Startup Open 2011 Kicks Off Search for Most Promising New Companies
GigaOm
15, 2011. Any entrepreneur worldwide who has had a “startup moment”– defined by the Kauffman Foundation as any action related to launching a new business — since the last GEW on Nov. 22, 2010 is eligible to apply for Startup Open 2011. ...
Ready for a 'startup moment'?St. Louis Business Journal (blog)

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Ready for a 'startup moment'?
St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
The foundation is searching for the 50 most promising startups for its business competition, "Startup Open." The contest is open to any entrepreneurs who have just started, or are about to start, a new venture and have a “startup moment” between Nov. ...

Did Bain Just Buy Another Chinese Fraud?
The Business Insider
This company looks like it is in the business of financing their customers. Three are also 14.4 million in notes receivable and that looks like explicit customer financing. I am an accounting geek - and I can't resist an accounting geek's aside here. ...

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1st Light Energy Launches ZERO Money Down Lease Option for Solar Installation
PRLog.Org (press release)
These flexible financing arrangements are also available for commercial business and non-profit customers as well. With the lease plan, homeowners can dramatically reduce their electric bills, with no upfront cost to them. The lease option streamlines ...

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How to Cope When Your Startup Fails
NBC Chicago (blog)
If the owners really knew what they were doing wrong, they might have been able to fix the problem,” writes entrepreneur Jay Goltz in a NYT blog item this year. “Often, it's simply a matter of denial or of not knowing what you don't know. ...

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Maryland Receives $23 Million To Fund Small Businesses
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$23M in federal lending funds expected in next few weeksGazette.net Montgomery County Sports
Governor O'Malley, U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios Announce $23 Million to Support ...Centre Daily Times
To Your Credit, Part 2American Drycleaner

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Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program Announced By Comcast
News One
Billed the “Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program,” the goal is to give training, mentoring, and other funding to five minority-led startup businesses. The program is now taking applications, and those that are accepted will be given their own ...

Norske Skog Raises $625 Million in Bonds, Loan to Refinance
BusinessWeek
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Norske Skogindustrier ASA got 440 million euros ($625 million) of financing to replace debt due next year. The world's third-largest newsprint maker signed a 140 million-euro loan and began a ...

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Three Keys to Maximizing Franchise Success
Entrepreneur
It may be tough to turn a startup-franchise business into big bucks, but it's not impossible. Here are the three keys to striking franchise gold. 1. Cultivate your interpersonal skills. Not everyone is cut out to be a franchisee. ...

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Financing an MBA, with help from Mom and Dad
Providence Business News
At Dartmouth University's Tuck School of Business, Assistant Dean of Administration Steven Lubrano says the school has made a conscientious effort this year to minimize the student debt load, asking applicants to explore other avenues of financing ...
Financing an MBA, With Help From Mom and DadBusinessWeek

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A look at economic developments around the globe
BusinessWeek
The reason is that the IMF's loans are contingent on Greece showing what its state financing will be over the next 12 months. Until recently, that was meant to include raising cash on bond markets next year, a move the Greek government has admitted is ...
How to get Greece 'on track'Financial Post
Greek Restructuring Could be 'Catastrophic'Wall Street Journal
Greece might have to manage without the IMFFX-MM

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AOL Founder Starts Startup for Startups
TheStreet.com
"One thing I was surprised at when I began this job was the startling lack of organized resources for entrepreneurs," he says. "The average startup was finding out about them in a random way. You need luck to succeed in business, but you shouldn't need ...

IT'S YOUR BUSINESS: May 27, 2011
Naples Daily News
Based in Fort Myers, Ramsey will assist customers nationwide with the process of buying or refinancing residential real estate properties by offering a portfolio of financing solutions, including conventional loans, jumbo loans, bridge loans, ...

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$23M in federal lending funds expected in next few weeks
Gazette.net Montgomery County Sports
The rest will be distributed as follows: $6.5 million to the Maryland Venture Fund, which invests in young technology businesses; $4.5 million to the Maryland Small Business Financing Authority, which guarantees small-business loans; and $1.5 million ...
Governor O'Malley, U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios Announce $23 Million to Support ...Centre Daily Times
To Your Credit, Part 2American Drycleaner

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RestorxMD first to get new county loan
News-Herald.com
She said financing options and access to financing can be challenging for business owners. “I think it's very exciting and very fortunate for us,” Brewster said. “I'm glad the program is in place and it will help a lot of businesses. ...

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Fed's Loans, EU Bank Penalties, Finra Fines, Austria Raids: Compliance
Bloomberg
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to cut more than 1.9 million hours of annual reporting requirement for business, a step the US Chamber of Commerce said would have little effect on companies. The OSHA rule would save more than ...

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The Start-up Scene in India
Penn Olson
Vijay Anand is an entrepreneurially-minded professional with more than 13 years of hands-on experience as an entrepreneur, an advisor, and a columnist at Entrepreneur magazine. ...

MSMF Non Profit Brings Micro Lending Giant to Charlotte
Bradenton Herald
The partnership offers increased opportunities to low and moderate income individuals, primarily minorities, seeking small business loans during a nationwide credit crunch. MSMF in partnership with Accion USA will play a key role in bolstering the ...

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MSMF Non Profit Brings Micro Lending Giant to Charlotte
SunHerald.com
The partnership offers increased opportunities to low and moderate income individuals, primarily minorities, seeking small business loans during a nationwide credit crunch. MSMF in partnership with Accion USA will play a key role in bolstering the ...

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Kickstarter: Financing Small Movies Online
BusinessWeek
He spent four years pitching investors, and by last September thought he'd locked up financing. "We had a guy in Seattle who was going to come in for $250000 and then another guy in LA who was going to come in for $250000," Taylor says. ...

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