A new way to attract tech talents to the US
ScrippsNews
Visa programs currently in place offer incentives to only foreign investors; this would be the first time an early-stage entrepreneur could build a business plan toward citizenship. The StartUp Visa Act was introduced by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., ...

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The more you share, more powerful you become
Northern Colorado Business Report
I've run successful ventures in a wide variety of different industries. Along the way I've learned the common elements that make any business successful. A: I believe in hiring MBAs, as they make great employees. As far as an entrepreneur having an MBA ...

Berkeleyside
From psych ward to bagel mensch
Berkeleyside
Talk about a rocket ride from start up to stunning success. Truth is, though, Alper is a self-described serial entrepreneur who has launched six businesses with mixed results. Early on in his career back East he did a roaring trade selling rustic salad ...

TheStreet.com
Young Look to Boost Each Other in Business
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It doesn't take a home-run idea to become a successful entrepreneur, even if you are just a few years out of college. The explosively popular social media networks Foursquare, ...

TinyCo Raises $18 Million From Andreessen Horowitz For Mobile Gaming
TechCrunch
Today, a startup called TinyCo (formerly known as Brooklyn Packet) has closed an $18 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, and they're setting out to become the most successful mobile gaming company out there. It's a lofty goal and TinyCo ...

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Fred Wilson On Marketing
The Business Insider
A very experienced and successful entrepreneur came into our office a week ago to pitch his latest company. At the end of his pitch he showed us some numbers. Normally for a raw startup we see almost all product and engineering expenses (headcount). ...

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Our view: Contest stirs excitement in rebounding downtown
Duluth News Tribune
The offer was made at last month's annual meeting of the Greater Downtown Council: a pair of storefronts, rent-free for a year, with start-up help and other support from Greater Downtown Council members to help assure a successful endeavor. ...

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Litchfield County Times
A Good Idea Keeps Growing
Litchfield County Times
Mr. Lindberg of New Milford began franchising in 2007, and in 2009 came to the attention of Entrepreneur Magazine, which lists the best startups and franchise businesses around the country based (in its own words) on “objective, quantifiable measures ...

Rock 'n roll, love, inspiring stories
Chicago Sun-Times
This week the entrepreneur, author and Pulitzer nominee brought his message of success to Naperville. He paid a visit Wednesday morning to Jefferson Junior High School and later gave the keynote address at Business Partnership Entrepreneurship Forum at ...

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Tips for winning startup capital
ABJ Enrepreneur
It's hard to be an entrepreneur these days when most of the advice out there focuses on what not to do. Fortunately, there are a few things every entrepreneur can do to increase one's chances of raising money. If you are an entrepreneur, ...

What Does It Take To Bring Technology To Market?
The Business Insider
What, then, defines an entrepreneur as “successful?” Some may emphasize an acquisition that pays a premium to the startup's investors, or an IPO that meets or exceeds the expectations of its prospectus. At Francis Moran & Associates, we contend that ...

Mike Stonebraker: Bringing Good Ideas From Lab To Real World
Wall Street Journal (blog)
He's also an entrepreneur, co-founder of eight companies. Some of them have been acquired including his first, Ingres Corp. Another, Vertica, is being bought by Hewlett-Packard for an undisclosed amount. One of the several hats he currently wears is ...

Inside a Scion Start-Up
Advanced Trading (blog)
Adam Wyden, a self-described "serial entrepreneur" with office space in the basement and second floor of the family home, began trading stocks for his own account while attending the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School as an undergraduate from ...

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Inside a Scion Start-Up
Advanced Trading (blog)
Adam Wyden, a self-described "serial entrepreneur" with office space in the basement and second floor of the family home, began trading stocks for his own account while attending the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School as an undergraduate from ...

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Why I Invested In Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal
The Business Insider
Mark Suster is an entrepreneur turned VC and General Partner at GRP Partners. He focuses on early-stage technology companies – usually looking at Series A or seed investments. Suster also writes the influential blog, Both Sides of the Table This is a ...

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Entrepreneur hopes to find success with TripLingo travelers' language aid
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A former entrepreneur who sold a successful business, Rankin came on as chief operating officer after hearing Maddox's pitch and plan. "Jesse has got the drive, the spirit, the focus," Rankin said. "He's a guy who's going to build a company. ...

Kairos Society Helps Student Entrepreneurs Test Business Ideas
BusinessWeek
“The more we can create successful entrepreneurs, the more we combat unemployment down the road.” The US unemployment rate among 16-to-24-year-olds was 18.9 percent in January, compared with 19.8 percent the year before, according to the Bureau of ...

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Roosevelt seeks future entrepreneurs
Chicago Daily Herald
Students accepted into the academy will work in teams to determine the best way for a particular business model to compete, identify capital needs to start up and devise a plan for successful management. On the final day, the teams will give 15-minute ...

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Oasis500 holds networking event for startups
Trade Arabia
Oasis500, an early stage and seed investment company, recently organised a networking event which was attended by a number of entrepreneurs from eight startup companies it has chosen to incubate. The event enabled participating entrepreneurs to meet ...

Plenty of ideas, but no cash
Sydney Morning Herald
Very successful business people like entrepreneur Dick Smith, Justin Herald (Attitude Clothing) and Gerry Harvey (Harvey Norman) started businesses from humble beginnings but were armed with self-belief, vision and determination. ...

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