Tag: Entrepreneurship
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Five Keys to Building a Successful Gaming Company
Want to be the next Zynga? If your answer is yes, you’re not alone. Just ask Philip Holt. He’s the president and CEO of the Orlando, Fla.-based game development studio called Row Sham Bow, which plans to debut its first effort — Woodland Heroes — on Facebook this Tuesday. Holt says Heroes is an action…
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Cities Should Market Their Problems to Entrepreneurs
Small towns across America have been hard hit by the recession. Business closures, job losses and significant downturns in construction and real estate are among many woes. But towns like Pagosa Springs, Colo., where I recently presented workshops on social-media marketing and delivered the keynote address at the 4th annual Colorado Entrepreneurship Marketplace, can benefit…
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A Competition Roundup for Entrepreneurs
If you’re an entrepreneur with a competitive spirit, consider vying for the plethora of recently announced contests and challenges that offer the winners hefty cash awards, startup-related services or advertising tools as top prizes. First off is the UPS Store, which this week launched a Facebook contest promising its grand prizewinner an integrated marketing campaign…
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A Competition for Your Startup
For many would-be startups, the hardest part of getting going is securing the necessary funds. A killer idea is an obvious must. But you may also need office space, data management technology, a server and development tools to bring your pie-in-the-sky proposition to the market. Enter the Start-Up, Boot-Up business plan competition from Contegix, a…
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Reid Hoffman’s 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success
LinkedIn co-founder and angel investor Reid Hoffman says now’s the time for bold entrepreneurship. Current economic conditions offer an ideal environment for startups, he says, because you have more time to get a new venture off the ground before the competition catches on. At last week’s the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas,…
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Getting Your Business Up in Running in 10 Steps? That’s Wicked!
Let’s face it; the biggest obstacle to starting a new business isn’t the economy or your bank’s strict lending requirements. Most likely what’s stopping you from getting a new enterprise off the ground is you. Categorize it however you want — procrastination, self-doubt, fear of the unknown, or literally not knowing where to begin —…
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Many Entrepreneurs Would Swap Ownership for a Job
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s been a bad week for business, no doubt about that. New jobless claims are on the rise–again. The stock market has dropped below 10,000–again. The national debt has climbed to its highest level since World War II, and pending home sales plunged a record…
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Entrepreneurship Is on the Rise
According to the latest figures from the Kauffman Foundation, for each month in 2009, 340 out of 100,000 U.S. adults started a new business. That statistic, the highest in the last 14 years, represents a 4 percent increase over 2008, or 27,000 more starts per month than in 2008, and 60,000 more starts per month…