The laser show: scan and check for prices
The Hindu
“Since we were both first-time entrepreneurs, it was hard for us to convince people that we had what it took to make a company successful. Even though we were part of the start-up incubator, TechStars, which gave us some credibility, we were not able ...

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Small Business News: More Entrepreneur Tips and Tricks
Small Business Trends
Especially if your business model doesn't qualify as a startup of interest to the VC or angel investment community and yet cannot be easily bootstrapped, here's a look at the credit market from a broker and start-up entrepreneur who knows. ...

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Chattanooga Times Free Press
Dayton entrepreneur finds watercraft help float larger business
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Overall, Ellis said he's done pretty well for a $50000 startup investment. “We've quadrupled that,” he said, and he's got another $500000 in inventory ready to move. The store, named after the Sandhill cranes that migrate through Ellis' backyard, ...

The Business Insider
How TA McCann Took Gist From Launch To RIM Acquisition In Two Years
The Business Insider
Erin Bury is the Community Manager at Sprouter.com, where founders get expert answers to their startup questions. TA McCann didn't learn his entrepreneurship lessons through working at a startup or starting his own business. Rather, he learned them as ...

The Business Insider
Launching A Startup? Go Watch The Star Wars Trilogy
The Business Insider
This is a shaky time for any entrepreneur, and usually that's when you seek the help of a Yoda. We at Empire Avenue hit that almost a month after our public launch. The site was a success, and yet, our hypothesis seemed wrong; the feedback we were ...

UK must do more to encourage start-up angels
Evening Standard
They are, for the most part, successful entrepreneurs in their own right who are 100% believers in the virtues of creating new businesses for profit and fun. When they back you, you get their enthusiasm, their competitiveness, their connections and ...

School hoping for successful recipe
Regina Leader-Post
It's a joint venture with Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc., which provided $106600 in startup funds, as well as business plan assistance. "The impact this will have not only for the students who enrol, but also for Maple Creek and our province, ...

NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
5 Distinct Leadership Qualities of an Entrepreneur
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
... by performing an Environmental Scan and Developing a Risk Management Plan. Dr. Jakes, Author of Top 10 Fail Proof Ways Startup Business Can Succeed in a Floundering Global Economy identifies specific startup qualities for successful entrepreneur. ...

TMI-Labs Launched in Taiwan to Incubate Next Wave of Internet Start-Ups
Marketwire (press release)
WI Harper, along with ITRI Chairman Tsai and Dr. Lee, have collectively backed TMI-Labs as a way to support aspiring young entrepreneurs in Taiwan with the technology, management and funding that are essential to a successful start-up. ...

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VentureBeat
How to be a smarter entrepreneur with VCs
VentureBeat
With VCs investing in very few companies, a successful entrepreneur has about a 2% chance of securing funding. This means that if you had a good meeting, the chances have just gone up to 4%. If you had a mediocre meeting, the chances have gone down to ...

The Next Web
ER Accelerator, NYC's newest startup incubator launches
The Next Web
The ER Accelerator includes 3 Co-Founders: Jonathan Axelrod, a technology and media entrepreneur who previously co-founded MusicGremlin, Inc. a New York-based venture-backed start-up; Charles Kemper, an entrepreneur and investment professional; ...

Entrepreneurs Share Top Tips for Success with Enterprising Students
Allmediascotland
Sir Tom will reveal his early experiences as an entrepreneur and top tips for success at the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE) 2011 Student Enterprise Summit which is taking place in the city's Royal Concert Hall. Sharing their entrepreneurial ...

Veteran of start-ups encourages 'global, entrepreneurial mindset'
Sun.Star
Flores said he noted a lot of talent who had what it takes to come up with a successful start-up. What bothers him is the Filipino tendency to prefer getting a job rather than create their own product and become entrepreneurs. ...

BPI opens facility for would-be franchisees
Inquirer.net
While there's no greater financial and psychological satisfaction than building your own empire, there is now an easier route to success for those entrepreneurs who wish to bypass the trial-and-error phase. Through franchising, a start-up entrepreneur ...

TechCentral
Web start-up wants to make you money
TechCentral
You can also leave a comment below this article Well-known financial guru and entrepreneur Simon Brown has unveiled his latest start-up business, JustOneLap.com, meant to bring lessons about finance and trading to ordinary South Africans using the ...

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Visa StartUp Visa Act; Visa Provision Money Funded to Entrepreneurs ...
Learning and Finance
One sticking point pertains to the fair distribution and acquisition of the startup funding money for promising companies. Specifics of the EB-6 Visa program are developing and if the program is successful, the nation's economy should move one step ...

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Seed Capital Reaches the $100 Million Funding Milestone
Benzinga
Coupled with our proven funding techniques, we are able to assist our clients in obtaining the start-up funding needed to open a new business with a 98% success rate” continues Saia. To further support fledgling entrepreneurs, Seed Capital launched its ...

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PR Web (press release)
Seed Capital Reaches the $100 Million Funding Milestone
PR Web (press release)
Coupled with our proven funding techniques, we are able to assist our clients in obtaining the start-up funding needed to open a new business with a 98% success rate” continues Saia. To further support fledgling entrepreneurs, Seed Capital launched its ...

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£1 Million Fund for Business Start-ups Launches Today
Allmediascotland
Bloom VC aims to raise £1m funds for new businesses in its first year and support hundreds of fledgling entrepreneurs start up their venture. Bloom VC – Venture Catalyst - is the brainchild of Amanda Boyle, a successful entrepreneur with a passion for ...

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Small Business News: The Startup Space
Small Business Trends
What should your small business model be and what is the “it” factor that determines whether a person will be successful as an entrepreneur? You'll find out after downloading this video. 365 Days of Startups Should you keep your day job. ...

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