Three growing small businesses are paired with four celebrity mentors to help ...
USA Today
"Some are riskier than others, and some have a higher cost of capital than others," says Andrew Sherman, a partner at law firm Jones Day and a specialist in business financing. "It's not just what capital is available; it's what capital is available at ...

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USA Today
Challenge: Coaches discuss best ways to raise dough
USA Today
For USA TODAY's second annual Small Business Challenge, we are following three small businesses for three months as they try to expand. This week, the Small Business Challenge coaches offer their advice on the best ways to get financing. ...

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Financial News: Surge In Leveraged Lending Expected
Wall Street Journal
Staffing up Credit Suisse has made four hires to its leveraged finance business and plans to hire two more in the coming months. Abudy Taha will join as a managing director in its loan capital markets team in London in July. He joins from Deutsche Bank ...

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Monterey Bay Business Plan Competition: Santa Cruz startups vie for...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
"Financing is a huge obstacle, money is not cheap right now, and investors want a lot for their money," she said. Deborah Walliser, 35, a Santa Cruz native, designed a hydroponic system for growing lettuce in Vicksburg, Ariz. ...

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Agencies join forces to help Collier small businesses expand
Naples Daily News
At least nine lenders appear to be interested in supporting the campaign already, said Kaci Carter, a business development officer with the Economic Development Council. The campaign isn't just about financing. It's also designed to educate small ...

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Business incubator can mean a faster start for your startup
USA Today
So all business incubators have the same purpose: To help launch and grow successful businesses. Yet even so, all incubators are also unique in that many specialize in forming businesses applicable to a specific region of industry. ...

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Hindu Business Line
Shifts in IT start-up space
Hindu Business Line
Create start-up apex bodies that are run by successful entrepreneurs who are purely committed to supporting start-ups. Like FICCI and CII, we should have a start-up body which then has a wing in every city – it should be self-sustainable and be a ...

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Business Line
Shifts in IT start-up space
Business Line
Create start-up apex bodies that are run by successful entrepreneurs who are purely committed to supporting start-ups. Like FICCI and CII, we should have a start-up body which then has a wing in every city – it should be self-sustainable and be a ...

New Business Acceleration Firm Launched by Technology Start-up Veteran
PR-USA.net (press release)
My aim is to provide the legal and executive support during these growth stages, to enable the entrepreneurs to focus their energy on making their product or technology successful." Mr. Davis is Founder and Managing Partner of JED | Venture Partners. ...

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The dream team: Family behind planned rescue of Xanadu site thinks big
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The notoriously private family declined to comment for this article, but business dealings portray them as big dreamers and aggressive businessmen. Financial information for the company is not public, but an Israeli business publication, Globes, ...

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Car dealers in UAE enter rent business
Zawya
He said buyers could pay low monthly installments for a period of two years and delay the remaining payments until the end of the financing contract. "Here they have three choices-- either they replace the existing car with a new one with new financing ...

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SMEChat:An entrepreneurial mindset crucial to business success
The Zimbabwe Standard
Money is not a hindrance to entrepreneurship, as testified by hundreds of successful entrepreneurs I have spoken with. If your idea is good enough, the money will come. People are not born entrepreneurs, but they decide to become so and take the ...

Agency's loan plans offer longer terms at fixed rates
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Q: HEDCO can finance up to 40 percent of a project, with a bank financing 50 percent and the business owner putting up 10 percent. What's the advantage of working with HEDCO instead of just getting the full loan from a bank? ...
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Emirates 24/7
Car dealers enter rent business
Emirates 24/7
He said buyers could pay low monthly installments for a period of two years and delay the remaining payments until the end of the financing contract. “Here they have three choices-- either they replace the existing car with a new one with new financing ...

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Businesses still facing financing challenges
Eastern Iowa Business
Eastern Iowa companies continue to encounter resistance on the part of many banks to make loans, but business owners and lenders say the situation is improving depending on the reason for the financing. When Larry Selensky, founder, president and chief ...

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Leading from the front
Cincinnati.com
Cunningham knows first-hand the impact that successful startups can have on a business community. His first startup, called CollegeView, was eventually purchased by Hobsons, which employs hundreds today in its Sharonville headquarters. ...

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IFC out to rally small business financing
The Citizen Daily
... Finance Programme, said, “SMEs are an essential force for creating jobs and reducing poverty, and are an engine of economic growth and development on the continent, and yet often cannot access the commercial bank financing that they need to grow. ...

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Clarkson to honor more freshmen entrepreneurs
WatertownDailyTimes.com
POTSDAM — After a successful first year with its inaugural recipient, Clarkson University will offer Young Entrepreneur Awards to incoming freshmen who have demonstrated success in operating businesses. Clayton native Matthew S. ...

Free Training at TSBDC/KOSBE Small Business Spring Night School May 24 & 26
PR-USA.net (press release)
Primarily, the Small Business Spring Night School provides free training, peer-to-peer networking, collaborative problem-analysis, problem-solving and access to financing to small business owners and entrepreneurs. The workshop is offered free of cost, ...

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Monterey Bay Business Plan Competition: Santa Cruz startups vie for prize money
Santa Cruz Sentinel
"Financing is a huge obstacle, money is not cheap right now, and investors want a lot for their money," she said. Deborah Walliser, 35, a Santa Cruz native, designed a hydroponic system for growing lettuce in Vicksburg, Ariz. ...

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