Firms pitch business ideas to investors
Davis County Clipper
“A problem we're trying to fix is that entrepreneurs set up companies but usually don't have a lot of experience. We help entrepreneurs start up companies, provide mentorship. We take away all the challenges an entrepreneur goes through when they start ...

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Entrepreneur for Life
Forbes (blog)
Paul Baran taught me – and I suspect his example will teach millions in the years to come – that there is no set age or duration to being an entrepreneur. For the last six months, I have been part of a Paul Baran start-up – once again as a 'junior' ...

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Duo sounds note of caution: 'You're going to have to lose the suits'
Canada.com
This is one of the most interesting times to be building a startup in and around the technology space.'' For Ruddock, the mindset one needs to be a successful entrepreneur can be summed up with a quote from The Lord of the Rings. "Almost certain death. ...

CNET
America's Next Top Energy Innovator
Buildings
To facilitate this effort, the DOE is reducing the cost and paperwork for start-up companies to acquire option agreements to license some of the 15000 patents held by 17 national laboratories. "America's entrepreneurs and innovators are the best in the ...
Are you America's Next Top Energy Innovator?CNET
BNL to provide patents for entrepreneursLong Island Business News (blog)

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DOE Launches 'America's Next Top Energy Innovator'
Sustainable Plant
This initiative aims to double the number of startup companies coming out of the National Laboratories. On Monday, May 2, 2011, the department will kick off the challenge by posting a streamlined template option agreement online for entrepreneurs to ...
Are you America's Next Top Energy Innovator?CNET
BNL to provide patents for entrepreneursLong Island Business News (blog)

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Startup Madness to be held Thursday at American Tobacco
Durham Herald Sun
DURHAM — A more than seven-hour event devoted to entrepreneurism called Startup Madness is slated to be held Thursday at the American Tobacco Campus. Entrepreneurs will have a chance to pitch their new businesses to other ...

Startup Bus Proves Helpful to North Canton Resident, Community
Patch.com
Learn more about how you can become a successful entrepreneur by visiting Kinsey's site and read more about his trip on his blog. Or stay up-to-date by following him on Twitter. Do you think the Startup Bus will help communities across the country? ...

BusinessNewsDaily
Sage Advice: 7 Entrepreneurs Share Their Words of Wisdom
BusinessNewsDaily
Now the CEO of a small tech company, he's primed for start-up success once again. His tip goes back to the basics of marketing. “It sounds simple but entrepreneurs really need to identify what the unique differentiator is for the product/service they ...

Job Capital takes out top prize at 2011 StartupSmart Awards
StartupSmart
SCO Recruitment was in second position on the Start-up 50, with $8.47 million revenue, while Smoke Alarm Solutions, on $7.25 million, came in third. Job Capital was created by Burston following a chance meeting with serial entrepreneur and investor ...

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Revealed: The 10 secrets of the Start-up 50's success
StartupSmart
But it's clear that age and gender are increasingly irrelevant to start-up success. Many entrepreneurs cite the liberation of employment as being the best part of starting up and the top 50 are no different. Some, like Paul Morffew of MRS, ...

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Young startup CEO gives $1-million to his university
Globe and Mail
In less than a year-and-a-half, Ted Livingston has founded a successful software company, drawn three million users to his smartphone application and faced a lawsuit from one of Canada's pre-eminent high-tech firms. And on Tuesday, the entrepreneur ...
Kik Messenger CEO Donates $1M to Mobile Startup Incubator for StudentsBlackberry Cool
Young millionaire makes major donation570 News
23-year-old donates US$1 million to support University of Waterloo student ...Canada NewsWire (press release)

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Evan Doll: Startup iPad app Flipboard a 'rollercoaster' success
Patch.com
Hart had previously worked with Mike McCue, an experienced and successful tech entrepreneur. Hart arranged for McCue to meet with Doll — and the two started bouncing ideas off each other, neither knowing exactly what they would create. ...

Having the right mentor is crucial for success in business
Malaysia Star
Up to 90% of entrepreneurs fail within two years of start-up regardless of the business model they choose because they were unprepared to face the troughs in the business cycle. They often end up owing the banks or institutions that provided the ...

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Overheard: Virgin Spirit
Wall Street Journal
On Tuesday, he was extolling the newest of these, the New Entrepreneurs Foundation, which will pay aspiring business honchos a stipend for a year as they spend time with an already-successful entrepreneur. Virgin is a sponsor. Just a day earlier, ...

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Startup Incubator TechStars Raises $8 Million
TechCrunch
... for tech entrepreneurs in which selected startup receive up to $18000 in seed funding (or $6000 per founder up to three founders in exchange for 5 percent of the company), three months of mentorship from successful entrepreneurs and investors, ...
TechStars raises $8 millionTechFlash

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International Business Times
Are you America's Next Top Energy Innovator?
CNET
Because we've cut the upfront fees and reduced the paperwork, we'll make it easier for start-up companies to succeed and create the new jobs our economy needs. "Our goal is simple: unleash America's innovation machine and win the global race for the ...
BNL to provide patents for entrepreneursLong Island Business News (blog)
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Why startup founders can make solid CEOs
Fortune
When I launched my company at 23, I wasn't a Harvard MBA with a burning desire to become an entrepreneur. I was a recent college graduate and a field systems engineer, frustrated by the amount of time I spent driving from one client site to the next. ...

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The Daily Start-Up: Kleiner's iFund Gets Down To Business
Wall Street Journal (blog)
... and De Novo Ventures is finding success with one novel approach, VentureWire reports. Putting in a small amount of funding, it works with entrepreneurs and scientists to efficiently test new medical technologies to see if they can serve as the ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Entrepreneurship
The Economist (blog)
In January, Barack Obama helped launch Start Up America, an "alliance of the country's most innovative entrepreneurs, corporations, foundations, and other private sector leaders working to dramatically increase the prevalence and success of high-growth ...
Start UpBBC News
Britain is 'open for business', say top investors after BudgetTelegraph.co.uk
Cameron's business booster: £1500 support for new firms to kick-start economic ...Daily Mail
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BLiNQ Media Graduates From the ATDC, a Top 10 Global Incubator
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The Advanced Technology Development Center, or ATDC, is a startup accelerator that helps Georgia technology entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. Founded in 1980, ATDC has helped create millions of dollars in tax revenues by graduating ...

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