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Stevens Entrepreneurship Experts Collaborate with Malaysian National University UKM
Recently, faculty and executive administrators from Stevens Institute of Technology collaborated with the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) to deliver a workshop in Malaysia on innovation and transforming academic research into startup companies. - October 09, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Helen Sipsas is Awarded Certified Financial Planner™ Designation
Helen Sipsas, MBA, CFP®, a Managing Principal of Peak Wealth Advisors with offices in San Luis Obispo, CA and Pasadena, CA has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) to use the certification marks CFP®, Certified Financial Planner™ and CFP... - October 06, 2010 - Peak Wealth Advisors
AngCo Announces Relaunch of Web Site
AngCo LLC, a Minneapolis-based virtual assistant business, today announced the launch of its new web site, along with some additional services. The changes were made to better support new technologies. And the new Word Press site allows AngCo to easily add, change and maintain its web... - October 06, 2010 - AngCo
College Soccer Teammates Named to Businessweek's "America's Best Young Entrepreneurs 2010" List
Businessweek awards two 24-year-olds with "America's Best Young Entrepreneurs" for the work with their global culinary-themed clothing line, Pyknic. - October 04, 2010 - Pyknic
OboMnenie Hosts Business Competition– Social Entrepreneurship is Our Future!
OboMnenie, Russia’s largest and most comprehensive green/holistic sustainability portal recently held a business competition to foster social entrepreneurship. - October 03, 2010 - OboMnenie
Serial Entrepreneur Paul G. Lewis Offers Business Advice at Stevens
Serial entrepreneur Paul G. Lewis offered advice and strategies on starting and running a successful business September 16 at Stevens Institute of Technology, the Innovation University (TM). Lewis is the founder of four companies, two of which he took public and two of which were strategically acquired by Fortune 500 companies. - October 01, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Rogue CFO Consulting Expands Services to Help Early Stage Entrepreneurs Acquire Funding
Rogue CFO Chris Benjamin has expanded his services to include “business plan reviews” in order to help entrepreneurs and small businesses have investor ready materials when acquiring capital. - October 01, 2010 - Rogue CFO Consulting
General Mills, Flextronics Among Companies Presenting at i4cp’s 2011 Annual Conference
Stephen M.R. Covey, Dr. John Sullivan, Marshall Goldsmith, John Cone and Bill Price among expert speakers - September 30, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Virtual Phone Line, Sign Up and Disaster Follow Up SMS Communication Wins MoMo Peer Award
Virtual Phone Line, a service of Super Technologies, Inc. and invented by CEO Rehan Allahwala, has gone mobile and is poised to assist people and organizations around the globe to share information, solve problems and create solutions and new businesses, faster and more easily than ever. Virtual Phone Line powers the app SMS Health Management System, a MoMo 2010 Peer Award Winner. - September 30, 2010 - Super Technologies, Inc. DIDX
EngageSciences Raises $750K in Angel Funds and Announces a New Solution to the Social Media Marketing 'Elephant in the Room'
At the TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco today, EngageSciences announces the successful raising of $750K in angel investment and opens up advanced registrations for the forthcoming beta program of its service, which promises to help get rid of 'the elephant in the room' at marketing meetings: what to do with social media marketing and how to achieve and measure results. - September 30, 2010 - EngageSciences
Microgame License Network Media’s EGASS Solution
Network Media are extremely proud to announce that Italy’s market leading gaming service provider, Microgame S.p.A has signed a multi-year master license agreement for their EGaming Affiliate System Software (EGASS). As a result of this agreement, Microgame’s Gaming Licensees will... - September 29, 2010 - Network Media Services Ltd
Awaken To Your Truth Enters The Best Brilliant Ideas for Humanity Contest
The Best Brilliant Ideas for Humanity Contest launched its competition on September 6, 2010. The contest organizers are looking for people, businesses and non-profits who want to launch or expand their idea that can benefit and change the world. The competition will be executed through four rounds. Each round will narrow down to the winner which will be announced in February of 2011. Among the major awards given to the winner is a Marketing Launch Package worth $50,000 and a 7-day trip to Grail. - September 29, 2010 - Awaken To Your Truth
New Business Book by Clarity Coaching Founder Focuses on Key Reasons for Business Failure
Businesses fail at an alarming rate, yet very few meet their fate due to larger economic issues. Most failures are due to key mistakes that the business owners could have corrected, if only identified earlier in the life of the business. - September 29, 2010 - Clarity Coaching
inerTRAIN to Exhibit at midVenturesLAUNCH Event
Technology Enables Online Fitness Service to Connect Trainers and Clients - September 29, 2010 - Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation
Business Building Blocks Announces the Launch of the Business Building Blocks Workbook Series – September 28, 2010
Founder and President of the Business Building Blocks, Lisa Medland, has created a series of workbooks to help budding entrepreneurs as well as seasoned business owners with a new business idea, marketing the idea, financing, and process implementation. The Workbook Series is available online on the Business Building Blocks www.bbbseries.com. - September 29, 2010 - Business Building Blocks
Pivotal Payments Announces 2010 Mid-Year Results
Pivotal Payments, one of North America’s fastest growing payment processors, announced their 2010 semi-annual results exceeded expectations in a variety of key indicators. - September 28, 2010 - Pivotal Payments
Winery Insider Partners with DailyCandy’s Sample Sale Site Swirl
Winery Insider (wineryinsider.com), the first private sale company to focus exclusively on the wine category, announced it has formed a strategic partnership with DailyCandy, the leading e-mail newsletter and website targeted to women in the U.S. - September 25, 2010 - Cronin Communications
Excalibur Technology Announces Pinellas County, FL Franchise Opens
Scott Cummings, founder and CEO of Excalibur Technology formally announced the grand opening of the Pinellas County, FL franchise office. Cummings stated, “I am pleased to announce the opening of our Pinellas County office, our first corporate branch location. This is a great step in... - September 23, 2010 - ExcalTech (Excalibur Technology Corp.)
Teaching Small Businesses the Language of Credit and Finance. Learning Corporate Finance Help Small Businesses Take the First Step in Removing Access to Finance Barriers.
Access to credit for small businesses is an issue for all the wrong reasons. One reason is credit education and the ability to speak the language of credit. Learning Corporate Finance, a warehouse of online courses aims to solve this problem - September 23, 2010 - Learning Corporate Finance
Eyes Cream Shades- The Superb All-Weather Dessert for Kids
Eyes Cream Shades serves up kids' sunwear by offering a wide variety of fun and sturdy styles in ice- cream hued colors ( i.e. pink licorice, cotton candy, mocha, grape ice, etc...) - September 22, 2010 - Eyes Cream Shades
Magellan Solutions Opens 2nd Call Center Facility
Magellan Solutions Outsourcing, Inc., one of the Philippines’ fastest-growing call centers, expands its operations with the opening of a new delivery center in Mandaluyong City. The latest facility will accommodate 285 “capable” seats. - September 22, 2010 - Magellan Solutions Outsourcing Inc.
Twenty-Three Year Old Male Develops Natural Prenatal Vitamins for Pregnant Women Inspired by His Mom
Monty Elsabagh’s company, Talooza, Inc. announces the development and release of its all natural prenatal vitamins on bebe-O.com. - September 21, 2010 - Talooza, Inc.
The Chairmen’s Roundtable Partners with Entrepreneurs’ Organization
EO San Diego and CRT team up to support local business community - September 21, 2010 - Chairmen's RoundTable
StreamSend: Perform Your Own Email Deliverability Audit in Seven Steps
StreamSend, a leading email marketing software provider, has named seven steps businesses should take to audit and improve their email marketing. “Deliverability is the foundation for all email campaigns,” said Dan Forootan, president of StreamSend Email Marketing. “Every email... - September 20, 2010 - EZ Publishing
Rentricity Completes First Commercial Installation for Pennsylvania Water Authority
Rentricity’s 30 Kilowatt Micro Hydro Flow-to Wire System powers water pumps with “green’ electricity at the MAWC Beaver Run Water Treatment Plant in Westmoreland County, PA. - September 20, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.
Mindfire CEO Delivers Keynote Address at Entrepreneurship Camp in KIIT University
Mindfire CEO Mr. Chinmoy Panda was invited as the Guest of Honor to inaugurate the Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC) and the Women Entrepreneurship Development Program (WEDP) in KIIT. - September 19, 2010 - Mindfire Solutions
Experts from Grant Thornton and Pitcher Partners Offer Tips on How to Make the Most of Your Exit Strategies
Business Review Australia, the leading digital business publication for C-level executives in Australia, speaks with experts from Grant Thornton and Pitcher Partners about the importance of having sound exit strategies implemented into business plans. Joseph Bridger, Partner Corporate Transactions... - September 18, 2010 - WDM Group
Minorities Build the American Dream
Talk with Fresh Coat Painting franchise owners Jesus and Estfania Walls and Raul and Paolo Castaneda and three similarities quickly emerge—their tenacity, optimism, and dedicated perseverance to the daily operation and long term growth of their painting franchises. Former salesman Jesus... - September 17, 2010 - Fresh Coat Painters
Rentricity Inc. Presents to AWWA Distribution System Symposium & New Jersey Technology Council Green Summit
Frank Zammataro, President and Co-Founder, will present “Building a Smart & Sustainable Water Grid Powered by Renewable Water Energy” at the American Water Works Association 10th Annual Distributed System Conference and NJTC Green Summit. The presentation will stress the growing... - September 16, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.
Sonitrol Tri-County Helps Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint Go Back to School
Sonitrol Tri-County, Flint's largest locally owned and operated security firm, presents 32 backpacks to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint. This gesture helps some of our community's students defray a small portion of their back-to-school expenses. - September 16, 2010 - Sonitrol Tri-County
TotallyEgypt.com, the Guide to Everything in Egypt Has Launched
TotallyEgypt.com has just been launched, giving the residents of Egypt a local guide made by the people who know the ins and outs of Egypt best, them. The site gives users the ability to review various businesses like restaurants, hotels, shops and sports clubs; while also allowing business owners... - September 16, 2010 - Totally Egypt
Tradetuber Welcomes Interfax Business Wire Services to Its Platform: "A Singular E-Commerce and Communications Collaboration"
Tradetuber (Universal) Tech. Co. Ltd., an e-business company based in Hong Kong, China, and Interfax Business Wire Services, a leading commercial news distribution platform, today announced the formation of a partnership that will expand the international reach of both firms in the realm of media,... - September 15, 2010 - Tradetuber(Universal)Tech.ltd
Fresh Tilled Soil Launches MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Website
Fresh Tilled Soil, a leading Boston-based UI web design firm, launches the newly re-designed MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Website. - September 15, 2010 - Fresh Tilled Soil
12premium: 12designer's Crowdsourcing’s Evolution for Discerning Start-Ups
12designer.com launches today “12premium,” a feature to reach just the most experienced creatives for a design project - September 15, 2010 - 12designer
Fiduciary Duty: What Does It Really Mean?
EL CAP Announces Release of In-Depth Report. - September 14, 2010 - EL CAP, Inc.
Get a Website - Give a Gift
WebsitesGiveBack provides an innovative opportunity for small businesses to obtain a professional, affordable website while donating to a charitable organization. - September 14, 2010 - WebsitesGiveBack
The 2010-2011 Savvy Entrepreneur Series
The 2010-2011 Savvy Entrepreneur series organized by MITEF, GLEQ and TiE Detroit begins on September 14, 2010 with its initial event; a panel discussion on Sales. - September 12, 2010 - TiE Detroit
Explore Britain’s “Bra Boss” and the World’s Fastest Growing Companies Presented by Exec Digital
In its September issue, Exec Digital profiles five of the fastest growing companies on earth. - September 10, 2010 - WDM Group
AMSTCO LLC Opens a New Office in Downtown Austin
AMSTCO LLC announced today the opening of their firm at 106 E. 6th St., Suite 900, Austin, TX 78701. This office is located on the northeast corner of 6th Street and Congress Avenue in downtown Austin. AMSTCO LLC is a collaboration of a patent agent and engineers who assist in the design,... - September 10, 2010 - AMSTCO LLC
ActorRated.com Helps Actors Save Money with the ActorRated Star Card
ActorRated.com, the industry's first rating and review site for acting related products and services, has launched the ActorRated Star Card. The discount card provides discounts on dozens of acting classes, headshot photographers, demo reels and more. In addition to over $4,000 in discounts, the Star Card provides members with advanced notice and registration for bi-monthly free casting director workshops. - September 09, 2010 - ActorRated.com
Judges Selected for The Seasteading Institute's Sink or Swim Business Plan Contest
The Seasteading Institute selects eight heavy-weight judges to ruthlessly evaluate contest entries for its sea-based business plan contest. Business superstars, intellectual juggernauts, silicon valley’s top brass, and tomorrow’s venture capitalists to determine who sinks, swims, and... - September 09, 2010 - The Seasteading Institute
Voices.com CEO Contributes to the Forrester Wave: Online Testing 2010 Report After a 400% Increase in Conversions
David Ciccarelli, Voices.com CEO, reveals best practices in the Forrester Wave: Online Testing 2010 Report. - September 09, 2010 - Voices.com
Millennium Ranked in Top 100 of Philadelphia's Fastest-Growing Businesses
Millennium Surgical Corp. Narberth PA, a surgical instrument company has been ranked as one of the of the 2010 fastest-growing, privately-held businesses in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia 100, Wharton Small Business Development Center, the Entrepreneurs’ Forum of Greater... - September 09, 2010 - Millennium Surgical Corp.
Business Coaches Awarded for Exceptional Performance
FocalPoint International is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Excellence Awards given to Brian Tracy Certified Business Coaches who have excelled in their franchise operation and business performance: Brian Tracy Award for Sales Excellence: Dan Creed of FocalPoint Business... - September 08, 2010 - FocalPoint Business Coaching Inc
Website Builder Wix Reaches 5 Million Users
Wix.com is a rapidly growing start-up company providing free tools for the creation of unique, high quality Flash websites. Over 5 million users turn to Wix for their website building needs. - September 08, 2010 - Wixpress, Ltd.
Engage Selling Solutions Announces Release of Testimonial Director to Help Small Businesses Gain Buyers’ Trust
New web-based Testimonial Director service by Engage Selling Solutions allows small businesses to build buyer trust and increase conversions by automatically publishing testimonials on their web sites. - September 08, 2010 - Engage Selling Solutions
Spectrum Commercial Lending, Inc. Closes Over $20M in Owner-User Commercial Real Estate Projects for the Month of August 2010
Spectrum Commercial Lending, Inc. a non-bank commercial lender located in Southern California announced that they had closed over $20M in commercial real estate projects throughout Southern California that accounted for over 221,300 sq. ft. of commercial real estate. - September 07, 2010 - Spectrum Commercial Lending
BOTH Announces Alliance with VirtualAssistants.com
Significant benefits for clients of BOTH and VirtualAssistants. - September 06, 2010 - Back Of The House - BOTH
Simcoe Consulting Will be Hosting an Event Designed for Aspiring Eco-Consultants
This event targets entrepreneurs wishing to start up an eco-consulting business. It will be hosted by long time eco-consultant Jim Simcoe in San Diego, CA this September. - September 06, 2010 - Simcoe Consulting
Green Real Estate Investment Summit Coming This September from Simcoe Consulting
Entrepreneurs or current real estate investors wishing to learn about and/or become a green real estate investor should look into this event. It will be hosted by Simcoe Consulting and taught by real estate investment expert Jim Simcoe. - September 06, 2010 - Simcoe Consulting