Diana Sonis · Entrepreneurship & Business Development Expert

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Entrepreneur's Corner: What's in an (extension) name? .com vs .co...and why you should take notice.

June 24 2010


How many entrepreneurs have spend countless hours on GoDaddy.com plugging in brilliant ideas for a business name only to be told that it’s not available with .com…or .org and .net for that matter?

You don’t need to be certifiably brilliant to see that great .com domain names are becoming tougher to register. So when the government of Columbia deregulated their assigned extension of .co in early 2009, the tech world noticed.

Enter .CO Internet, a strategic venture formed between Arcelandia S.A. and Neustar, Inc. to administer, manage and promote the .CO extension globally. Awarded the …

 
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Entrepreneur's Corner: The work-obsessed, baby-lovin’ CEO talks about building a successful business on Boston's north shore.

June 23 2010


Entrepreneurs are passionate, driven business people. Entrepreneurs who are also mothers? Superwomen.

Meet Fuchsia McInerney, CEO of Pearse Street Consulting Inc., a successful web development & design company on Boston’s north shore.

In her own words, this “a work-obsessed, baby-lovin’ CEO” manages a team of designers, programmers and marketing experts with the end goal of creating high-end websites and social network websites for businesses, non-profits and independent clients.

Balancing a newborn on one hip, she took the time to talk to me about her company, social networking, a…

 
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E.Forum: Free Resource for Entrepreneurs

March 9 2010


Once you go down the rabbit hole of entrepreneurship, the word “free” becomes that elusive rabbit with a waistcoat-pocket all entrepreneurial Alices chase after. While “free” is often suspiciously devoid of quality, I recently came across an interesting resource for entrepreneurs ([insiteny.org]) that may prove otherwise.

InSITE is an entrepreneurial mentorship program that brings together top students from Columbia and NYU Business and Law schools to support New York entrepreneurs in the development of their businesses and their pursuit of venture capital and angel investments.

 

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