The Startup Journey – Give Me a Lever (Pole) Long Enough
pluGGd.in
I am sure almost all of us have similar stories to share and there tends to be a generic pattern among entrepreneur's journeys. Idea of this post is to try and portray the path to success for entrepreneurs by knitting together the most common scenarios ...

Kan in 'Crisis' as Maehara's Fall Deepens Finance Dilemma
BusinessWeek
The ruling party was already hit by former leader Ichiro Ozawa's indictment on unrelated charges of violating campaign financing laws, which also ban foreign contributions. Kan has failed to persuade the opposition to authorize 44.3 trillion yen in ...

and more »

Banks say more changes to price signalling laws needed
ABC Online
"So whether it is the complex financing of a big infrastructure project, right down to banks giving individual customers quotes. All these things are going to require the ACCC to approve them." The ACCC will have two weeks to raise any issues with the ...

and more »

Kan in 'Crisis' as Maehara's Fall Deepens Japan Finance Dilemma
BusinessWeek
The ruling party was already hit by former leader Ichiro Ozawa's indictment on unrelated charges of violating campaign financing laws, which also ban foreign contributions. Kan has failed to persuade the opposition to authorize 44.3 trillion yen in ...

and more »

Time-share owners are struggling to sell
Los Angeles Times
Most new time shares are sold directly by resort developers such as Hilton Hotels Corp., Marriott International Inc., Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., which provide their own financing. There are just not as many ...

and more »

The entrepreneurial spirit
Chicago Sun-Times
Currently, he's focused in on two businesses: Fan Page Factory, a resource of tips, tricks and tactics for building successful Facebook fan pages; and Lujure, which builds applications on Facebook's platform. He had several ideas for start-up ...

and more »

Owners having tough time selling timeshares
Los Angeles Times
Most new timeshares are sold directly by resort developers such as Hilton Hotels Corp., Marriott International Inc., Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., which provide their own financing. There are just not as many ...

and more »

China's ICBC Leasing, Bombardier sign $8 billion finance MOU
ATWOnline
... of Industrial Commercial Bank of China will make available to support "advance payment financing, delivery financing and leasing solutions"for Bombardier business and commercial aircraft including Q-Series, CRJ Series and CSeries transports. ...
GKN Aerospace, Bombardier shares drop back after stronger weeksCentre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription)

all 4 news articles »

Maehara Quits as Japan Foreign Minister After Donations Row
BusinessWeek
Accepting money from a foreign resident of Japan violates campaign financing laws. Thousands of ethnic Koreans who have lived in Japan their entire lives do not hold Japanese citizenship. Japan's lower house of parliament passed Kan's record 92.4 ...

and more »

France Outstrips US for Small Business Loans on Sarkozy's `Arm Twisting'
Bloomberg
Grosselin's story may not be mirrored by all recipients, said Bo Becker, an assistant professor at the finance unit of Harvard Business School in Boston. “The track record in government intervening in the allocation of credit is very poor. ...

and more »

Startup Weekend teaches entrepenuers perseverance through hands-on experience
Iowa State Daily
He knew that it is difficult to work individually, that it cannot all be done at once, but there are other benefits to Startup Weekend "My number-one goal is to network," Reineke said. "There will be several successful entrepreneurs there, ...

and more »

Home loans cheap, but until when?
BusinessWorld Online
Meanwhile, Robinsons Bank Corp. executive vice-president and head for operations Angelito V. Evangelista said, in another e-mail: "We are using the volume strategy to generate business ... We [want to] offer the most up-to-date, competitive and ...

and more »

North Aurora candidates discuss bettering business
Chicago Daily Herald
He said the village should continue offering incentives for improvement through its tax-increment financing districts, including building sidewalks along Route 31 to make it pedestrian-friendly and reviving a business advisory committee for that area.

and more »

Eight Key Problems Every Startup Should Anticipate
The Business Insider
If you are a true entrepreneur, these should scare you, but they shouldn't immobilize you. As I asserted earlier, virtually every new startup experiences these problems. What separates the successful ones from the failures is how effectively they ...

Agency aims to ease exporting
Crain's New York Business
One obstacle is the difficulty in obtaining financing for overseas endeavors as credit markets slowly thaw. Ex-Im Bank is trying to change that. Global Export Marketing's financing came through the bank's Global Access for Small Business initiative, ...

and more »

“SeedStart Media 2011” Launches Summer Startup Program for Digital Media ...
RedOrbit
Established in 2008 as a partnership between serial entrepreneur Gil Beyda (Real Media and Tacoda) and Comcast Interactive Capital, Genacast's commitment to helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great companies is already experiencing success with ...

Business: Restaurant serving soul food at new location
Greensboro News & Record
For information about loan opportunities, small-business owners should ask about participation in NCCAP at an eligible lending institution. Eligible institutions are federally insured banks and credit unions, as well as community development financial ...

and more »

Auto loan delinquency rate to stabilize this year
San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK—Auto sales are rebounding. That means banks will be doling out more loans this year as car buyers regain their appetites and delinquency rates stabilize. Lenders offered 28 percent more auto loans in the ...

and more »

Business calendar
Pensacola News Journal
Learn about taxation, financing, insurance and legal forms of business. Workshop fee is $35 for the public, and free for students and faculty of UWF who present a Nautilus card. Preregistration recommended; call 595-0063. n Long-term care insurance ...

and more »

Sunday Video: The Foodspotting Pitch at Women 2.0 Startup Weekend
Omaha World-Herald
The pitch is done primarily by Alexa Andrzejewski who spoke on the entrepreneur panel at last year's Big Omaha. Foodspotting is arguable one of the most successful companies to come out the Startup Weekend model and was named by Time Magazine as one of ...