday morning Latte. ...

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Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Leaving the US
BusinessWeek
"We want more Andy Groves here in the United States," he told the crowd, touching on the Hungarian-born entrepreneur's startup success. "We don't want them starting Intel in China or starting it in France." Sadly, our President didn't back his words ...

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The 10 keys to effectively delegating
SmartCompany.com.au
In the early stage of any start-up, the entrepreneur has many roles. They are not only the managing director but also the human resources director, office manager, chief accountant and bookkeeper, head of sales and, if necessary, the cleaner. ...

Chicago-Based Startup Incubator Adds 10 New Companies to Its Roster
Mashable
Along with a $25000 seed investment, all 10 startups in this year's class also get office space, legal assistance and mentorship from Chicago entrepreneurs. Thanks to the success of Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that boasts Reddit, Justin.tv, ...

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On the Importance of Failing
NBC Chicago (blog)
They all had multiple business failures before launching their successful enterprises. Look around at some of the most successful startup communities in the US, you will find one very common trait: they all embrace failure as a necessity for innovation ...

A Framework For Brainstorming New Startup Ideas
The Business Insider
As a VC, it is pretty common to see entrepreneurs that have come from technical backgrounds figure out some very cool new technology, and want to start a company around that. They have only one of the two requirements for a successful startup idea. ...