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Understanding The Heartbeat Of The Economy

Krisztina Holly | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Luck, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Success, Career, Startups, Venture Capital, Business News
Krisztina Holly

There is a common image of entrepreneurs being young renegades that aren't polluted by old ways of thinking. They come into a new industry, with no former biases, and turn it upside down.

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5 Keys to Picking a Winning Entrepreneurial Idea

Bob Wells | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Startups, Paul Berberian, Entrepreneurship, New Venture Challenge, Boulder, University of Colorado, Zettasun, Denver News
Bob Wells

Paul Berberian -- one of those classic Boulder entrepreneurs -- gave the kickoff address recently as UC-Boulder launched its annual entrepreneurial contest, the New Venture Challenge.

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50 Best Places To Start A Small Business

FORTUNE Small Business | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Small Business Owners, States, Economy, Startups, Incentives, US Business, Cities, Business News

Fortune Small Business ranks the 50 best places to start a small business in the U.S. ...

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TechStars: It's About Community

David Cohen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mentorship, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Techstars, Boulder, Aol, Digg, Socialthing, Angel Investing, Software, Joe Stump, Simplegeo, Denver News
David Cohen

In Boulder entrepreneurship circles, there is a genuine desire to see others succeed and a general belief that karma matters. There's a sense that together we're building something here.

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The Fallacy of Execution (and Sex), or Why Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Answer Questions About Facebook's Origins

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg, Startups, Facebook, Business, Steve Jobs, houseSYSTEM, Harvard, Larry Ellison, Microsoft, Nature Magazine, Apple, Oracle, Cell Magazine, Bill Gates, Think Computer, Silicon Valley, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

There is no cliché I hear more, and that I hate more, than the vague, poorly-defined and generally ill-conceived notion that "execution" is more important than "the idea."

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Top Tech Of The Week (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 09.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Slidepoll, Startups, Best New Technology, Entrepreneurs, Cocoon Cooker, Electric Unicycle, Microsoft Courier, Top New Technology, u3-X, Technology News

Last week's tech news was filled with the salacious and the silly, the functional and the frivolous, the anticipated and the nearly-overlooked. We've...

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Top 10 Rock Star Tech Execs You've Never Heard Of -- And Need To Know

businessinsider.com | Posted 09.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Tech Startups, Top 10, Patrick Pichette, Chris Cox, Bill Wilson, Startups, Steve Forstall, Bob Bowman, Mark Pincus, Sam Altman, Entrepreneur, Eric Fung, Top 10 List, Steve Sinofsky, Technology News

You know the names Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates -- the giants behind Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft. But at those companies and othe...

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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part One)

Bob Wells | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Environmentalism, Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Denver Post, Twenty Something, Daily Camera, Exercise, Bicycling, Startups, Generation X, Green Living, Boulder Weekly, Denver News
Bob Wells

Number four: It's oh so common for us to comment after a trip to other parts of America about how fat everyone was. With compassion, mind you.

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Biotech Beauty or Biotech Beast?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Michael Fonstein, Dirty Bomb, Nuclear Weapons, Investment, Buffalo, Anti-Radiation Drug, Startups, Biotech, Cleveland Biolabs, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Cleveland BioLabs keeps getting more and more government money. Will they ever bring their anti-radiation drug to market?

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This Is Denver, Colorado

Ethan Axelrod | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: The Watch, Westword, Launch, Aspen, Telluride, Startups, New Media, Huffington Post, Technology, Vail, Local News, Colorado, Denver, Denver News
Ethan Axelrod

Given Colorado's battleground status, the romantic place it holds in the national psyche as a symbol of the frontier, and a place of treasured natural beauty, Denver starts to make a lot of sense for the Huffington Post.

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Banking and Backing the Service Economy

Philip Ives | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Startups, Information Technology, Service Economy, Venture Capital, Business News
Philip Ives

The Obama Administration has said entrepreneurship is vital to the American economy. However, there is no model for support.

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Building Hope: What Yahoo!'s Acquisition of Maktoob.com Means

Faisal Ghori | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Jordan, Tech Startups, Yahoo, Middle East, Startups, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Maktoob.com, Media News
Faisal Ghori

The acquisition signifies that the Middle East has now for the first time become relevant in the eyes of American Internet giants, and with their attention, the region has become globally relevant for its technology-based entrepreneurship.

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Cleantech Startups Getting The Green Light

Los Angeles Times | Dan Fost | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Startups, Green Business, Cleantech, Hara, Green News

Today, thanks to Kleiner's $6-million investment, Chatterjee unveils his latest start-up, Hara, which monitors and manages companies' water and energy...

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How to Start a Business with No Money

Rick Smith | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Startups, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Business, Starting a Business, Companies, Business News
Rick Smith

I learned that with the right approach, starting a business with no money is not only possible; it results in a better company. Here are some tips.

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Virgance, Web Startup, Helps Speed Up Environmental Action

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Startups, 1 Block Off the Grid, Green Business, 1bog, Virgance, Green News

The Internet has revolutionized politics and activism, making it much easier to organize large groups of people in relatively short periods of time. A...

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"R.I.P. Good Times" -- Crisis Hits Startups

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Tech Startups, Angel Investors, Finance, Economy, Startups, Venture Capital, Silicon Valley, Business News

Even the most blissed-out startup entrepreneur has got to have a sense of what's happened to the economy in the past few days -- and what that's going...

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Working Within Constraints Is Good For Business (Sometimes)

Silicon Alley Insider | Fred Wilson | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Pandora, 8tracks, Startup Business Plan, Startups, Twitter, Business News

I believe web services benefit from doing less, not more. I believe that allowing the users to stitch web apps together to get increased functionality...

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Silicon Valley Golden Boys Feel The Itch To Repeat Startup Success

New York Times | Gary Rivlin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: PayPal, Startups, Slide, Wunderkinds, Golden Boys, Silicon Valley, Business News

Max Levchin is not easily distracted from his work. A few years ago, Mr. Levchin, one of the young princes of Silicon Valley, bought his first home, ...

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