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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

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All three of the others were strong business plans, with good product-market possibilities, strong technologies, and strong management. They’re from the University of Arkansas. By the time I asked that question, my fellow judges were probably rolling their eyes, because I’d asked that of every other team in that track.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

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Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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This Week in the NYC Innovation Community – January 25, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

You are now free to marry the soon to be released Apple Tablet in California, New York, Arkansas, Ohio, Maine and Vermont. Join our panel of experts in media law, health care communications and digital/social media as we explore what this heightened government scrutiny may mean for PR practitioners, marketers and media strategists.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

He asked tough questions about why the government not private capital should be doing this. government, American researchers in academia and risk capital can do together. Principal Investigator: Nilanjan Banerjee University of Arkansas. We now know how to reduce customer and market risk for new ventures. Lessons Learned.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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