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Entrepreneurs Invited To Pitch Start-Up Biz Ideas

Entrepreneurs who want to test their start-up business idea can do just that by entering The Big Sell Entrepreneurs in Action competition. Developed by Purdue University Calumet and its Center for Entrepreneurship Success in cooperation with the Hammond Development Corporation, the competition provides a dream opportunity, according to Center for Entrepreneurship Success Director Dushan Nikolovski, […]

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THAT’S MY BUSINESS!: Wish-It-Candles.com

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In this edition of That’s My Business! we talk to Tami Oakley, Founder and President of Wish-It-Candles. Listen Now: Or download: That’s My Business!: Wish-It-Candles.com Website: Wish-It-Candles.com

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Have A Journalism Startup Idea?

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The ingredient list for a journalism startup once began with ink, presses and trucks. Now the recipe often starts with a domain, a niche and a strategy. The decline in launch costs has helped inspire a boom in journo startups. But just because it’s easier to start something doesn’t mean it’s easier to succeed. What

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20 Under 20

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According to Vator News, Facebook-backer and PayPal co-founder, Peter Thiel, is offering teens $100,000 to put school on hold to focus on developing innovative tech ideas. Thiel announced his new “20 Under 20” program, which will award grants of $100,000 to 20 entrepreneurs under the age of 20 for developing interesting new tech business ideas.

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THAT’S MY BUSINESS!: Start Up Advice

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In this episode, Rich Whittle talks with four entrepreneurs about what it takes to start a business. Listen Now: Or download: THAT’S MY BUSINESS!: Start Up Advice IAmAstuffedAnimal.com MyHusbandsNuts.com RunPee.com Skoy Cloth

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Cash And Credits For Startups Using Amazon Cloud

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ReadWriteCloud is reporting that applications are open now for Amazon Web Service’s Startup Challenge. This is the fourth year that AWS has run the competition, designed to help recognize startups that are using (or planning to use) any of the paid Amazon Web Services, including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, or Amazon Mechanical Turk. Prizes include

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Using A Virtual Assistant For Your Startup

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According to a story at ReadWriteWeb, Lindsey Harper recently wrote about her experiences using Mechanical Turk to validate her startup idea. Noting that friends and family are unlikely to be objective when assessing whether or not your idea is viable, she spent $28 on the Amazon service in order to poll 200 people on her

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Sports Fan’s Biz Off To A Running Start

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Ten-year-old Brady Miller couldn’t hit the ball right. So his dad, Rick Miller, made a training tool that gave him clues about how to swing the bat, reports the Dallas Morning News. Two years later, the RBI Pro Swing is manufactured in Irving, packaged in Fort Worth and sold in sports stores across the country.

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TechCrunch Disrupt Award Winner

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CNNMoney takes a look at the Winner of the $50,000 TechCrunch Disrupt Award, Soluto. In a field filled with Web-based and mobile apps, Soluto stood out starkly. It’s old-fashioned, runs-on-a-computer software. But the startup trounced all others by tackling a universal problem: PC troubleshooting. Soluto’s software monitors the PC it’s installed on for common annoyances

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Is Your Great Idea A Real Biz?

Ideas

Entrepreneurs constantly comb their brains and the world around them for new ideas. The trick often lies in figuring out whether a great idea actually has the potential to be a great business. According to Forbes, to sift out true business opportunities from the sand of merely bright ideas, would-be entrepreneurs can ask a series

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