QIIB chief bags Islamic Finance award
Peninsula On-line
DOHA: Sheikh Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB), bagged Islamic Finance Award 2011 for Business Leadership and Outstanding Contribution to Islamic Finance presented by the UK based World Finance. ...

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Recent college graduates get some startup wisdom
Chicago Tribune
Even in the midst of a recession, or perhaps as a result of it, young entrepreneurs have persevered in starting or growing their own business. A half dozen of these self-starters, including Travis, shared their stories and advice during a recent panel ...

New Startup? Dude, There's a (Genome) Map for That
GigaOm
Concurrently the costs of startup creation have fallen dramatically triggering a huge increase in technology entrepreneurship all over the world. The report's authors say their work will shine a light on the idea the fallacy that creating successful ...
Uncovering the DNA of successful start-upsCNET
14 insights into the nature of startups and successful entrepreneursVatorNews
The Startup Genome ReportThe Next Web

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ULM business workshops on tap next week
Monroe News Star
The second workshop, “Starting and Financing a Small Business,” is scheduled from 9 to 11 am Saturday in Room 2-105 of the ULM Administration Building. This workshop is recommended for anyone interested in determining the feasibility of a business idea ...

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Shaping success
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Who is experiencing the need? How big is the opportunity? How fast is the opportunity growing? One should remember that there is no single sure-shot formula that makes a successful entrepreneur. A start-up should be ready to take financial risk. ...

SB Authority Survey Reveals Lack of Small Business Owners' Cloud Computing ...
Small Business Trends
Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup, storage and retrieval designed to meet the specific regulatory and compliance needs of any business. Accounts Receivable Financing: Receivable purchasing and financing services. ...

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Entrepreneur Corner: Attracting board members and learning from SEALs
VentureBeat
What can entrepreneurs learn from the Navy SEALs? - Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, relays thoughts from a former Navy SEAL, turned entrepreneur on the important lessons start-up owners can take from one of the toughest ...

Crystal Cathedral to file bankruptcy exit plan
BusinessWeek
"It's just that we had to go through a financing transition to get rid of the debt." The plan, which must still be approved by a judge, will erase the cathedral's $36 million mortgage and wipe out almost all of the $10 million in unsecured debt, ...

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Developer finds financing scarce for airport hotel
Dayton Daily News
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Sovran back to growing its business
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The Amherst-based self-storage facility operator built its business over the last 25 years through a steady stream of property acquisitions. But that all stopped when the recession hit and financing dried up. Sovran didn't buy a single store for its ...
Sovran back to growing its businessNewsday (subscription)

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Fitch Affirms Sacramento County Sanitation Financing Auth, (CA) Sr Revs 'AA ...
Business Wire (press release)
In addition to encompassing the state capital, Sacramento County also is the business and commercial center of California's agricultural region. The county has attracted a number of other businesses that have taken advantage of the area's land ...

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A Roundup of Summer Startup Competitions, from Healthcare IT to Dark Matter
Xconomy
If you're an entrepreneur and you want some (relatively) easy money or fame, it's time to get moving on your entry for one of the many startup-oriented competitions underway this summer. Here are just four that have hit my inbox this week. ...

Columbia Daily Tribune
Strictly Business: Four Thoughts: How much are local banks lending?
Bakersfield Californian
The other major lift is financing for capital expenditures/equipment lending. Companies are upgrading and purchasing new equipment for opportunities in their respective business sector. We are fortunate to have two major industries -- the oil sector ...
People You Should Know: Karin BellColumbia Business Times
Bankers caused the crash and now they strangle recoveryThe Guardian

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The business of higher education
Southsider Magazine
Some of these institutions do a fine job of educating those who enroll, and they follow appropriate guidelines where recruitment and financing are concerned. Unfortunately, some do just the opposite: They pressure students to enroll and take on massive ...

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Sharp Electronics Solar Solutions Group
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
A key managing member of the Sales and Business Development Solar Solutions team focused coalescing Business Developments efforts through the Solutions sale by linking Business Development, Sales, Engineering, Financing and Operations so the customer ...

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Aviation funding could give you wings
Financial Times
In the past few years, two trends in business finance and asset allocation have started to converge – which is now providing adventurous investors with new opportunities. They are: the need for “intermediate” financing for specialist ...

<B>Jyoti Pande Lavakare:</B> Get started with gyaan
Business Standard
Apart from Startup Saturday, it also has an active online forum. Startup Saturday is among the rare, consistently “fixed” events entrepreneurs can access through the year that features talks, debates, demos, networking and learning, says Aditya Mishra, ...

GeekWire
Gist CEO TA McCann: 'To be an entrepreneur takes a tremendous amount of courage'
GeekWire
Gist founder TA McCann just completed a successful sale of his startup to RIM. So, why did the Seattle entrepreneur spend a chunk of his time at the University of Washington business plan competition's annual awards dinner talking about failure? ...

Lactalis Seeks $11 Billion Loans for Parmalat, Refinancing
BusinessWeek
The financing includes a one-year, 1.65 billion-euro term loan; a two-year, 1 billion-euro term loan; a three-year, 750 million-euro term loan; a five-year, 3 billion-euro term loan; and a five-year, 1.1 billion-euro revolving credit, said the people, ...

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What any startup can learn from Starbucks
GeekWire
I am sure there a lot more things to get better at, but whatever it is… just get better. This is what I thought as I drove by the Starbucks headquarters today. Hope it helps. Nick Hughes is an entrepreneur who lives in Seattle. You can read his blog, ...

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