Teachers Can Double Their Salary With Nifty Startup TeachersPayTeachers
The Business Insider
... Edelman sold the company to Scholastic in 2006, decided he didn't like being under a corporate thumb and bought it back three years later. We like an entrepreneur who's so passionate about his idea that he buys the company back after a successful exit.

Three Proverbs from Mark Cuban
ActiveFilings.com
If you're in the midst of launching a business startup, you have certainly (hopefully) spent a lot of time reading about how the best entrepreneurs became the best. If you have, you have probably heard of Mark Cuban, the current outspoken owner of the ...

Forbes (blog)
Female Founders: Overcoming The Cupcake Challenge And 'Mompreneur' Stigma
Forbes (blog)
Once their business was recognized as the success it was, Eagle Bank stepped in with a loan to help them recapitalize. Women-owned businesses in the female-focused or mommy market is far from new. “An entrepreneur usually starts a business in the area ...

Women 2.0 Spins Out, Expands Founder Labs Program To New York
TechCrunch
An organization that aims to diversify and strengthen the pool of successful startup founders in tech, Women 2.0, today announced that it will spin out its mobile focused Founder Labs pre-incubator program as a standalone entity, and expand it from San ...
Women 2.0's Founder Labs Expands to New York CityReadWriteWeb

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Startup Stampede picks 11 companies for 60-day Durham event
TechJournal South
The companies will also receive expert help and opportunities to network with founders of successful Durham startups. “We were overwhelmed and thrilled by the response to the Stampede,” said Adam Klein, the Chamber's Director of Strategic Initiatives. ...

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Innovator Chris Schultz on why New Orleans fosters the entrepreneurial spirit
NOLA.com
The idea for the venture started soon after the storm, when Chris said he was propelled to get more engaged in the community and seek out other “halfway successful” entrepreneurs like himself in New Orleans. The result was “Startup School,” where these ...

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Entrepreneur
No Method. No Model. No Theory.
Entrepreneur
Last year, more than 1400 fledgling companies applied to TechStars, the startup incubator run out of Boulder, Colo., Seattle and Boston. Exactly 30 of them got in. It's not hard to see why the ...

Breaking news: Google launches new African tech incubator
Memeburn
Google emphasises too that a successful startup is not just about the idea, but it's about the team who can execute on that idea. Throughout the programme, teams will not only benefit from local connections, but also from the extensive mentorship ...

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Memeburn
8 venture capital sources for your startup
Memeburn
“We aim to provide early stage venture capital as well as the supporting skills and networks as well as strategic advice required by start-ups to increase their chances of success,” says Invenfin. Hasso Plattner Ventures backs young entrepreneurs with ...

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BYU student entrepreneur creates new company Kalood
BYU Daily Universe
BYU student entrepreneur Brad Cahoon believes his company Kalood could become a household word in the next few years. The laid-back California native named his web start-up business Kalood for its unique appeal as a brand name. ...

Plain Dealer
Opponents, supporters debate JumpStart at meeting in Cuyahoga County
Plain Dealer
Last year, the nonprofit added an arm, supported by federal money, to help other regions develop entrepreneurs. And the group recently announced plans for a separate nonprofit to drive money from national foundations into start-up companies nationwide. ...

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Google Docs creator: A2A integration crucial for cloud success
CenterBeam
In a recent interview with Entrepreneur, Jonathan Rochelle, creator of the popular Google Docs cloud software suite, argued that application-to-application integration is crucial for successful implementation of cloud computing solutions. ...

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4 Reasons Today's Tech Scene Differs From the '90s Bubble
Mashable
If you were in a startup, you really thought that you would knock off existing players.” Today, the big players are the survivors of the dot com era. In 2000, entrepreneur Philip Kaplan created the satirical website FuckedCompany.com (a take on Fast ...

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Egyptian Start-Up SySDSoft Acquired by Intel
All Things Digital (blog)
“What will change,” he hopes, “is that young entrepreneurs may have more guts now to take the risk and hope for a good upside in case they are successful. After Jan 25, 2011, in fact, I am much more optimistic, since the overall environment is very ...

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From Whoa To Go In 54 Hours: Start Up Weekend 2011
Voxy
The call is out for all entrepreneurs, developers, innovators, inventors and investors to come together to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups - all in 54 hours at the Auckland Startup Weekend on April 1-3 at the Biz Dojo in K' ...

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Minister Duncan Announces Support for Online Training for Aboriginal Entrepreneurs
Marketwire (press release)
The institute provides effective, relevant and timely education and ongoing support during business start-up, growth and modernization. GoForth Institute was founded in 2009 by Dr. Leslie Roberts, a veteran entrepreneur and established leader in ...

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Entrepreneur Outfitters Releases “Start Up Checklist” Mobile Application
Benzinga
“Following the success of our government contracting company, we created the Start Up Checklist to help other entrepreneurs break into the government market space,” said Rob Hegedus, President and Chief Executive Officer of Entrepreneur Outfitters. ...

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Entrepreneur
Paul Graham spills: Why some companies get his cash and others don't
Entrepreneur
When Facebook first started, and it was just a social directory for undergrads at Harvard, it would have seemed like such a bad startup idea, like some student side project. Or when Google started, there were eight to 10 successful established search ...

Duo sounds note of caution to young entrepreneurs
National Post (registration)
This is one of the most interesting times to be building a startup in and around the technology space. For Mr. Ruddock, the mindset one needs to be a successful entrepreneur can be summed up with a quote from The Lord of the Rings. ...

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Building A Better Startup
San Jose Mercury News
Building a fundable startup that can scale is a combination of both science and art while understanding how to build it is a skill. Come to this event and learn from successful serial entrepreneurs as they discuss what you need to think about, ...