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LubbockOnline.com
Small Business Administration Financing Workshop – 6-8 pm, Small Business Development Center, 2579 S. Loop 289, Lubbock. This workshop gives information on how to obtain funding for your business. Call Elaine at 745-1637 to reserve a seat. ...
College offers help for starting a new businessCoos Bay World

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Tiger teams claw to top in business competition
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
Their startup, called M-Profesa, is aimed at providing more effective preparation for Kenya's high school entrance exam by sending practice questions via text message. The team hopes its solution will improve educational opportunities, particularly in ...

Tech Wildcatters' start-up boot camp program connects Dallas-area startups to ...
Dallas Morning News
As part of that goal, Boyd's team is trying to define “success,” whether it is the number of jobs created or the funding secured by its entrepreneurs. Kauffman Fellow Aziz Gilani, a venture capitalist at Houston-based DFJ Mercury, is studying the ...

Keep college costs within reach
Albany Times Union
This has caused many students and families to seek other private sources of financing, often at high interest rates. In his State of the Union speech, and during his trip to General Electric Co., President Obama talked about fostering innovation and ...

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Business Briefs for Feb. 27, 2011
2TheAdvocate
Participants can meet contracting officers and purchasing agents and will receive information on sources of assistance, the registration process and obtaining licensing, methods of financing and securing contracts. Information will include techniques ...

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From Netflix to necessities — on demand
Boston Globe
Matching the scale and speed of Netflix's success is an entrepreneur's fantasy. But several companies with local ties are trying to build Netflix-style businesses by sending products through the mail that haven't often traveled that way before. ...

Six Key Principles to Set Your Startup Culture
Forbes (blog)
Values start and emanate from you, the founding entrepreneur. Your values are not what you proclaim on your mission statement (if you have one), they are made real and set the culture by what you live by and project on the front line in day-to-day ...

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Salisbury Post
Business roundup: Luncheon for social workers
Salisbury Post
According to SBC Director Barbara Hall, this event is designed to answer the many questions surrounding the business capital climate. “We want this event to help 'clear the air' regarding business financing. Not only will attendees learn about funding ...

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Business news in brief | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-02-26
Philadelphia Inquirer
Liberty Bell, which had $173.64 million in assets at the end of last year, said it would use the money to maintain healthy financial ratios, support growth, and explore new business lines, such as wealth management. - Harold Brubaker Bank of America ...

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Special Financing Offer to Become a Family IQ Independent Business Owner
PRLog.Org (press release)
PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 26, 2011 – Terry Sauerbier announces special financing option for those interested in becoming an independent business consultant of Family iQ. This option is provided by those wishing to join Family IQ but may not have the ...

Promoting business top priority for Chamber of Commerce
San Angelo Standard Times
Under Board Chairman Jim H. Hughes' 2011 theme of Team San Angelo, the chamber's focus will include a heavy emphasis on the following partnerships: Whether it's assisting businesses with formulating or updating a business plan, financing options, ...

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Minneapolis has what Vikings want, except money
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The city that launched the Metrodome 30 years ago with a hospitality tax can't take the lead in stadium financing this time, he said. In recent weeks, however, moves by political and business leaders have morphed the city from a backdrop in the stadium ...

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Executive Q&A: Rick Terrien is dedicated to helping people start businesses
Madison.com
The lifelong entrepreneur and Middleton resident started two businesses that found success and he's trying to help others do the same. Terrien is executive director of the Iowa County Area Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit organization that ...

The Guardian
Brazilian Court Halts Belo Monte Dam Construction, Financing
BusinessWeek
Calls to Eletrobras's press department outside of regular business hours weren't returned. Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social, the state development bank, approved in December a 1.09 billion-real loan to Norte Energia SA, ...
Judge blocks Belo Monte hydro project construction in BrazilHydroWorld

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BUSINESS NOTES: Feb. 25
Halifax-Plympton Reporter
The first of these workshops entitled “Learn the Fundamentals of Planning, Preparing, and Financing Your Business” will be held from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm Arrive between 10 and 10:30 am Breakfast and lunch will be provided free of charge to attendees. ...

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Small startups face a bureaucratic minefield
Montreal Gazette
Michael Vineberg says a startup business owner has infinite ideas but limited time, money and resources. Small-business startups face so many financial, legal and bureaucratic obstacles that, ...

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Small Businesses See Lending Loosen
The Ledger
Now, the door to small business financing is finally opening, at least a crack, as more businesses are getting bank loans that are guaranteed by the US Small Business Administration or through other programs. Some banks are even granting more ...

Small Businesses See Lending Loosen
The Ledger
Now, the door to small business financing is finally opening, at least a crack, as more businesses are getting bank loans that are guaranteed by the US Small Business Administration or through other programs. Some banks are even granting more ...

Forbes (blog)
Imitation With Innovation Reduces Risk in Startups
Forbes (blog)
Once you have experience in running a successful startup this way, you may decide that the disruptive technology of your dreams was a bad idea in the first place. It seems to me that in the startup world, imitation gets a bad rap. ...

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SBA Grant Program To Promote Exporting Among Small Businesses
Small Business News from Gaebler.com
The program was authorized by last fall's Small Business Jobs Act. Our entrepreneurial news is packed with useful information for small business startups and entrepreneurs. Find helpful entrepreneur resources about small business management, financing, ...

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