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Start Project: Silicon Valley's 'Justice League Of Entrepreneurs' Brings Together Heavy Hitters Of The Start-Up World

nytimes.com | BRAD STONE | Posted 12.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Start Project, Start-Ups, Polaris Venture Partners, Silicon Valley, Grouper, Webshots, Business News

With the Start Project, some successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are banding together to start companies. They're not wearing costumes (thank hea...

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Goodreads Receives $2 Million, Plans Major Improvements

Los Angeles Times | Carolyn Kellogg | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Goodreads, Otis Chandler, Shelfari, Social Networking, Books, Start-Ups, Funding, Librarything, Book Clubs, True Ventures, Reading, Ebooks, Books News

Last week the books-and-social-networking site Goodreads announced it had received $2 million in venture capital, led by start-up-friendly True Ventur...

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Start-Up Capital for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs, Part 2: A Resource Guide

Rachael Chong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Nonprofit, Social Enterprise, For-Profit, Socially Responsible Investing, Social Venture, Social Entrepreneurship, Start-Up Capital, Start-Ups, Impact News
Rachael Chong

For the second part of my series on start-up capital for social entrepreneurs, I've created a list of investors, incubators, networks and other resources that support start-up social ventures in the U.S.

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Start-up Capital for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs - Where the heck is it? Part 1.

Rachael Chong | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Office of Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, Ashoka, Socially Responsible Investing, Echoing Green, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Investing, Start-Ups, Investor's Circle, Social Entrepreneur, Cheryl-Dorsey, Impact News
Rachael Chong

With all the recent attention given to social entrepreneurs, when will we actually begin to see an acceptable level of investment directed towards these leaders of social change?

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kaChing: New Start-Up Recasts Mutual Fund Industry

Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Kaching, Jeffrey Jordan, Marc Andreessen, Start-Ups, Andy Rachleff, Daniel Carroll, Business News

In 2008, Daniel Carroll, now 27, founded kaChing, an online investing community where more than 400,000 members try to sharpen their investing skills ...

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Small Businesses That Are Cheap To Start

consumerist.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, Entrepreneurship, Recession, Start-Ups, Business News

Has the slumping economy got you looking for ideas to earn some extra money? If so, personal finance blog Wise Bread can help you out with their list ...

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Start-Ups: Business Creating Takes Sharp Drop During Recession

wsj.com | CARI TUNA | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, Small Business Administration, Business Creation, Economy, Start-Ups, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Recession, Business News

New companies will be crucial to the strength of any economic recovery. Businesses in their first 90 days of life accounted for 14% of hiring in the U...

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Most Interesting Start-up of the Year? The Federal Government

Anil Dash | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Usaspendinggov, recovery.gov, data.gov, iPhone Apps, Anil-Dash, Silicon Valley, Start-Ups, Technology News
Anil Dash

Our government's embrace of the same web technologies that have radically improved productivity in the private sector represents a permanent and fundamental upgrade in the way our government functions.

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Confessions Of A Roller-Coaster Addict

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Media, Television, Small Business, Television Ratings, Intrnet, Start-Ups, Death of Print, Roller Coasters, Death of Newspapers, Media News
Steve Rosenbaum

The roller-coaster requires thinking that is more about innovation than protecting your core audience. It's about acknowledging a fundamental change in media makers and consumers.

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NYC's Newest Business Incubator

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Bruce Niswander, Carl Weisbrod, Nyc, Trinity Real Estate, NYU Poly, Nyu, New Business, Start-Ups, New York News
Alicia Whitaker

If successful, this venture will generate new jobs and new businesses and a new generation of entrepreneurial New Yorkers.

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Forget Ponzi Schemes: Try Venture Capital!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Marin County, Bubbles, Venture Capitalists, Start-Ups, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I asked an investment banking friend of mine how many VC deals he knew of in the tech sector over the last ten years. A thousand, he said. And how many are still around? I inquired. Three.

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Resetting: An Unprecedented Meeting of Philanthropists

Jumpstart | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Grantmaking, Social Innovation, Upstart, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Start-Ups, Jumpstart, Innovation, Skoll Foundation, San Francisco-California, Living News
Jumpstart

This was an unprecedented event in the Bay Area; never before had Jewish and non-Jewish grantmakers gathered together in "Jewish space" to discuss needs and tactics.

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Where are the Women CEO's?

Susan Wilson Solovic | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Women in Business, Tech Companies, Start Ups, Ceos, Business News
Susan Wilson Solovic

Recently, the SIIA held its eighth annual Information Industry Summit. I was one of only two women CEO's presenting. So I asked the obvious question, "Where are the women?"

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The New Power Girls: Putting a New Spin on the Old Boys Network

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Women's Entrepreneurship, Women, Women in Business, Power Women, Business, Entrepreneurship, Business Women, Start-Ups, Business News
Patricia Handschiegel

Women collaborate when it comes to doing their work. In fact, looking back over the course of time, women around the world have always banded together to their benefit.

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The New Power Girls: Business Women That Live, Do, and Think Bigger

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Women's Entrepreneurship, Women, Women in Business, Media, Entrepreneurship, Business Trends, Business, Women's Business, Start-Ups, Business News
Patricia Handschiegel

Today's driven girls have their sights fixed on this and beyond. They expand on the legacy of women who've opened the doors of the past to reach for the sky more than ever.

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Eco-Entrepreneur: Jessica Jensen, CEO, Low Impact Living

Tracy Metro | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Green News, Low Impact Living, Green Tips, Start-Ups, Going Green, Jessica Jensen, Green News
Tracy Metro

A few years back my husband and I realized that to be able to sleep well at night we needed to dedicate our professional lives to protecting our planet.

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Venture Capitalists Invest in Green

New York Times Magazine | Jon Gertner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Al Gore, Sun Microsystems, I.P.O., Start-Ups, Capitalism, Ausra, Sunpower, Segway, Amyris, Think, Venture Capitalists, Environment, First Solar, Bloom Energy, Green Technology, Government Regulation, Silicon Valley, Green News

One afternoon last May in Menlo Park, Calif., a venture capitalist named Ray Lane led me from his office to the parking lot, where an automobile had b...

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Generation Y: Keeping Them Happy With Less Pay, More Perks

Christine Hassler | Posted 10.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Balanced Life, Gen X, Gen Y, Start-Ups, Employment, Career Advice, Twenty-Something Advice, Salary Negotiation, Living News
Christine Hassler

There are many ways you can engage and retain your young employees that don't involve dollar signs. You just need to up your Gen Y IQ a bit.

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Eco-Entrepreneur: Robin Kay Levine, CEO, Eco-Me

Tracy Metro | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Eco-Products, Eco-Entrepreneur, Eco-Me, Eco-Business, Green Business, Start-Ups, Green News
Tracy Metro

What is your name, title and the name of your business? Hi! My name is Robin Kay Levine and I'm the CEO of www.Eco-me.com What service does your b...

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Calling All Eco-Entrepreneurs!

Tracy Metro | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Eco-Entrepreneur, Green Business, Start-Ups, usedcardboardboxes.com, Eco Living, Green Businesses, Green News
Tracy Metro

The eco-entrepreneur is a rare bird that believes "making money" and "doing good" are not mutually exclusive; Eco-entrepreneurs live today to green the world of tomorrow.

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Twitter: Fortune, SEC Discover The Web Craze

Footnoted, Fortune | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Web 2.0, Monetization, Sec, How Will Twitter Make Money, Start-Ups, Twitter, Fortune, What Is Twitter, Business News

Fortune is trying valiantly here to translate Twitter into the language of its readers, but there's only so much one magazine can do with a start-up t...

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Cuil Review: Really? No Dave Burdicks? This Search Engine Is Stupid

Dave Burdick | Posted 08.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Tom Costello, Start-Ups, Anna Patterson, Technology, Cuil, Google, Business News
Dave Burdick

Having tested new search engine Cuil.com out -- which we'll get to -- I thought that the selling point would be this presentation. But it's not, evidently.

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Web Start-Ups Strapped For Cash

Los Angeles Times | Alana Semuels and Michelle Quinn | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Tech Start-Ups, FInancial Markets, Technology Companies, Investments, Start-Ups, Business News

In recent months, some start-up technology companies have died or gone into comas after running out of money, a possible early sign that the resurgenc...

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Six Questions For Saving Second Entrepreneurs Marisa Lee and Liana Guzman

Posted 02.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen, Liana Guzman, Fundraising, Marisa Lee, Start-Ups, Saving Second Base, Careerbuilder, Home News

While raising funds and forming meaningful relationships with individual and corporate donors has certainly presented its own set of difficulties, finding people who share a passion for our mission, and whom we can trust to represent and effectively run our organization has been our greatest challenge.

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