SCORE tries to help would-be entrepreneurs
Tbo.com
Whether it's a start-up trying to get launched or an established business trying to keep afloat, small business owners have a practically unlimited network of free, expert advice on every aspect of their operation through SCORE. ...

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Manatee looking to spur business growth
Bradenton Herald
The area would be set up as a Home Rule Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, district. “It gives us more latitude,” said Dan Schlandt, deputy county administrator. “It provides a single focus on job creation and economic development for the entire area. ...
Manatee County exploring options to grow jobsSarasota Herald-Tribune
County Floats CRA Expansion Idea To Spur Job GrowthThe Bradenton Times

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How should I go about setting up my office at home?
StartupSmart
While start-up and medium enterprise firms create two-thirds of new jobs more often than not the home-based entrepreneur will say that his/her family is the most important reason for setting up the business. Make sure the home office is just that, ...

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How to Finance Your Business Startup via Crowdfunding
Noobpreneur.com (blog)
Of course, you can't simply ask for business financing in online forums (you could, but that wouldn't be effective.) You need to join one or more crowdfunding sites to start tapping into the power of supporters-powered business funding. ...

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How to Finance Your Business Startup via Crowdfunding
Noobpreneur.com (blog)
We all know that great business ideas are popping on an entrepreneur's head all the time. But to take one or two business ideas into reality needs one of the most important ingredients: startup capital. Thanks to the ever-evolving online business ...

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2011 Irvine Entrepreneur Forum Announces Last Two Finalists
PR Newswire (press release)
The finalists were chosen from more than 25 entrepreneurs by viewers who voted on YouTube™ video presentations created by the contestants and featured on www.iefinfo.com . Out of the eight total finalists, two lucky start-up companies will receive ...

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The Interface Financial Group Holds Annual Conference in New Zealand
Marketwire (press release)
In a survey conducted recently by Simply Business, the UK's leading insurance broker for small businesses, there was widespread evidence of inadequate financial management, an absence of basic business planning coupled with uninformed decision-making ...

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Judge Blasts Barclays, Halts Del Monte Vote
ABC News
AP By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer A Delaware judge has delayed a shareholder vote on Del Monte Foods Co.'s planned $4 billion acquisition by a group of private equity firms and left the door open to competing bids. In a ruling dated Monday, ...

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Judge Blasts Barclays, Halts Del Monte Vote
ABC News
AP By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer A Delaware judge has delayed a shareholder vote on Del Monte Foods Co.'s planned $4 billion acquisition by a group of private equity firms and left the door open to competing bids. In a ruling dated Monday, ...

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SCF subsidiary Face Finance up for sale
Stuff.co.nz
The sale process will be conducted by Deutsche Bank AG, sale advisor to the receivers for SCF's core finance business. Downey and Black say they believe the potential sale would offer the opportunity to transition the business out of receivership and ...

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Fred Wilson comes to Harvard Business School
The Business Insider
Early on in a start-up, entrepreneurs should be hunch-driven more than data-driven. If you are only data-driven, the risk is that you will move too slowly. It's more important to have a hypothesis about what might work and what might not work and then ...

10 Online Tools and Tips for the Budding Entrepreneur
Mashable
I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what virtual tools they use to stay lean, effective and productive. As someone who has built a completely virtual company with 25 employees, I can honestly tell you that reliable cloud computing is ...

Insulet Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results
Marketwire (press release)
"In 2010 we celebrated Insulet's ten-year anniversary and marked the milestone by achieving our key financial and commercial objectives for the year: strong revenue growth, impressive gross margin expansion and international product launch," said Duane ...
Marchex Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Financial ResultsTrading Markets (press release)
Vonage Holdings Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 ResultsDigitalJournal.com (press release)

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Christian Science Monitor
An entrepreneur's plan: Trash the plans and dive right in
Christian Science Monitor
The article relates the results of a study by UVA Darden School professor Saras Sarsvathy of 45 top entrepreneurs. All were presented with a case study of a hypothetical start-up and then quizzed about how they would run it. ...

Startup Strategies: How Lew Cirne Made New Relic a SaaS Success
GigaOm
Cirne was “noodling on” New Relic (an anagram of his name) around the time he joined Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence in Jan. 2008. He was trying to figure out what he could have done differently to have kept Wily independent and grow ...

How to fix the flawed Startup Visa Act
UC Berkeley (blog)
As my team's research has shown, nine out of 10 successful entrepreneurs don't. Kauffman Foundation's analysis of the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies showed that the vast majority (84 percent) of these companies hadn't raised any ...

The Entrepreneur's Brain
New York Times (blog)
In the 1980's “Entrepreneurship” turned into “Let's do a startup and then be bought out…” Now that's a great idea. Look…you may think this is just crying in my diet root-beer, but read Hofstadter's, “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life” and look ...

Physician-Entrepreneur, Fred Moll, Joins FUS Foundation Board
Newswise (press release)
... has announced the election of Frederic H. Moll, MD, a serial entrepreneur whose start-up ventures have included Intuitive Surgical, Inc., manufacturer of one of today's most successful and innovative medical devices, the daVinci Surgical System. ...

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Physician-Entrepreneur, Fred Moll, Joins FUS Foundation Board
Newswise (press release)
... MD, a serial entrepreneur whose start-up ventures have included Intuitive Surgical, Inc., manufacturer of one of today's most successful and innovative ...

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Finance and Commerce
Small Business Development Centers help Angie's Kettle Corn, others expand
Finance and Commerce
He remembers reading the SBDC book on how to start a business and how to get a license, and learning about marketing from the organization. “From the very beginning, they were helpful in that way even before we had any need for financing,” Bastian said ...
Small Business startup workshop offered Feb. 22Cabell Standard

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