ConTraps Part IV – Avoid Exclusion From Future Revenue Opportunities
The Business Insider
It is simply not rational for an entrepreneur to limit his or her ability to follow their most lucrative paths to success, especially at the outset of an adVenture. Startup years are like dog years; seven years at a BDC is equivalent to one year at a ...

The Business Insider
Ron Conway's Data On What Makes Successful Entrepreneurs
Forbes (blog)
In short, younger entrepreneurs, those who have done a start-up before and those with a co-founder are most likely to build a successful company. Conway and Lee, speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York, found that of companies that reached a $25 ...
Wanna be an entrepreneur? Start early.CNNMoney
SV Angel Partners with Lerer Ventures to Cross Syndicate Valley/NYC DealsTechCrunch
David Lee and Ron Conway Bust Entrepreneur Myths on Stage at DisruptWashington Post
VentureBeat
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Building Entrepreneurial Communities: Lessons From 'Big Omaha'
Huffington Post (blog)
Lots of attention, research and many-a blog post are devoted to the question, "How do you build a successful startup?" Indeed, this is one of a number of questions (and answers) we are pursuing at the Kauffman Foundation, where I work. ...

TechJournal South
Angel Venture Forum Coming to Washington, DC to Connect Entrepreneurs with ...
PYMNTS.com
Growing a start-up into a scalable business takes time, money and resources. While the Internet provides access to a wealth of information, experts who have grown successful companies point out that access to and engagement with professionals who have ...
Angel Venture Forum launches year-long program for Potomac area startupsTechJournal South

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Ethanol Producer Magazine
Amplifier Ventures Seeds Renewable Energy Start Up
Benzinga
We think that what makes our investment approach successful – finding experienced entrepreneurs and helping them build their businesses through an entrepreneur-friendly approach – is very applicable to technology transfer and commercialization. ...
DOE Technologies Available to Entrepreneurs for Just $1000SustainableBusiness.com
Biden Says US Will Lead Energy RevolutionEnergy.gov (blog)
Federal program backs energy efficiency window technologyBrighterEnergy.org
The Colorado Independent
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East Africa TV show to inspire African entrepreneurs
Bizcommunity.com
... Africa with the aim of engineering successful entrepreneurship in the region. The initiative by Inspire Africa aims at building entrepreneurship in East Africa through identifying the best business minds and rewarding them with startup capital. ...

Mentoring 2.0: What Makes It Tick?
VC Circle (blog)
Great successes (and great failures) along with being superbly well-networked are necessary ingredients for mentoring entrepreneurs. Focus: Successful start-up accelerators in the USA are mostly focused on tech start-ups, and almost invariably on ...

Entrepreneurs unveil tech ideas at Santa Cruz TechRaising
Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ -- Budding entrepreneurs on Sunday afternoon unveiled their plans for new startup businesses using cutting-edge technology to fill customers' needs, create jobs and generate profits. The demonstration of proposed business ...

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N.H. entrepreneurs encouraged about growth opportunities
Seacoastonline.com
PORTSMOUTH — "Stop planning and just start your business," was the advice of one successful entrepreneur. "Have a clear financial plan and stick to it. Then start searching for capital well before you need it," were the recommendations of another. ...

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Jellema's ZeroMail launches paid beta
iTWire
... was co-founded by local technology entrepreneur Bart Jellema, who is well-known in the startup community courtesy of his strong focus on building its foundations through events, as well as the successful exit of his own startup Tjoos in March 2010. ...

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Jellema's ZeroMail launches paid beta
iTWire
... was co-founded by local technology entrepreneur Bart Jellema, who is well-known in the startup community courtesy of his strong focus on building its foundations through events, as well as the successful exit of his own startup Tjoos in March 2010. ...

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Entrepreneurs unveil tech ideas at Santa Cruz TechRaising
Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ - Budding entrepreneurs on Sunday afternoon unveiled their plans for new startup businesses using cutting-edge technology to fill customers' needs, create jobs and generate profits. ...

U. of U.-owned companies produce winners and losers
Salt Lake Tribune
Brian Cummings, head of the U.'s Technology Commercialization Office, says Trapeze is a successful example of the U.'s system of establishing startup companies. "We do this when there is no other path. We do this to get value to the [faculty inventor] ...

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Irish Times
In 2010, Crospon developed a new start-up known as Janisys. The Janisys active microneedle-based transdermal drug delivery system was originally devised at Hewlett Packard before being out-licensed to Crospon in 2007. This patch-like system is ...

Financial News
New Holmes for start-up ventures
Financial News
“Being successful in our business comes through being friends with entrepreneurs. There is also a need to get references from them in the future to show you are good to work with.” Looking to the future, Holmes said various widely used technologies are ...

The National
Ambition in UAE gets a kick-start
The National
Its name means ambition in Arabic, symbolising the drive that exists in every entrepreneur. And the Al Tomooh Scheme, which provides Emiratis with start-up funding for small and medium-sized businesses, has an aim to match its title. ...

Sun Microsystems co-founder McNealy says US needs more tech...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
McNealy advised startup entrepreneurs to develop their business globally. "Go global," he said. "You've got to be an international citizen." McNealy said social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter represent the hot new technological ...

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Our greatest needs: More graduates, startup funding
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
More are needed. Colleges are getting better at training entrepreneurs, but there is a dearth of venture capital to help startups. That, and the graduation dilemma, are the biggest obstacles to our region's future prosperity.

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Baltimore Sun
The Interview: Paula Jagemann, founder of Someone With
Baltimore Sun
Paula Jagemann had thought of herself as a retired entrepreneur. Then an idea for a startup grabbed her and wouldn't let go. While on the board of Frederick Memorial Hospital, she learned that breast cancer ...

Sun Microsystems co-founder McNealy says US needs more tech entrepreneurs with ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
McNealy advised startup entrepreneurs to develop their business globally. "Go global," he said. "You've got to be an international citizen." McNealy said social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter represent the hot new technological ...

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