Christian Science Monitor (blog)
Be patient with your business model
Christian Science Monitor (blog)
Author and entrepreneur Steve Blank describes the business start-up process as having two phases. Jeff is the Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at ...
Jeff Cornwall: Startups should take time in building business modelThe Tennessean

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Forbes (blog)
Start-Up America: 6 Secrets To Startup Success
Forbes (blog)
Everyone knows that passion is an essential ingredient of being a successful entrepreneur. Yet your book is about the pitfalls of passion or what you call the passion trap. What is the passion trap and how does it sabotage startups? ...

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger
The Business Insider
There's nothing that used to make me feel more like a pompous VC than when I would respond to an entrepreneur by saying their idea isn't big enough--that a success for them would likely be too small for what our firm was looking for. ...

Savoring Success: Entrepreneur Credits OSU Extension's Food Industries Center ...
Media Newswire (press release)
Wampler credits the success and growth of his company to the assistance he received from Ohio State University's Wilbur Gould Food Industries Center. Part of Ohio State University Extension, the Food Industries Center focuses on providing start-up ...

Startups should take time in building business model
The Tennessean
Author and entrepreneur Steve Blank describes the business start-up process as having two phases. In the first, entrepreneurs learn about their customers and what they want. This can be thought of as a series of experiments with real customers. ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Startup Britain provides new UK businesses with £1500 support package
The Next Web
Startup Britain - a new initiative by a group of the UK's most successful entrepreneurs – has launched this morning, assisting Britain's small businesses in what is a response by the private sector to the Government's call for an 'enterprise-led' ...
Cameron's business booster: £1500 support for new firms to kick-start economic ...Daily Mail
Cameron backs new businesses with StartUp Britain schemeMyFinances.co.uk
Cameron launches start-up campaignGrowthBusiness.co.uk
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Startups should slowly experiment with customers
The Tennessean
Author and entrepreneur Steve Blank describes the business start-up process as having two phases. In the first, entrepreneurs learn about their customers and what they want. This can be thought of as a series of experiments with real customers. ...

Key to business start up success
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
The beginning of a year sees many would-be entrepreneurs starting up new business ventures. With the government cuts and many companies reducing their work force there are lots of individuals who are about to take the plunge and set up on their own. ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Recession? Get over it, and start making more of new opportunities
Telegraph.co.uk
A society which encourages new business and recognises the importance of start-ups and small firms will be successful on the global stage. Today sees the launch of StartUp Britain, a new campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, aimed at celebrating ...
Campaign to foster start-ups backed by PMFinancial Times

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3 key lessons for entrepreneurial journalists trying to get their projects off ...
Poynter.org
It's the essence of adaptability that is also critical for startup success (see No. 3). “The potential for change came about because of the realization that the path we're following is a marathon to profitability, and we think there are a few ways to ...

Herald Scotland
Business adviser calls for start-up boost
Herald Scotland
THE Chancellor won mixed reviews for a Budget in which he increased the value of tax breaks for entrepreneurs and gave established firms help with raising money. Increased support for small and medium-sized enterprises that are engaged in research and ...

How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps
ReadWriteWeb
Flips, on the other hand, thrive on trends: what better time for an entrepreneur to create a startup than when valuations are up, investments are quick, exits are plenty and deal flow is increase? These are the times when there is more demand for ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Cameron's business booster: £1500 support for new firms to kick-start economic ...
Daily Mail
Entrepreneur Oli Barrett, a founding member of StartUp Britain, said: 'It aims to be the biggest ever drive from the private sector to contribute to a robust economic recovery – an enterprise-led recovery, by business, for business. ...
Cameron to launch business schemeBBC News
PM to launch entrepreneurs schemeThe Press Association

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Telegraph.co.uk
Britain is 'open for business', say top investors after Budget
Telegraph.co.uk
Britain needs a culture that nurtures more successful start-ups, which will pave the road to recovery. The launch of StartUp Britain is much needed, long overdue and it has our full backing.” Sir Richard added: “Start-ups and small firms are the engine ...

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AMIDEAST and Souktel Hold Demo Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Workshops
Palestine News Network
Each workshop offered interactive sessions with dynamic, successful Palestinian entrepreneurs as guest speakers. Speakers included Bashar Masri, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Massar International, Huda El-Jack, Founder and Managing Partner of ...

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Time is ripe for entrepreneurs
Journal and Courier
Creating a financial forecast -- including estimates of expenses and revenue -- is key, along with conducting market research and having a plan to finance the start-up. Holsapple said it's important for entrepreneurs to remember that start-up funding ...

Second annual conference aims to inspire female entrepreneurs
NewsOK.com
In addition, more than 30 leading women entrepreneurs will lead breakout sessions. A startup track will focus on creating ventures, while a second track will emphasize ways to grow a venture up and running. “Though women are the fastest growing segment ...

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When going gets tough ... owners reinvent themselves as CEOs
Elmira Star-Gazette
But the key isn't just being an entrepreneur, but in being entrepreneurial, he tells his students. "You have to love commerce, embrace uncertainty, look forward to paying people on Friday and not necessarily getting paid yourself," he said. ...

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Inside Facebook
Zuckerberg Discusses Passion for Innovation with Senator Hatch On Stage at BYU
Inside Facebook
The conversation, moderated by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), chair of the US Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, focused on why passion for one's product is the defining characteristic of successful entrepreneurs. The discussion also touched on ...

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Work on your business, instead of in it
Times LIVE
If the goal is to eventually sell an operation, it is the entrepreneur's responsibility to create a venture that does not need him. During the start-up phase, an entrepreneur refines the product while scrambling to secure clients. ...