US$600m payday for Silicon Valley veteran
New Zealand Herald
Photo / AP Silicon Valley is where the young and thin dream of making millions on the next hot tech startup. Reid Hoffman is portly, "old" and far more successful than most can ever hope to be. LinkedIn is the first United States social network to go ...

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Valley company gives local entrepreneurs a boost
Arizona State University
“[We] will ensure companies understand how to sustain operational success,” Wallace says. “Ultimately, Tallwave helps ventures solve business problems and accelerate their success.” Tallwave's innovation stems from years of digital and startup ...

Tooling Up: I've Got a Great Idea
ScienceCareers.org
Even harder to come by is backing from other risk-takers, especially investors, and that's something a successful start-up cannot live without. For this month's column, I interviewed two entrepreneurs -- Robert Levy and Richard Woodward -- who are busy ...

Financing a start-up? Ask yourself these three questions.
Fortune (blog)
"How should I finance my start-up?" is a common refrain from first-time founders and serial entrepreneurs alike. There is no manual for how to best do this, and intuition can only get you so far in the absence of ...

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Irish Times
Amobee's Levkovitz E&Y award finalist in N California
Globes
Zohar Levkovitz is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Northern California Award alongside PayPal's Scott Thompson and LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman. Zohar Levkovitz, co-founder and CEO of Israeli start up Amobee, has won a signal ...
Medivance President and CEO Robert Kline Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of ...Sacramento Bee

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The Mystery of Repeatable Innovation and the Startup Lessons Learned Conference
Forbes (blog)
I remember reading when Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the Ethernet, wrote that, “most successful entrepreneurs I've met have no idea about the reasons for their success. My success was a mystery to me then, and only a little less so now. ...

From reptiles to riches: 24-year old millionaire
CNN
Nat Turner turned a startup he founded in his college dorm room into something he sold to Google for more than $70 million. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Last year, at the ripe old age of 24, ...

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SCORE East Central Iowa Wins National SCORE Chapter of the Year Award
Sacramento Bee
SCORE East Central Iowa earned the highly-recognized National SCORE Chapter of the Year award due to their excellent client satisfaction, exceptional growth in serving entrepreneurs, and successful community outreach. East Central Iowa SCORE grew its ...

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GrowthBusiness.co.uk
Business Startup: Entrepreneur Doug Richard backs start-ups
GrowthBusiness.co.uk
Highlights over the next two days include new features such as Start Your Own Retail Business, Starting an Internet Business and Inspiring Women, which brings together successful female entrepreneurs. The speed-networking stand provides a location for ...

WaterSmart Software Seals $900000
Private Equity Hub (press release)
They are in the business of helping entrepreneur dreams come true. Their experience spans all aspects of growing successful companies from the formative stage through management of multi-billion dollar enterprises. Sand Hill Angels focus on investments ...

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Business Startup: Entrepreneur Doug Richards backs start-ups
GrowthBusiness.co.uk
Highlights over the next two days include new features such as Start Your Own Retail Business, Starting an Internet Business and Inspiring Women, which brings together successful female entrepreneurs. The speed-networking stand provides a location for ...

Therese Poletti
MarketWatch
(NASDAQ:SHLD) “A lot of engineering talent has been tied up in safe jobs,” said Justyn Howard, the co-founder and chief executive of a young Chicago startup called Sprout Social. “The culture here, until recently, has never been to work for a startup. ...

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Groupon halo boosts Chicago tech startups
MarketWatch
(NASDAQ:SHLD) “A lot of engineering talent has been tied up in safe jobs,” said Justyn Howard, the co-founder and chief executive of a young Chicago startup called Sprout Social. “The culture here, until recently, has never been to work for a startup. ...

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Business leaders: Innovation cultivation key to Boulder's future
Daily Camera
Noting that Boulder has a high number of entrepreneurs per capita, Brad Feld, managing director of the Foundry Group and a co-founder of Boulder-based startup accelerator TechStars, said Boulder -- with its history, the collection of serial ...
Feld: Entrepreneurs must be leadersBoulder County Business Report

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Why entrepreneurs are dumping US; Start-up Visa may help
Economic Times
After working with eBay for some years and launching his first start-up (a telecom services portal), Sureka traded entrepreneurial mecca Silicon Valley for Delhi last November. Packing up his home and returning to another continent with his ...

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Ahmedabad becoming hatching hub for entrepreneurs
Times of India
The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Incubation at DAIICT (CEID) is also looking for the right startup entrepreneurs with business ideas in the area of communication technology products. The centre is looking to incubate five such ideas. ...

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GeekWire
Yahoo buys Jim Heckman's online ad startup 5to1.com
GeekWire
5to1.com, an online advertising startup led by Seattle entrepreneur and former Fox Interactive media exec Jim Heckman, has been acquired by Yahoo in a deal of undisclosed size. “We're thrilled for our media partners that Yahoo! is backing our platform ...

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Opinion: New approach to education funding
NorthJersey.com
If you are an entrepreneur, you have two basic ways to raise the capital to cover the start-up costs of your business: You can borrow the money or you can sell equity, which is a share in your future success (or failure). Borrowing money requires you ...

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SVASE Unveils 'Hot' Emerging Tech Companies to Debut at Launch: Silicon Valley ...
PR Newswire (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) www.svase.org today announced the companies invited to launch their companies and new products at Launch: Silicon Valley 2011 ...
SVASE Unveils 'Hot' Emerging Tech Companies to Debut at Launch: Silicon Valley ...NEWS.GNOM.ES

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US pushes for Start-up Visa to keep immigrant entrepreneurs back in the country
Economic Times
Neither can thousands of foreign entrepreneurs unless they hold the ever-elusive American green card. But they could if the US passes laws for a new Startup Visa. Recently, Senators Richard Lugar and John Kerry proposed legislation called the Startup ...

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