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Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator

The Startup Magazine

CRI is different from other incubators because it allows innovators/entrepreneurs to immerse inside a national laboratory, working alongside world-renowned scientists and engineers with whom they can share their ideas. ClearFlame Engines. Source: Pexels. R&D Catalysts. Early Wins. The program is less than two years old.

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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

For example, a recent phone call I had with a young entrepreneur straight out of one of the most prestigious engineering schools in America he asked, “I have an offer for $400,000 in seed money but the VC wants me to agree now to bring in a new CEO.&# This company is doing its SEED round and they already want to bring someone new in.

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Ready, Set, Drive!: 8 Signs That Now Is the Time to Launch Your Trucking Business

The Startup Magazine

When you own a business, you can boost your revenue substantially by courting new clients, hiring more foot soldiers, or being more prudent when it comes to costs. You Have Access to Seed Money. Does the prospect of your company popping up in search engine results when shippers are choosing a trucking service excite you?

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[Interview] Toronto’s Michael Beattie, Founder And CEO Of MBM Consulting

YoungUpstarts

Success as an entrepreneur takes a lot more than an idea, a dab of seed money and, as they say, a wing and a prayer. This combination provides him a unique blend of knowledge and insight that have made MBM Consulting a first choice for leading projects that challenge the status quo in terms of design, delivery and cost efficiency.

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Entrepreneurs: The Funding Landscape Has Changed.

Berkonomics

There are a host of companies that can be accessed through web-search engines that can provide both secured and unsecured financing. Factoring companies can help you with working capital needs when your business grows quickly by filling the money “gap” created between new billings and actual collections.

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Splunk Founder Now Launches Entrepreneurs, Not Startups

ReadWriteStart

In Paris today at the World Founder Forum he announced the top 10 student team winners who split $1 million in seed money prizes. No one is questioning the fact that tuition costs have spiraled out of control and that student debt has a retarding effect on entrepreneurship. The first-year class, 10 student teams, just graduated.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

The best composition is probably one engineer whose passion lies in the pixels on the screen and another engineer whose passion is making bits fly really fast through servers. is it really that the only people who can build great startups are engineers? Engineers don’t always have the best business ideas.