Vitro, HearUSA, Lehman, New Stream, Scovill: Bankruptcy
BusinessWeek
Siemens precipitated the bankruptcy filing by terminating the credit agreement and demanding immediate payment as the result of a dispute over proceeds from the sale of HearUSA's Canadian business. The $10 million in financing from Demant will be ...

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Have you Considered a Startup Competition?
ActiveFilings.com
Too many new entrepreneurs have a narrow mindset when it comes to success. They believe that the way to a successful business is to plan, implement, problem solve and grow over the course of time and most understand that this blueprint is far from easy ...
Why It's Hard to Replicate Silicon Valley's Successes Abroadmsnbc.com

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Full Circle Capital Announces $5.0 Million Financing for CSL Operating, LLC
PR Newswire (press release)
The financing enabled the acquisition by CSL Operating, LLC of the assets and business of CSL, Inc. and will provide capital for future growth projects. About Full Circle: Full Circle Capital Corporation ("Full Circle Capital") is a Rye Brook, ...

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CIT Provides Financing for J. Jill Acquisition
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
May 17, 2011 (Business Wire) -- CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, today announced that it has provided a $40 million senior secured asset based revolving credit facility to J. ...

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CIT Provides Financing for J. Jill Acquisition
Insurance News Net (press release)
Burt Feinberg , Group Head of CIT Commercial & Industrial, said, “Our prior experience working in the retail space allowed us to facilitate this financing as we fully understand J. Jill's business model. They have a talented and experienced management ...

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Whatsnexx receives venture capital financing from GO Capital and BDC VC
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The financing was led by GO Capital LP and the Business Development Bank of Canada's Venture Capital division (BDC VC), and included existing and new angel investors. "After years of R&D, Whatsnexx recently unveiled a breakthrough solution for ...

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EDGAR Online Demonstrates XBRL Market Leadership
PR Newswire (press release)
These statements relate to future events and/or our future financial performance and include, without limitation, statements regarding our future growth prospects, future demand for our XBRL business and future innovations in our data and solutions and ...

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Reuters Blogs (blog)
5 lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Navy SEALs
Reuters Blogs (blog)
Brendan pointed out that startup executives who go through hard times should learn to relish them, recognizing that the hard times will toughen the team and train them properly for “battle.” 80 percent training, 20 percent execution. ...

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The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
Job creation in Alabama: Financing, website suggested for business
The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
Small business financing authority: The commission recommended the establishment of a state authority to assist small businesses with financing issues by making direct loans, helping small businesses attract more banking partners and meeting a variety ...

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Asheville company a leader in commercial solar power
Asheville Citizen-Times
Combining a unique financing structure and technical expertise, the company has installed commercial solar panel projects throughout North Carolina, including hotels and a conference center. “From the beginning, our mission has been to make solar ...

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Oasis500 Concludes 5th Wave of Startup Boot Camp
Zawya (press release)
A total of 60 ICT, mobile and digital media entrepreneurs from Jordan, Lebanon, India and the USA participated in the boot camp, which provided high-level training on all business aspects and personal competencies crucial to managing successful ...
Oasis500 and Microsoft sign partnership agreement to support startups in the ...AME Info

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Gros Says IMF-EU Greece Meeting Was `Business As Usual'
Washington Post
May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Daniel Gros, director at the Centre for European Policy Studies, talks about the International Monetary Fund and European Union discussions over the financing of Greece's bailout. He speaks with Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg ...

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Community Based Investment Presented as a Solution to the Capital Crunch
Small Business Trends
Sherwood Neiss, a successful entrepreneur and Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) member, in conjunction with the organization's President, Karen Kerrigan, crafted a framework called Crowd Fund Investing (CFI) that was presented to ...

Forgiving Tepco Debt Is Panned
Wall Street Journal
s debt, saying the government has no place directly intervening in private-sector business decisions. The financial uncertainty surrounding Tokyo Electric Power is leading to a broad sell-off in utility stocks, as the government and private banks ...

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Tom Walsh: Readers tell 'Why Michigan' video engages, but CEOs will need more
Detroit Free Press
"But when it comes down to it, companies need to be able to attract outstanding talent cost-effectively, have a business-friendly climate with lower taxes and be able to get the financing they need to thrive." To sum up, there's nothing wrong with a ...

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Learn to 'Do the Right Thing' for Your Startup
Forbes (blog)
Yet the evidence indicates that a startup which consistently does the right thing has a competitive edge, and a higher success rate. Are you ready and willing to be the role model for the ethics of your team and your company?

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LivingSocial CEO Takes Unusual Low-Tech Path
BusinessWeek
O'Shaughnessy, 29, has used his unconventional pedigree to transform the startup into the second-biggest provider of digital deals. The four-year-old company has more than 1500 employees, up from 33 in early 2010, and expects to generate $1 billion in ...

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Vitro, HearUSA, Wolf Mountain, Wilmington Diocese: Bankruptcy
BusinessWeek
Siemens precipitated the bankruptcy filing by terminating the credit agreement and demanding immediate payment as the result of a dispute over proceeds from the sale of HearUSA's Canadian business. The $10 million in financing from Demant will be ...

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Week, free conference focus on small businesses
Bradenton Herald
LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Free guidance on how to obtain government contracts and prepare for the pursuit of financing are among the topics to be covered at a small- business conference Friday at State College of ...

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Soapbox Cincinnati
My Soapbox: Bill Cunningham
Soapbox Cincinnati
Q. How did you go from working at big companies like AT&T, Data General, Meditec, and Apple to being an entrepreneur? Where did it all start? Cunningham: Well, my first startup was CollegeView. There were three of us that co-founded the company. ...