FOX Small Business: Through its StartUp Academy program, Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) will recruit top-tier technical talent from programs at leading universities such as Duke, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and the University of Waterloo and place them in engineering and product management positions at startups funded by BCV. BCV is the venture capital and growth […]
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WSJ: A new program to boost the number of women in corporate boardrooms is tapping 100 executives from top businesses in New York to mentor young women. Partnership for New York City chief executive officer Kathryn Wylde, who will take part in the announcement, said that though there are many women in business, they don’t
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A mentorship is crucial to the growth of a new entrepreneur. There is a lot they do not know, and a mentor can help. Gigaom recently discussed a few mistakes that new entrepreneurs make with their mentor. Take yourself out of the running before you’re in the running Some pre-preneurs take themselves out of the
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With the Justice League of America, some of the world’s most powerful superheroes banded together to fight crime. With the Start Project, some successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are banding together to start companies according to Brad Stone in the Bits blog at The New York Times. They’re not wearing costumes, but the idea is basically
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CitySquares Online Inc. saw sales start to decline dramatically in late 2008 as some of the local-search-engine provider’s customers could no longer afford its advertising services writes The Wall Street Journal. So the small business turned to its board of six volunteer advisers–experts in areas such as sales, marketing, finance, entrepreneurship and venture capital–who suggested
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Entrepreneur: There are many ways to get access to the expertise you may need. The bad news is that just the process of managing your advisors and advice can be a challenge, especially when the advice you get from one expert conflicts with that given by another. However, the most critical mark of a good
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NCTimes.com: Politicians try to stimulate the economy by throwing cash at it. San Marcos businessman Adrian Pelkus starts stimulating at the source: the ideas of fledgling entrepreneurs. Pelkus is president of the San Diego Inventors Forum, a group that helps people develop their ideas and get them to market. In short, the forum helps turn
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Kim Beasley at bizzia: Helping a fellow business owner can be very rewarding because it is a way for your to “pay it forward”. “Paying it forward” is the process of helping out three people without expecting anything in return. Then ask them to help out three people instead of paying you back. It’s a
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BusinessWeek: It’s a terrific idea for aspiring entrepreneurs to work in the industry they’re targeting, whether they are college business majors or 50-year-old refugees from corporate careers. “You will learn about the industry supply chain, the key industry financial metrics, why customers buy certain products, and the competition’s products,” says Edward D. Hess, professor of
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Entrepreneur: As a business professional, you need a constant supply of information to achieve success. You must stay aware of trends and issues and keep up with rapid economic and technological changes to become and stay competitive. You may have already discovered that it’s next to impossible to keep up with all this information on
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