Getting Indian Entrepreneurship Right
Wall Street Journal
In other words, the most successful countries tend to be those that are the most hospitable for entrepreneurs. Fostering entrepreneurship can provide Delhi with a huge bang for its policy buck, since even small policy changes can have a large benefit. ...

SingleHop Sponsors Entrepreneurs Unpluggd Conference
PR-USA.net (press release)
Dan Salcedo, Director of Communications for SingleHop, commented that "as a startup and one of the fastest growing companies in our industry, we understand that while hard work and determination are key components to a successful startup formula, ...

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VentureBeat
6 Charlie Sheen quotes to make you a better entrepreneur
VentureBeat
The main advantage of a startup is pure acceleration and speed. Accomplish something sizable and focus on what matters. Say no and cut out a lot for each version. It will let you move faster and stay in that one gear that matters: Go! ...

Why Building A Startup In Russia Is Less Risky Than In The Valley
ArcticStartup
Serge Faguet is a Russian-born serial entrepreneur. Having built and exited a successful start-up in the Silicon Valley, he recently moved to Moscow and founded a new venture. Serge shared his reasons for ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Royal wedding: the very ambitious Mr Middleton
Telegraph.co.uk
He told The Daily Telegraph: “Last year we were nominated for four business awards: we won the Smarta 100 and the Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur Awards; we were a finalist in the Enterprising Young Brits; and nominated for the HSBC Start-Up Stars. ...

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Duke University
Blackstone grant to help start-up companies in the Triangle
The Daily Tar Heel
... of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network, which aims to actively support start-up operations of new entrepreneurial venturers. This new initiative will allow entrepreneurs from successful businesses to work with students and other individuals in the ...
Blackstone Charitable Foundation Commits $3.6 Million to Create Blackstone ...Business Wire (press release)
Duke Joins Initiative to Spur JobsDuke University

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Fail to Succeed: Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford
Wired News (blog)
“The reason failure is important in a place like Silicon Valley is that most startup ideas that people have are dead wrong,” says Eric Ries, a serial entrepreneur who has developed a methodology called The Lean Startup to guide young businesses. ...

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YouPitch: 60-Second Startup Pitches From Students Around World
Huffington Post
The contest is the latest evolution of MIT's student-run $100k competition, an annual program that provides aspiring entrepreneurs with the resources, network and learning opportunities needed to start successful ventures. Since its founding in 1989, ...

ERE Media
Advice for Recruiting Startups
ERE Media
So why do we not have more success stories? More change? Before his current incarnation as a Venture Capitalist at First Round Capital, Charlie O'Donnell spent two years as the entrepreneur behind Path 101, a startup that attempted to be a “guidance ...

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Daily Mail
Internet entrepreneur sells app firm for $30million - just three months after ...
Daily Mail
Just three months later he has sold his start-up company to Yahoo! for between $20million and $30million. The extraordinary deal means that for every day Mr Cahan worked on IntoNow, he earned around $30000. He said '12 weeks might be a record of sorts' ...

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Daily Mail
Internet entrepreneur Adam Cahan sells IntoNow app firm for $30million
Daily Mail
Just three months later he has sold his start-up company to Yahoo! for between $20million and $30million. The extraordinary deal means that for every day Mr Cahan worked on IntoNow, he earned around $30000. He said '12 weeks might be a record of sorts' ...

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8 tips for optimizing your startup financing strategy
Fortune
If you have just raised a round at a great valuation, don't confuse this with real success in business. That only comes from selling your product to lots of customers! David Skok is a five time serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist at Matrix ...

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How to Write a Startup Success Plan
ActiveFilings.com
Don't go from a dream of a business to opening the doors until you have a detailed success plan in place. Entrepreneur coaches advise including the following items: Are you going to quit your day job to start your business or begin as a part time ...

Cash is king: 8 tips for optimizing your startup financing strategy
Fortune (blog)
If you have just raised a round at a great valuation, don't confuse this with real success in business. That only comes from selling your product to lots of customers! David Skok is a five time serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist at Matrix ...

YouPitch: 60-Second Startup Pitches From Students Around World
Huffington Post (blog)
The contest is the latest evolution of MIT's student-run $100k competition, an annual program that provides aspiring entrepreneurs with the resources, network and learning opportunities needed to start successful ventures. Since its founding in 1989, ...

Online success
Press-Enterprise
Espinosa has been developing and designing websites and consulting for companies since he was 16, but Bckyrd.com was his first startup venture. He's selling the site to PixelFish, an online video production company based in Torrance. ...

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The Express Tribune
Launching your business: Four common mistakes
The Express Tribune
A successful entrepreneur will constantly adjust course without losing sight of the final destination. Don't shortchange your start-up when estimating the funds you will require – you'll just diminish your chances of success. ...

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A few keywords for success
Financial Times
Mentors then guide the would-be entrepreneur through the process of turning a good idea into a great business. StartUp Britain needs to mirror that process in order to deliver on its promise to make Britain a more enterprising place.

Wealthy investors add art startups to their collections
CNN
Artsicle co-founder Scott Carleton, 25, is among the entrepreneurs trying to change that. "It's kind of the last e-commerce frontier from our end," he says. The New York startup offers customers a "try before you buy" system, allowing subscribers to ...

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More UK Entrepreneurs Research Online to Ensure Business Success
WebWire (press release)
The internet has equipped entrepreneurs with the facility to source both information and trade contacts online.” The modern day entrepreneur has a host of online resources at their finger tips for advice and guidance on business start-up and growing ...