For Many Entrepreneurs, Life Begins at 50
Fox Business
Late last summer, Newsweek reported that Vivek Wadhwa, a self-described “academic, researcher, writer and entrepreneur,” conducted a study of over 500 successful technology businesses and found that older startup entrepreneurs were actually more ...

Alliance adds to local entrepreneurial ed
ABJ Enrepreneur
Rice University also has created national conferences with “elevator pitch” competitions for startup companies in nanotechnology, energy, clean energy, life sciences and information technology, which have served as a means for entrepreneurs to get in ...

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Hire More Help and Fewer Helpers for Your Startup
The Business Insider
In my view, one of the most important aspects of being a successful entrepreneur is surrounding yourself with people smarter than you. Don't let your ego get in the way. It's the best way for you to grow the business, as well as yourself.

Globe and Mail
The financing gender gap
Globe and Mail
Being able to secure financing is critical to any business, whether it's a startup seeking venture capital or a mid-sized firm that needs more cash to grow. But while it has become easier in recent years for businesses to borrow money, ...

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SeedStart Media 2011 Launches Summer Startup Program for Digital Media ...
Hollywood Industry
Established in 2008 as a partnership between serial entrepreneur Gil Beyda (Real Media and Tacoda) and Comcast Interactive Capital, Genacasts commitment to helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great companies is already experiencing success with its ...
"SeedStart Media 2011" Launches Summer Startup Program for Digital Media ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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"SeedStart Media 2011" Launches Summer Startup Program for Digital Media ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The purpose of the program is to grow the entrepreneurial sector of New York City by providing promising entrepreneurs with funding and a network of mentors, investors, and leading industry experts to advise them. Participating in the program are some ...
SeedStart Media 2011 Launches Summer Startup Program for Digital Media ...Broadcast Newsroom

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Dan Senor speaks about Israel's economic success
Student Life
Senor explained that true economic growth is achieved through constant innovation, something that is impossible without the constant activity of small enterprises, including entrepreneurs, small companies and start-up companies. ...

“SeedStart Media 2011” Launches Summer Startup Program for Digital Media ...
PR Web (press release)
Established in 2008 as a partnership between serial entrepreneur Gil Beyda (Real Media and Tacoda) and Comcast Interactive Capital, Genacast's commitment to helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great companies is already experiencing success with ...
"SeedStart Media 2011" Launches Summer Startup Program for Digital Media ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Jesse Maddox A Local Entrepreneur- Has the next big idea
Examiner.com
“The success rate is probably in the single digits,” said Wayt King, an angel investor and mentor to local startup companies. He has met with Maddox and thinks the company “has a chance.” Startups can be plagued by any of many potentially fatal flaws, ...

Penn Olson
Taiwan's Tech Start-ups and Culture
Penn Olson
Jamie is a successful serial entrepreneur. His first start-up, Hotcool.com, was founded back in 1999 when he was still a student. In 2006, while he was at New York, he founded Sosauce.com, a famous online community for tourists. ...

Harvard Business School Announces Winners of Student Start-Up Competition
Media Newswire (press release)
This methodology has been advanced and popularized by Eric Ries, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at HBS this academic year advising students and collaborating with faculty members on research and course development. Eighty-eight teams, each with at least ...

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Investor to keep close eye on Irish start-ups
Irish Times
A former DJ with a PhD in foreign exchange risk management, entrepreneur and angel investor Glaenzer is a curious mix of risk taker, artist and academic. Perhaps this is what makes him so good at backing winners in the digital start-up space. ...

State, Gallup start mentoring program for startups
Lincoln Journal Star
Dave Heineman announced a new partnership to help strengthen Nebraska small businesses and startup enterprises through mentoring. Partners sponsoring the effort are the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, The Gallup Organization, ...

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The Daily Start-Up: Solyndra's Fading Star
Wall Street Journal (blog)
General Catalyst Partners has added an entrepreneur in residence with deep health-care-services experience – Charlie Baker served as Massachusetts secretary of health and human services…and Kleiner Perkins provided $4 million in a first round of ...

Don't romanticize owning your own business; it requires work
Daily Comet
Mark Zuckerberg may be the highly successful entrepreneur who created Facebook, but Carol Roth sighs when she hears his name. "Everyone wants to jump on that bandwagon," she says, referring Zuckerberg's phenomenal startup success. ...

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Avoiding the Crowded Startup Graveyard
E-Commerce Times
A recent study that I just read shows that the startup success rate over a period of 10 years is about 30 percent. This obviously means that about 70 percent of startups are out of business after a 10-year period! There is no doubt that the failure ...

New Book Helps Entrepreneurs Find Their Tipping Point of Success
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"The main focus of The Tipping Point of Success is to show how 23 entrepreneurs became successful and how you can too. It also demonstrates how creating a strategy for personal development and a commitment to lifelong learning will provide the skills ...

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New Book Helps Entrepreneurs Find Their Tipping Point of Success
PR Web (press release)
The Tipping Point of Success, how can you find it ? "The main focus of The Tipping Point of Success is to show how 23 entrepreneurs became successful and how you can too. It also demonstrates how creating a strategy for personal development and a ...

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Canaan Partners appoints Rahul Khanna as MD
Business Standard
“Canaan Partners understands the startup economy in India and successfully connects Indian technology companies with partners and markets worldwide for global success,” says Khanna. Prior to joining Canaan India, Khanna was founding director of ...
Canaan ropes in Clearstone s Rahul Khanna as India MDMoneycontrol.com

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Up to $25000 Offered to Winners in Utah Start-Up Competition
PR.com (press release)
James Borzilleri, founder of Idea Partnership of Utah, is a successful entrepreneur who has spent the past 15 years working on a variety of online projects that have been used by millions of consumers and businesses. “Idea Partnership gives me the ...