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PayPal Creates Startup Mentoring
According to Strategy Eye, PayPal is creating a ‘startup accelerating program’ that will provide direct competition to Microsoft’s BizSpark mentoring and support program. The program was announced by PayPal product development VP Osama Bedier, who says the program will focus on allowing companies to make the right connections. PayPal will introduce startups to venture capitalists
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Use Your Local Flea Market As Biz Incubator
When your hobby — be it block-printing stationary, crafting goat-milk soaps, or designing up-cycled lighting fixtures — shows enough promise to justify renting a stall, selling at a local flea market could be worth a shot, says Inc.com. Most street fairs and markets have a very low barrier to entry: You’ll need transit, a table,
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Furnish Your Office For Cheap On Craigslist
According to a story at PC World, if you’re starting a new business, hiring on a shoestring budget, or simply sprucing up your home office, you’ll need some new office gear, and you probably won’t want to spend much. Believe it or not, Craigslist isn’t just for used couches and one-night stands; it’s also exceptionally
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Poker Tactics That Apply To Startups
While the rules of poker are simple and the game itself is quite accessible, success typically requires more skill than luck. Venturebeat reports there’s a wisdom there that we can take from the game and apply to the startup life. Calculate the odds — Good poker players calculate two kinds of odds before playing: the
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Kim Kardashian: ShoeDazzle
Founded: 2009 What it is: ShoeDazzle is an online membership club that offers subscribers access to “celebrity fashion stylists” and pretty shoes for cheap. It’s kind of like Netflix, for footwear. Success: Exact numbers are difficult to find, but business seems to be good. Kardashian recently broadcast that the site hit the milestone of shipping
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Create Jobs, Get A Green Card
According to a story at Inc.com, Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, introduced the Start-up Visa Act, which would open up the U.S. to immigrant entrepreneurs. If passed, the bill would grant foreigners U.S. visas if they can secure at least $100,000 from a sponsoring angel investor or at
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Brewing Beer Byproducts Into Energy
The Boston Business Journal reports that Eric Fitch believes he’s found a way to brew success by turning the waste grain used to make beer into clean energy. His two-year-old startup, Purpose Energy Inc. in Arlington, is in the midst of constructing a 2 billion BTU digester adjacent to the The Magic Hat Brewing Co.
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Making Wheels For Wheelchairs
CNNMoney reports that a 30 year GM veteran is applying his auto industry knowledge to a company that makes vehicles for the disabled.
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Sisters Create Custom Cupcake Towers
Early last year, Jennifer Faris was laid off, and her sister Joy Groblebe had her hours taken down to part time. The sisters had been the main breadwinners in their families, and they needed to find a way to keep bringing in money for their young families, according to a story on the Mom Invented
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