Getting a line on the startup mindset:
Business Lexington
It helps explain why successful entrepreneurs are different than most people. They are not only comfortable in the left two-thirds of the process so eloquently represented by that drawing, but they flourish there. They love to dream. ...

Paul Ross Appointed CFO of GenMark Diagnostics
Business Wire (press release)
Some of these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to our history of operating losses, the need for further financing and our ability to access the necessary additional capital for our business, inherent risk and ...

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OpenSesame Wins 2011 Oregon Entrepreneurs Network's Angel Oregon Investment Award
DMN Newswire (press release)
OpenSesame.com ), a Portland-based elearning startup, today announced it has been named the winner of a $185000 investment prize from the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) Angel Oregon Conference. OpenSesame was selected from a field of nearly 40 ...

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Chicago Reader (blog)
The panel happened simultaneously with Food Business Financing and Farm Financing Opportunities, functioning as a sort of catch-all for enterprises that fell outside those other rubrics. “There are a ton of resources” for entrepreneurs, said Suzanne ...

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CYBF Announces New Community Partner Canadian Immigration Strategies Inc.
Marketwire (press release)
As a national charity, we are dedicated to growing our nation's economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and ...

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OpenSesame Wins 2011 Oregon Entrepreneurs Network's Angel Oregon Investment Award
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
OpenSesame.com ), a Portland-based elearning startup, today announced it has been named the winner of a $185000 investment prize from the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) Angel Oregon Conference. OpenSesame was selected from a field of nearly 40 ...

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Sen. Udall vows to keep fighting for small business
The Hill (blog)
Government is telling these financial institutions that they cannot help create jobs in their local communities. That is why my amendment would double the amount of money credit unions can offer small businesses. We've all met these small business ...

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Third Annual Business Summit Connects Students with Entrepreneurs
Reveille
This year Department chair Chris Swift decided to put more of an emphasis on entrepreneurship, bringing in dozens o speakers who have thrived starting their own businesses, or being part of a successful start-up. Of particular interest to current and ...

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BioNanomatrix Secures $23.3 Million in Series B Financing
Business Wire (press release)
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of nanoscale, single-molecule imaging and analysis platforms designed to dramatically reduce the time and cost needed to analyze the genome, has closed a $23.3-million Series B round of ...
BioNanomatrix Pockets $23.3M in Series B Funding; to Open West Coast OfficeIn Sequence
BioNanomatrix Raises $23.3M in Series B RoundGenomeWeb Daily News

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IBM inks 10-yr deal with Caparo India
Economic Times
Our financing policy helps clients acquire the IT solutions that their business needs in the most cost-effective and strategic way possible. Customers can choose from a variety of financing options to address their unique solution requirements and help ...

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Rep. Maloney introduces StartUp Visa bill in House to help jump-start job ...
Hellenic News of America
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) yesterday introduced “The StartUp Visa Act of 2011” (HR 1114), a bill to encourage innovation and economic growth by permitting immigrant entrepreneurs greater access to temporary US visas. The bill matches legislation introduced ...

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Portugal Says Political Crisis Would Be Risk for State Financing
BusinessWeek
“A political crisis at this moment, in the context of this sovereign debt crisis, means a threat and an aggravated risk for the financing capacities of the Portuguese state and also for the financing capacities of the Portuguese economy,” government ...

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CPEX prefers FCB buyout bid to Mangrove proposal
Forbes
CPEX said the financing of Mangrove's proposal is highly conditional, as none of the sources of funding have committed to the proposal and one source has withdrawn. It also says the proposal that it would not generate enough cash to pay the dividend ...

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Maryland Tech Company Defies the Odds
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Captico, LLC is Fisher's fourth successful startup. The second secret to Captico's success is its niche in the web development world. Fisher's vision was for Captico to become a “startup incubator,” a place where new companies and non-profits would ...

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Answers.com Reports Q4 and Full Year 2010 Financial Results
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
... and certain adverse changes to the business of Answers.com, including as a result of factors detailed from time to time in reports filed with the SEC; the failure of the committed financing for the transaction; and potential litigation risks. ...

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New American Mortgage acquires Paramount Lending
Bizjournals.com
Babinski, who founded Paramount in 2007, will join New American and continue to lead the online business. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. The new jobs will be created at a Ballantyne call center. Most positions will be for mortgage loan ...

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Startup Veterans Launch Imagine K12, A “Y Combinator For Education Startups”
TechCrunch
What if you're a successful entrepreneur that wants to make real change in education? You find a way to bring technology, capitalism and entrepreneurism into the party, that's what. Ralston, who was last seen selling his music startup LaLa to Apple in ...

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Globe and Mail
Time for Canada to own the entrepreneurial podium
Globe and Mail
Startup America will invest in research, training, and collaboration to scale up successful community-based entrepreneurship accelerator programs, develop new entrepreneurship education and mentorship programs, and identify and remove barriers to the ...

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Google Executive to Lead Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
PR Newswire (press release)
"Being on the frontlines of Google's growth from start-up to global technology leader gave me a deep understanding of how important business mentorship and support from the civic community is for entrepreneurs," says Kevin Willer, CEO of the CEC. ...
Google's Willer to lead Entrepreneurial CenterCrain's Chicago Business

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Ex-Googlers penetrating startup hierarchy
PhysOrg.com
"Going to Google, I really wanted to learn the skills that would make me a successful entrepreneur on my own." WeatherBill, whose chief technical officer Siraj Khaliq also came from Google, aims to build a highly profitable business that will also help ...

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