This Week in Small Business: Radiation, Inflation and Regulation
New York Times (blog)
Not having much start-up money or lacking a cache of professional connections should never stand in the way.” Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn founder, offers 10 rules of entrepreneurship. Example: “Plan for good luck — sometimes entrepreneurs are surprised ...

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Buy Your Ticket Now for VC65 on April 6 and Get a Free Copy of Bill Draper's ...
Xconomy
Here at Xconomy, we know something about the great investor-entrepreneur relationships that are often behind the best companies: not only are we a startup ourselves, we write about the venture capital and startup scene every day. ...

Groups offer support to South Florida startups
MiamiHerald.com
The Hatchery event was a natural offshoot for the Startup Forum, a young organization that has been attracting 60 to 100 people to its regular events, which often feature a successful entrepreneur or a panel speaking about some aspect of launching a ...

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Groups offer support to South Florida startups
MiamiHerald.com
BY NANCY DAHLBERG For entrepreneurs, this winter sizzled with opportunities to pitch, network and learn from one another. There were events hosted by The FundingPost and The Startup Forum, StartupCamp at the IT Expo, SuperConf and the Florida Venture ...

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Organizations partner to offer services to start-up businesses
Marietta Times
It is a nonprofit organization whose 13000 national volunteers are successful entrepreneurs and executives who share their "no cost" expertise to start up and in business clients. Some volunteers have mentored their clients for more than 10+ years. ...

Ex-Googlers penetrating startup hierarchy
News & Observer
"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 ...

Course combines business, software
CMU The Tartan Online
“In Silicon Valley there are a lot of successful alumni. From the start, we paired each team with an alumni entrepreneur who gave the individual coaching on the challenges of starting a software business,” Russel commented. “This type of mentoring from ...

Ideas are never a shortage: Young Turks
Moneycontrol.com
On the Young Turks tutorial, we give a young start up a chance to be mentored by a venture capitalist by his/her choice. On the YT Buzz, we tell you about everything that is hot and happening in the world of entrepreneurship. ...

Vision realized: TV II Multimedia helps firms convey message with technology
Memphis Commercial Appeal
"They don't bring a successful entrepreneur in, have him or her speak to a group of people for 30 minutes and then say to the crowd 'Go forth, be entrepreneurial.'" Beickert, David Merrill and James Sposto founded FuelFilm, a sister organization of ...

Can you raise too much cash?
StartupSmart
In the ideal world, the entrepreneur would raise just enough money to prove their concept, then, at a much higher valuation, again raise just enough money to get to the next stage of expansion, and then raise again. In this way, you give away as few ...

The Next Web
An interview with TechStars' David Cohen
The Next Web
But just like any rock group needs a band manager and producer to help them along, so too do the young minds of startup entrepreneurs. One of my favorite mentor-driven startup “camps” is TechStars, a seed accelerator in Boston (MA), Boulder (CO), ...

A weekend chance for entrepreneurs
Stuff.co.nz
Auckland Start-up Weekend is the brainchild of Jason Armishaw, one-time salesman, marketer and insurance adviser, and a recent convert to the world of start-ups. The weekend is based on similar successful events around the world, notably the Los ...

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NOLA.com
Event designed to give local start-ups a boost attracts big names to NO
NOLA.com
"The guy in San Francisco that's trying to do what we're doing is asking me how we do this," Williamson said, referring to the organic start-up culture that the Idea Village is known for. The success of the organization, Williamson said, ...

Small Biz Notes: Education benefits inmates
The News-Press
It touches briefly on several topics including: traits of successful entrepreneurs; legal structures for small businesses; developing a mission statement; finding a niche; marketing; calculating startup costs and making income projections; ...

Maryland Tech Company Defies the Odds
Online PR News (press release)
Captico, LLC is Fisher's fourth successful startup. The second secret to Captico's success is its niche in the web development world. Fisher's vision was for Captico to become a “startup incubator,” a place where new companies and non-profits would ...

Inspiration for big ideas
Cincinnati.com
They talk to customers and partners to gather data and feedback, seek advice from entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and create a financial model as they go. And another thought, how can we remove funding barriers to boost startup activity? ...

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Deccan Herald
Entrepreneurial leap
Deccan Herald
Even after liberalisation, the path before a start-up is paved with thorns. While most fall by the wayside, a few come out with flying colours. Guardian Pharmacy is one such recent success story. Ashutosh Garg who had a meteoric rise in the corporate ...

Métis Nation hosts successful Economic Development Forum
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The Clarence Campeau Development Fund and SaskMétis Economic Development Corporation help to provide financial assistance or start up capital for aspiring or existing Métis entrepreneurs. President Chartier adds, "For Métis to thrive in today's tough ...

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SCORE is a win for small firms
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Established Oct. 5, 1964, the nonprofit association is dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. More than 13000 volunteers at 350 chapters provide individual mentoring - in person and ...

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Opportunity knocks with legwork
Superior Telegram
A strong, accurate business plan is essential to evaluating the potential success of a start-up small business. “Become educated with a business plan,” said Mike Lattery, business developer for the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund. ...