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Beach Organics Recognized as One of 100 Most Admired Entrepreneurial Businesses
Beach Organics recognized as one of the 100 Most Admired Entrepreneurial Businesses by Space Coast Business. - March 05, 2013 - Beach Organics Skin Care
USA Networks’ Founder, Kay Koplovitz, to be Recognized by NYC Mayor Bloomberg at Women’s History Month Reception to be Held at Gracie Mansion
Kay Koplovitz, Founder of USA Networks and Sci-Fi Channel and Chairman of the Board Springboard Enterprises will be recognized by Mayor Bloomberg on March 5th, at a reception in honor of Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is, Women Inspiring the Next Generation, Pass it On. Mayor... - March 05, 2013 - Koplovitz & Company LLC.
5Star Awards Named 2012-13 Small Business Retailer of the Year; Receives Awards Industry’s Coveted Gold Obelisk at International Conference
5Star Awards, Inc, of Cary, NC, represented by owners Lisa and Jeff Higginbotham, was named Small Business Retailer of the Year 2012-2013 at the Awards and Recognition Association’s International Awards Market, held annually in Las Vegas, NV. The awards industry presents this recognition... - March 05, 2013 - 5Star Awards, Inc.
"Made In New York" Makes It to Bloomingdale’s
Bloomingdale’s will feature NYC Jewelry Designer, Patty Tobin, and her Made In New York line of fine fashion jewelry for 12 Trunk Shows at four different stores in New York and New Jersey. The first showcase will be at Bloomingdale’s annual “HOT” event at the 59th Street store in NYC on March 14, 15, 16. A born and bread upstate New Yorker, Patty Tobin is committed to keeping the manufacturing of her affordable, high-quality, handcrafted jewelry line right here in her home state of New York. - March 04, 2013 - Patty Tobin Fine Fashion Jewelry
Leading Edge Coworking Space Will be a Laboratory for the Future of Workspace Design: Partnership Announced at 2013 Global Coworking Unconference (GCUC)
Two Dallas-based entrepreneurs are collaborating to enhance how coworking spaces are used. LOFTwall and WELD are partnering to observe and identify the diverse needs of coworking members, monitoring the fluctuations of people and workspace needs. LOFTwall will be documenting the experiences of members while working at WELD and observing how coworkers interact in the space as it changes and evolves. - March 04, 2013 - LOFTwall
Camplified Summer Concert Tour Accepting Artist Submissions for Summer 2013
Camplified creates a daylong interactive fantasy experience where every camper receives an “All-Access Pass” to the festival and kicks off with artists joining campers for full day of sponsor-branded activities before the “The Big Show,” a 90-minute concert at night. The festival experience culminates in post-concert “meet-n-greets,” complete with up-close-and-personal autograph and picture taking sessions with artists. - March 03, 2013 - Hear Here LLC
The NFEC Teams Up with Generational Wealth Zone to Bring the Financial EduNation Campaign to New York City
Citizens in communities all across the U.S. face monumental financial struggles. To combat the country’s long-term recession, the National Financial Educators Council (NFEC) teamed up with the Generational Wealth Zone (GWZ) to share financial education training through the Financial EduNation campaign. Organizations and residents of California will be one of the first communities to receive these free financial literacy resources. - March 03, 2013 - Generational Wealth Zone
Early Accomplishments Lead to Success for Anatoly Nirshberg
Financial Sector Knowledge Proves Catalyst for Entrepreneurship - March 02, 2013 - Anatoly Nirshberg
CPX Interactive Named an OnMedia Top 100 Private Company
Privately owned online advertising veteran recognized for creating new opportunities in marketing, branding, advertising, and publishing. - February 28, 2013 - CPXi
Real Chemistry Partners with OpenSky and "Insider" Molly Sims
Real Chemistry, a hot, new skincare brand was just endorsed by "Insider" Molly Sims of OpenSky. - February 28, 2013 - BluDahlia LLC
Two Boys Launch Entrepreneurial Start-Up, Then Invited to DJ Their High School Turnabout
Entrepreneurial drive comes naturally for two high school boys in Chicago who launched a start-up DJ business a year ago. One of them is a first-generation Mexican with a 4.0 GPA who takes honors Calculus and Physics. He is going to college to be a Doctor. The boys built their company from scratch, bought their own equipment, and have engagements every week. The business is cash-flow positive and the boys are saving their profits for college. - February 28, 2013 - Health Potion
Opening of the Website Ggroupbuying.com, Home of a Canadian Buying Group That Will Help Small and Medium Businesses Save on Their Purchasing Costs
Since the advent of the internet, the ways of selling products/services between companies have experienced significant changes that require business leaders to quickly adapt and redesign their ways of selling/purchasing in order to stay on top of their respective fields. Today, the "G" Group revolutionizes this yet again by creating a buying group of SMEs. The purpose of this group is to restore purchasing power to members who are facing large companies which gradually took over their market. - February 28, 2013 - International Professional Associates
In Focus Brands Announces Over $30,000 in Prize Packages for Startup Weekend Saratoga 2013
The 2013 grand prize service packages for StartUp Weekend-Saratoga have reached over $30,000 in in-kind services. These winning prize packages will support the entrepreneurs long after the weekend is over. - February 28, 2013 - In Focus Brands
Atom Willis Doubles Donations Throughout March in Support of National Multiple Sclerosis Month
Atom Willis is excited to announce that the brand is doubling the amount of their donations to $100 per jacket sold on their website to The Brass Family Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis during the month of March in support of National Multiple Sclerosis Month. The Atom Willis line is run by... - February 27, 2013 - Atom Willis
Cerini & Associates, LLP Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary This Year
Cerini & Associates, LLP, Certified Public Accountants, is proud to announce that 2013 marks 20 years on Long Island, New York. In 1993, Founder Ken Cerini started C&A out of his garage with a different vision of what an accounting firm and its staff should embody in how they served their... - February 27, 2013 - Cerini & Associates, LLP
Branding Made Simple Announces Website Giveaway to Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Company to provide $10,000 worth of web design and marketing services - February 27, 2013 - Branding Made Simple
MarketScout Wholesale, LLC Launches Agents E&O Program
Independent Agents E&O Plus Advantage - February 26, 2013 - MarketScout Wholesale
Biz Name Wiz Receives 200th Order and Reaches 20th Country Business Naming Milestones
Milestones achieved after less than a year of providing company names for business. - February 24, 2013 - Biz Name Wiz, Inc.
YouveGotFunds Asks Shark Tank or Crowdfunding?
What is the best way to find funding for your new business or creative venture? - February 23, 2013 - YouveGotFunds
American Marketing Association’s San Francisco Chapter Partners with MarketingCamp San Francisco
Unconventional meeting format appeals to Bay Area entrepreneurs, founders and co-founders. - February 23, 2013 - MarketingCampSF
SmartTruckRoute Truck Routing App Now Available for iPhone, iPad, Android
The SmartTruckRoute app connects to in-house truck routing servers located in Boston, Massachusetts to allow commercial drivers to use the built-in GPS of the phone or tablet to create truck specific routes with the added benefits of live map updates. The software takes into account commercial truck restrictions as well as the vehicle height and weight. SmartTruckRoute helps drivers avoid costly tickets and provides additional safety. Allows Hands-free Turn by turn visual and voice instructions. - February 22, 2013 - TeleType Co.
TFE Launches e-Mentoring for Business Start-ups, Business Growth, Business Turnaround and Succession
Training for Entrepreneurs.com (TFE), the online business skills training and business mentoring website, announced today that its online, one-to-one business mentoring program – TFE One-to-One e- Mentoring Program -- is open for enrollment. - February 21, 2013 - Training for Entrepreneurs
Navigation Specialist indoo.rs Receives Funding from Tecnet Equity, SpeedInvest and Techinvest
indoo.rs, a technology leader in the rapidly growing field of indoor localization and navigation, received a significant 6 figure equity investment in a seed round by Austrian funds tecnet equity and SpeedInvest joined by strategic investor Techinvest. Indoor positioning and mapping is expected to be the next big innovation shaping the mapping and localization industry and one of the "Top 15 Emerging Technologies To Watch" according to Forrester Research. - February 20, 2013 - indoo.rs
The Grapeseed Company on Display at the 2013 Academy Awards Gift Lounge
Pleased to announce The Grapeseed Company, in association with The Aritsan Group, will participate in a luxury celebrity gift lounge hosted by GBK Productions on February 22-23, 2013 at an exclusive location in Beverly Hills, California, in honor of the The 2013 Academy Awards Nominees and... - February 20, 2013 - The Grapeseed Company
YouveGotFunds Brings a Worldwide Audience to Your Door, Find Global Funding for Your Next Big Idea
Recently, on February 18, 2013, in Washington D.C., leaders of the Crowdfunding community and leading small business advocacy groups met with law makers and policy officials to review the working of the JOBS Act. (Jumpstart our Business Start-ups). The JOBS Act is the future of... - February 20, 2013 - YouveGotFunds
Guardian Watch™ to be Part of the Next Wave of Great Companies at Startup America’s Kickoff of Startup Georgia
Guardian Watch™ will be among the more than 100 Georgia companies invited to the first Startup Georgia, Startup Rally on February 18, 2013. The event, tagged as the “Largest Gathering of Startups in Georgia Since 1895” and billed as one part startup exposition, one part summer... - February 20, 2013 - Guardian Watch, LLC.
Chicago Area PE Professionals and Students Gather for 12th Annual Private Equity Conference
Industry Leaders Howard Marks, James Quella, Bruce Rauner, and John Canning Among List of Speakers at 12th Annual Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference. - February 19, 2013 - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Janitorial Carpet Cleaning Strives to be the Most Innovative Carpet Cleaning and Janitorial Service Omaha, NE and Surrounding Areas
With so many carpet cleaning companies climbing over and under cutting each other on carpet cleaning, residential and commercial Janitorial Carpet Cleaning has plans to put more focus on other sectors of the janitorial industry. - February 18, 2013 - Janitorial Carpet Cleaning
Flirt Planet Crowdfunding Campaign Launches on Valentine’s Day
World’s First Social Dating Game Explores Virgin Territory. Flirt Planet Helps Players Become Truly Social in the Real World Through Virtual Video Game Environment - February 15, 2013 - TrulySocial Ltd.
Networking VIP Style: Philadelphia Welcomes B2B Bash
The B2B Bash, a specialized VIP networking event originating in New York, comes to Philadelphia on March 7. The inaugural Philadelphia bash will be held at Bleu Martini, 24 South 2nd Street in Old City from 6p.m. to 9p.m. - February 15, 2013 - 3D Studios, Inc.
Nutrasource.com Beats the Competition with Social Commerce
Nutrasource.com embraces a comprehensive social commerce strategy to increase revenues, conversion, fans and word-of-mouth virality. - February 14, 2013 - ShopSocially
Mobile Power for the Mobile Lifestyle
Dark Energy, a new Utah-based technology and consumer electronics start-up, launches it's first product, the Reservoir - a stylish, powerful 8000 mAh portable charger on crowd-funding site, Kickstarter.com. - February 14, 2013 - Dark Energy
An Enterprise Outsourced Marketing Fulfillment Team for the Local Business
TheSalesAssistant.com is bringing to the Main Street business the flexibility and customization heretofore only seen by Fortune 100 companies. Their quantitative analytics combined with over 25 years of experience and their clients product parameters make reaching a local or national market at unheard of low acquisition costs a reality. - February 13, 2013 - The Sales Assistant
New Docu-Series Helps Young Adults Start Small Businesses
Inspired Life Media Group and S6xth House Entertainment present The American Dream Revised, a docuseries and social action campaign designed to help young adults start small businesses. - February 13, 2013 - ILMG
Word of Mouth Marketing Association Makes Guest Appearance on Storytellers Campfire for Global Announcement
PEMCO; Vice President; Rod Brooks Seattle’s emcee for the February WOMM Fest 2013 will be appearing on Storytellers Campfire giving their global audience a preview of this unprecedented event for National Word of Mouth Marketing Day. - February 13, 2013 - Storytellers Campfire
Hartman Inventory Systems Announces New Company Name
The name, Nationwide Inventory Professionals, indicates the growth and vision of the former Hartman Inventory Systems. - February 13, 2013 - Nationwide Inventory Professionals LLC
Swim Live with the Queen of Sharks: Barbara Corcoran to Appear on the Small Businesses Do It Better Show
Barbara Corcoran, investor on the hit ABC show Shark Tank and founder of the Corcoran Group, will make a live appearance on the Small Businesses Do It Better web show on February 20 at 7:30am PST/10:30am EST. Entrepreneurs and small business owners are encouraged to tune in live at... - February 13, 2013 - Small Businesses Do It Better
Businessconnect Launches in St. Louis
The First Social Network for Businesses - February 13, 2013 - BusinessConnect
CPX Interactive Posts Record Revenue/Profit Growth in Q4, 2012
10+ Year Old Digital Media Company delivers over 500% Growth in Profit in 2012. - February 12, 2013 - CPXi
Beautiful Life Productions (BLP) Community Welcomes Bryan Gianesin of Gianesin Law Firm as an Important Team Member and Part of The OC 100 Irvine
Bryan Gianesin, attorney and founder of Gianesin Law Firm, is welcomed into the Beautiful Life Productions (BLP) Community as a team member, 1 of The OC 100 Irvine. - February 10, 2013 - Beautiful Life Productions
GBDC, a Marketing and Business Development Incubator Welcomes Two Nonprofit Organizations to Client List and Finds Success by Focusing on Collaboration
Global Business Development Center welcomes two new nonprofit organizations, Ashley Place Community Development Corp and ARTfusion Delray Inc. to their client list. ArtFusion Delray Inc. and Ashley Place Development Corp joins a growing list of Global Business Development Center’s nonprofit... - February 09, 2013 - Rainbow Marketing Inc Dba Global Business Development Center
Everybody’s Getting Into the Love Game These Days
The love industry is booming and everyone wants a piece of it including Facebook. Who is next? - February 09, 2013 - Atwood Technology Inc.
Online Mapping – Elevating the Sense of Data Visualization
In the larger scheme of data analysis, Topo.ly continues to make a difference in bringing more sense to data with its exceptional mapping features. - February 07, 2013 - Topo.ly
Love Builder - a Relationship Building App for Couples
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dr. Sally Palaian launches a free and fun relationship app designed to help couples grow closer together. Love Builder, a free app on iPhone® and Android™ helps couples grow their relationship together. The app provides fun and spontaneous... - February 06, 2013 - Positive Self Center
CPEhr Releases New White Paper: “How Professional Employer Outsourcing Will Help Small and Mid-Sized Employers Cope with an Uncertain 2013”
HR Outsourcing and PEO firm CPEhr releases new white paper detailing current employment challenges and how outsourcing human resources will help employers manage in 2013. - February 06, 2013 - CPE HR, Inc.
Long Island's First Seed Accelerator and Coworking Community Prepares for Liftoff
Long Island's first seed accelerator and coworking community for early stage ventures is preparing to launch. LaunchPad Long Island (www.LaunchPadLI.com) is scheduled for lift off in early February in its 12,000 square foot entrepreneur community at 55 Mineola Boulevard, Mineola, NY which is at the Mineola train station and 35 minutes from New York City. Eric Trump from the Trump Organization and Task Advisor and Boardroom Judge on The Apprentice will be a special guest and speaker. - February 05, 2013 - LaunchPad Long Island
Business Sale Report Reveals Fewer "Zombie" Businesses Going Under
Business Sale Report reveals that the number of "distressed" companies in the UK were significantly less in 2012 when compare to the previous year. Figures of winding-up petitions from the Business Sale Report, together with the latest statistics from the Insolvency Service on companies falling into administration and receivership both indicate a fall and subsequent levelling off of businesses in financial distress. These key indicators represent green shoots for the economy. - February 05, 2013 - Business Sale Report
Murali Bukkapatnam, President of TiE Hyderabad and Founding Member of Hyderabad Angels Joins Domestic Workforce Pvt. Ltd as CEO & Co-Founder
Domestic Workforce Pvt. Ltd - a private sector social enterprise specializing in livelihood skill development to empower women & youth from rural and urban slums of India, announced the appointment of Mr. Murali Bukkapatnam as its CEO & Co-Founder. Murali Bukkapatnam, the President of TiE... - February 03, 2013 - Domestic Workforce Pvt. Ltd
Companies in Georgia & Tennessee Partner to Open Doors of Opportunity for Businesses in Tennessee
The Business Community of Tennessee will be exposed to more opportunities for profitable business success. The Business Development Bootcamp Tour will arrive in Chattanooga TN on March 1st, 2013. - February 03, 2013 - Visionary People
Keller Williams Realty, Inc. Named One of America’s Top Workplaces
Keller Williams Realty Ranked No. 9 on list of 150 Top Workplaces in America in national employee survey. - February 02, 2013 - Keller Williams Realty, Inc.