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Color: Trojan horse photo startup - CNNMoney

Thu, 03/24/2011 - 00:01

USA Today

Color: Trojan horse photo startup
CNNMoney
FORTUNE -- Repeat entrepreneur Bill Nguyen launches his latest company Wednesday. The name, Color, is as cute a confection as his last startup, Lala. Whereas Lala cleverly connoted that the company was a music service – Apple (AAPL) bought it in 2009 ...
New social sharing app claims to be 'revolutionary'abc7news.com
Color app for iPhone lets others peek at your photos, videoUSA Today
The Color Of MoneyTechCrunch

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New social sharing app claims to be 'revolutionary' - abc7news.com

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 23:48

New social sharing app claims to be 'revolutionary'
abc7news.com
Color is the latest start-up from entrepreneur Bill Nguyen, who has had his hands in a string of successful ventures. The most recent, an online music service called LaLa, was sold to Apple in 2009. Private investors have poured $41 million, ...

2011 RICE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION OFFERS $1 MILLION IN PRIZES - The Cypress Times

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 21:46

2011 RICE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION OFFERS $1 MILLION IN PRIZES
The Cypress Times
Judges will evaluate the teams as real-world entrepreneurs soliciting start-up funds from early stage investors and venture capital firms. The judges are asked to rank the presentations based on which company they would most likely invest. ...

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Successful entrepreneurs are governed by skill - Daily Monitor

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 21:00

Daily Monitor

Successful entrepreneurs are governed by skill
Daily Monitor
These expenses will drown your business, especially if your start-up capital is small. So you must work hard, really hard, to ensure that your business does not collapse. Do not let yourself be governed by chance; successful entrepreneurs are governed ...

A Challenge to Startup Lawyers, from Fred Wilson - Above the Law

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 16:54

Above the Law

A Challenge to Startup Lawyers, from Fred Wilson
Above the Law
Startup founders and investors often don't appreciate how complex and perilous these transactions can be — they just want everything cheap cheap cheap. But if you've seen The Social Network, you know what can happen when entrepreneurs don't take all ...

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Kauffman's Guide To Navigating The Startup Game - Huffington Post (blog)

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 16:30

Kauffman's Guide To Navigating The Startup Game
Huffington Post (blog)
The exact combination and sequence of resources that make up a successful startup are not yet well known, but the following are a few tips that many entrepreneurs have followed. Not to state the obvious, but human capital is critical. ...
Everything You Know About Entrepreneurship May Be WrongForbes (blog)

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Everything You Know About Entrepreneurship May Be Wrong - Forbes (blog)

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 14:35

Everything You Know About Entrepreneurship May Be Wrong
Forbes (blog)
The fire of the new paradigm was sparked by entrepreneurs who looked at their own experience and found that what made them successful differed dramatically from what they had heard or been taught. Ideas like Customer Development and Lean Startup ...

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Startup conference Net Prophet announces dates and lineup - Memeburn

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 13:20

Startup conference Net Prophet announces dates and lineup
Memeburn
In just two years, Net Prophet has established itself as the biggest technology startup event on the South African calendar. The stellar line-up of speakers, most of them successful entrepreneurs themselves, will share, inspire and equip other ...

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Is the person in the mirror standing between you and success? - Ottawa Business Journal

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 12:49

Ottawa Business Journal

Is the person in the mirror standing between you and success?
Ottawa Business Journal
Once an innovation worthy of exploitation has been identified, an entrepreneur's success or failure will depend largely on how ready they are to take counsel and challenge their own assumptions and deeply held beliefs. ...

Five Great Startup Tips From Successful Entrepreneurs - The Business Insider

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 12:45

The Business Insider

Five Great Startup Tips From Successful Entrepreneurs
The Business Insider
Successful entrepreneur Joel Spolsky offers this marketing wisdom in reference to marketing online with a blog and finding customers the right way: "These days, it seems like just about every start-up founder has a blog, and 99 percent of these ...

Entrepreneurs Share Why Enterprise Appalachia Is Ideal Start-Up Environment - PR Newswire (press release)

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 12:01

Entrepreneurs Share Why Enterprise Appalachia Is Ideal Start-Up Environment
PR Newswire (press release)
The region has seen a surge of successful start-up companies who have put the area's abundant entrepreneurial resources into action. Entrepreneur Dr. Sang Soo-Kim turned to Enterprise Appalachia's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Ohio ...

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Empathy is essential to nurture risky, new ventures - WalesOnline

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 08:06

Empathy is essential to nurture risky, new ventures
WalesOnline
Clearly, a supportive and empathetic financial environment is essential to developing and nurturing entrepreneurs to create successful growth businesses. To counter the inherent optimism of the entrepreneur and lower the risk to the investor, ...

Summit speakers share successful strategies for startup growth (Video) - Silicon Prairie News

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 06:49

Summit speakers share successful strategies for startup growth (Video)
Silicon Prairie News
Hudl's Brian Kaiser emphasized the importance of company culture in the growth of his startup at last month's Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. Screenshot from Nebraska Entrepreneur on Vimeo. Brian Kaiser never could find a company with the kind of ...

Ex-Googlers Penetrating Startup Hierarchy - The Ledger

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 04:02

Ex-Googlers Penetrating Startup Hierarchy
The Ledger
"Going to Google, I really wanted to learn the skills that would make me a successful entrepreneur on my own." WeatherBill, whose chief technical officer Siraj Khaliq also came from Google, aims to build a highly profitable business that will also help ...

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The Best Country in Asia to Build your Tech Start-up - Penn Olson

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 01:57

Penn Olson

The Best Country in Asia to Build your Tech Start-up
Penn Olson
Financing scheme for start-ups: Whether you are a local or foreigner, several government bodies in Singapore have a number of programmes to help young and potential entrepreneurs start up a company, be it in terms of financial support, or providing ...

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Ex-Googlers Penetrating Startup Hierarchy - The Ledger

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 00:26

Ex-Googlers Penetrating Startup Hierarchy
The Ledger
"Going to Google, I really wanted to learn the skills that would make me a successful entrepreneur on my own." WeatherBill, whose chief technical officer Siraj Khaliq also came from Google, aims to build a highly profitable business that will also help ...

Reid Hoffman's Ten Entrepreneurship Rules for Building Massive Companies - All Things Digital (blog)

Tue, 03/22/2011 - 23:28

Reid Hoffman's Ten Entrepreneurship Rules for Building Massive Companies
All Things Digital (blog)
People tend to think that behind every great start-up is a single entrepreneur with a whiz-bang idea. The reality is great companies are built by a number of people with talent who are surrounded by amplifying networks. The most successful ...

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UsTrendy founder: Vision, courage key to entrepreneurship - Brandeis University

Tue, 03/22/2011 - 21:34

Brandeis University

UsTrendy founder: Vision, courage key to entrepreneurship
Brandeis University
His lecture, "Things I wish I knew When I Became an Entrepreneur," part of the Entrepreneurship Forum sponsored by the Asper Center for Global Entrepreneurship, focused on the challenges posed to young entrepreneurs seeking success. ...

Middle East needs more entrepreneurs - MarketWatch

Tue, 03/22/2011 - 20:15

Middle East needs more entrepreneurs
MarketWatch
The Obama administration's Startup America initiative recognized the critical role of entrepreneurship to the US economy and is coordinating a public/private effort to increase the success rate of new ventures. Startup America endorses entrepreneurship ...

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Measuring up to Facebook: Social Media Entrepreneurs Navigate the Minefield of ... - Knowledge@Wharton

Tue, 03/22/2011 - 20:12

Knowledge@Wharton

Measuring up to Facebook: Social Media Entrepreneurs Navigate the Minefield of ...
Knowledge@Wharton
The entrepreneurs began networking, meeting such Valley dignitaries as Plug and Play's Saeed Amidi, the CEO of a well-known startup incubator. Within four months they received seed money from some angel investors to launch EatLime, Inc. The initial ...