Opinion: New approach to education funding
NorthJersey.com
If you are an entrepreneur, you have two basic ways to raise the capital to cover the start-up costs of your business: You can borrow the money or you can sell equity, which is a share in your future success (or failure). Borrowing money requires you ...

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SVASE Unveils 'Hot' Emerging Tech Companies to Debut at Launch: Silicon Valley ...
PR Newswire (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) www.svase.org today announced the companies invited to launch their companies and new products at Launch: Silicon Valley 2011 ...
SVASE Unveils 'Hot' Emerging Tech Companies to Debut at Launch: Silicon Valley ...NEWS.GNOM.ES

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US pushes for Start-up Visa to keep immigrant entrepreneurs back in the country
Economic Times
Neither can thousands of foreign entrepreneurs unless they hold the ever-elusive American green card. But they could if the US passes laws for a new Startup Visa. Recently, Senators Richard Lugar and John Kerry proposed legislation called the Startup ...

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US start-up visa: Why entrepreneurs are dumping Dollar dreams
Economic Times
After working with eBay for some years and launching his first start-up (a telecom services portal), Sureka traded entrepreneurial mecca Silicon Valley for Delhi last November. Packing up his home and returning to another continent with his ...

Feld: Entrepreneurs must lead, be active
Boulder County Business Report
Feld, a serial entrepreneur, managing director of the Foundry Group venture capital firm and a cofounder of the TechStars startup accelerator, said that while governments and universities can bring entrepreneurs together, creating a sustainable ...

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Insurance, Entertainment for Startups and Entrepreneurs
Tubefilter News
The latter will feature successful startup founders – including pete Cashmore (Mashable), Scott Belsky (Behance), Adam Rich (Thrillist), Michael Lazerow (Buddy Media), Josh Williams (Gowalla) and David Karp (Tumblr) – discussing their own small ...

Reed announces plan for women entrepreneur center
Atlanta Journal Constitution
At a luncheon this week, he announced a plan to help some of the smallest: startup women entrepreneurs. Reed said he wants to provide office and conference room space to 20 women business owners at no charge. The facilities would be located in the ...

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Wherefore Art Thou Angels? Boston Startup Scene Gears Up for Angel Bootcamp on ...
Xconomy
Last year's inaugural boot camp drew about 275 people—mostly investors and aspiring angels, but also plenty of entrepreneurs, as well as leaders from universities, government, and the media. As indicators of its success, one could point to a handful ...

GeekWire
Geek of the Week: Arianna O'Dell -- entrepreneur, marketer, startup sparkplug
GeekWire
Arianna O'Dell, GeekWire's latest Geek of the Week, has an infectious entrepreneurial spirit, a mind for marketing, and a million startup ideas. Not to mention a pretty impressive collection of shirts. Continue reading for pictures of those, ...

Franchise Registry Expands to Streamline Conventional & SBA Franchise Lending
FranchiseWorks.com
At the recent IFA Franchise Lending Summit and NAGGL conferences, lenders made it clear that the lack of reliable information is an obstacle to increasing the small business lending that will help fuel this country's economic recovery. ...

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IBM Helps Entrepreneurs Empower Patients With Tools To Improve Personal Health
PR Newswire (press release)
SmartCamp Austin is part of the IBM Global Entrepreneur initiative, which is designed to bring new technologies to market faster that tackle some of the world's most pressing issues. The five Austin finalists were selected from 150 start-up companies ...

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Small Business Trends
Small Business Financing: Who's Getting the Money?
Small Business Trends
The state of small business financing has been a mixed bag lately, as Joel Libava previously wrote about on Small Business Trends. But slowly, things seem to be improving. Last month, The New York Times reported that more small ...

New York Times
WTO Ruling on Airbus Subsidies Upheld on Appeal
New York Times
But the panel rejected claims by the United States that state financing for the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet was automatically prohibited under global trade rules, the officials said. Appeals judges at the trade body, which is based in Geneva, ...

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Domain.com Gives University of Portland's $100k Challenge Participants Free ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Students from diverse majors formed 24 teams to compete for the startup funding. They presented and answered questions from a panel of entrepreneurs, investors, business professionals, and also a representative from the sponsor, Domain.com. ...

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Oak Creek officials approve $4.5 million city financing help for hotel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
The Oak Creek Common Council voted 6-0 to grant preliminary approval for the financing plan. The Sheraton site first surfaced as a potential hotel project over three years ago. The recession, and the virtual freeze on lending for commercial ...

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Entrepreneur (blog)
Thought for Small Business Week: Let credit unions make more small business loans
Daily Caller
During the financial crisis and ensuing recession, banks dramatically curtailed their small business lending. Credit unions, which did not suffer anywhere near the problems the banks did, were able to keep lending. That pattern has continued even as ...
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MAPPS Summer Conference Highlights Business Opportunities and Innovative ...
POB
An Innovative Idea for Financing Government Geospatial Data Activities.” The session will be led by the MAPPS board of directors, including Jeff Lovin, Woolpert, Inc.; Dick McDonalrd, T3 Global Strategies; Bob Hickey, Photo Science; Mike Tully, ...

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Launching Today: Zaarly.com - a Location-Based, Real-Time Commerce Platform
Benzinga
All three men are described as “serial entrepreneurs with more than a dozen startups under their belts.” Zaarly was conceived and prototyped in February 2011 at Startup Weekend Los Angeles, a 54-hour event aimed at entrepreneurs and technologists. ...

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The Business Insider
The Best Thing That Happened To My Startup Was Gaining Exposure Outside Of My ...
The Business Insider
Founded by Scott Gerber, the Young Entrepreneur Council is a nonprofit organization that provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, community and educational resources that support each stage of their business's development and ...

Merit Group, Windstar, Blockbuster, Tribune: Bankruptcy
BusinessWeek
The first bid at auction came from Whippoorwill Associates Inc., which offered to buy the business in exchange for $40 million in secured debt, including the $10 million it was providing as financing for the Chapter 11 case. Anschutz, based in Denver, ...

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