Bright lights, ferocious Sharks and millions of television viewers couldn’t shake the grannies (Beverly Vines-Haines and Charlotte Clary) from being their authentic selves. And being themselves worked. The two grannies, who built a successful health (HABA) and beauty aid and ice chips candy business that saved a home from foreclosure, 

We send our children to college to gain knowledge and to build the foundation for a self-sufficient life. Along the way, we hope that they develop a passion for something that will make their professional lives productive and satisfying. Despite the best of intentions and a lot of spending by parents, schools and the government, half of our nation’s recent graduates face unemployment, according to

In April 2012, Eric Strasser raised $60,000 to support production of the tiltpod— the first pocket-sized iPhone stand to take perfectly framed photographs anytime/anywhere. Later this year, Sylvia Marino and Cheryl Kellond, Co-founders of Bia Watch, raised more than $400,000 to help get their startup off the ground. Eric and Sylvia recently shared their experiences and suggestions with CareerFuel.

Tiltpod—Founder Eric Strasser characterizes this fundraising stage of development as “validation”....

 

“Revolutions happen fast, but dawn slowly.” This is how Jon Gertner characterized the innovation and resulting leapfrogs in technology that came out of Bell Labs (the research and development arm of AT&T) during the last century. I believe that crowdfunding for equity will follow a similar trajectory.

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Janet is a gal we love

Sent from an angel up above

To show the boys we can be halfbacks

She led the way at Goldman Sachs

First woman to ascend the sales throne

Janet paved the way for female hormones

 

Quick to see the value in a new thing called the internet

85Broads.com was a domain she had to get

Before the men at GS could ask “who let her do that”

An amazing network of women was begat

We jam...

It was great news for women (and hopefully tech) when Marissa Mayer, six months pregnant with her first child, was named CEO of Yahoo last week. She brings to the table her phenomenal background as programmer turned product person, working at Google from its early days. I hope that the buzz around her management skills, if true, inspires her to get the coaching she...

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When Larry Hardcastle entered law school in 2007, the job outlook was promising. By the end of his three years in law school, the picture had changed dramatically.  In 2011, only 55% of the graduating class of 2011 had found full-time, long-term jobs requiring a law degree within nine months of graduation according to a 

 

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Women account for only 3% of all high-growth startups, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research, yet we obtain half of all degrees. Women also access just 5% of capital, yet operate 30% of all...

If you are a small business owner or an aspiring entrepreneur you might be wondering what you need to know about the new crowdfunding law. If so, keep reading!

*The JOBS Act was signed into law on April 5, 2012. One of the Act’s provisions will allow startups to raise capital using crowdfunding. The basic idea is that entrepreneurs will be able to...

By AnnMarie McIlwain, Founder and CEO, www.careerfuel.net on March 9, 2012

My company, CareerFuel, recently placed two ads on Craigslist —one for a PR professional and another for a Film professional.  My ads were very specific regarding requirements such as camera and editing equipment, accuracy, etc.  Both advertised...