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What Skills Every New Internet Entrepreneur Needs

ReadWriteStart

I had lunch with one of my favorite Internet entrepreneurs today, Mark Sawyier , the CEO of Off Campus Media. Sawyier came to this business without any formal training in computer science, business, management, or other technology training, yet he is a natural when it comes to running a modern-day Internet business.

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Want $50k in Seed Funding? Apply now.

ReadWriteStart

A new program that began earlier this year is looking for five IT-centric entrepreneurs to receive seed funds along with a series of services. Located in an underused mixed-use office building in downtown St. Any firm can apply, but must agree to move to St. That, plus a layoff and reassignment of its St.

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What Can A Falafel Truck Teach Us About How To Do Business?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I have written before for Entrepreneurs Journey in 2007 and I’m happy to say I am back with a new column starting today. Louis – where I live – has never had much of a street food scene until the last two years. Most of Entrepreneurs-Journey’s readers fit one of the two categories: bloggers or marketers.

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What Can A Falafel Truck Teach Us About How To Do Business?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I have written before for Entrepreneurs Journey in 2007 and I’m happy to say I am back with a new column starting today. Louis – where I live – has never had much of a street food scene until the last two years. Most of Entrepreneurs-Journey’s readers fit one of the two categories: bloggers or marketers.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. Louis Arch Angels. Biotech, life science and medical devices are usually funded at higher pre-money valuations than, say, software and Internet companies. Philadelphia. Pasadena Angels. increasing. DC Dinner Clubs.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

View from Seed

Perhaps most famously, Guy Kawasaki quipped that the value of an MBA to an entrepreneur is “probably about a negative $250,000.”. The question is, can MBA entrepreneurs really think big? ShopClues (2x WashU St. Key Insights. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton). Oscar (2x HBS).

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From Haitian Roots to a Silicon Valley Address: How Bianca St.Louis Is Building Her Rep & a Career in Tech

Hunter Walker

I learn a lot from Bianca St. At that particular meeting Robin Chase was in attendance (I think she was the only woman entrepreneur) and I was in awe how she moved this idea to the product that became Zipcar. We met via Twitter several years ago when she was studying at Howard University.