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To Franchise Or Not To Franchise?

YoungUpstarts

Owners with corporate backgrounds like the fact that they’re still allowed to run the business, but have some level of corporate structure to rely on. The Pros and Cons of Franchising Compared to the Traditional Business Model. There are two main reasons why businesses typically fail — lack of capital and poor planning.

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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

Elizabeth: Metaphrasis Language & Cultural Solutions is an award-winning interpreting and translation company located in Chicago that I founded in 2007. Tell us a bit about your own company and its mission and impact.

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Insuring The Success Of Your Small Business

YoungUpstarts

What follows is a little information that will help you cut through the noise: Two Categories of Business Insurance. The Small Business Administration has provided some valuable information about insurance that every new business owner needs to review. You will need home-based business insurance.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

I woke up to an article in Daily Camera today titled Small Business Administration trying to bring SBIC funds to Colorado. At Foundry Group, our significant exits (at least 10x capital returned) since we raised our first fund in 2007 include AdMeld, Zynga, MakerBot, and Gnip.

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Co-working Space Helps Cut Overhead

The Entrepreneurial Mind

As recently as 2007 the Small Business Administration estimated that there were more than 21 million self-employed entrepreneurs without employees in the United States. The number of self-employed and freelance entrepreneurs has seen steady growth over the past two decades.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 25: Nigel and Vaughn Caldon and Kerry Frank

Steve Blank

Kerry Frank co-founded Comply365 in 2007 with her husband. Next on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere : Javier Saade , former associate administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration , and Hillary Hartley , deputy executive director of 18F. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. ” . …