Blogs About "Entrepreneur"

In a recent YEC/Buzz Marketing study of young professionals, 79% of respondents were interested in entrepreneurship. Anyone, Generation Y or not, who read about Facebook’s suggested IPO market capitalization of up to $100 billion, garnering $28 billion of value for founder Mark Zuckerberg alone, could understandably...

Source: http://blog.startupprofessionals.com by Marty Zwilling on 4/8/11

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, does it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up? In reality, hitting large numbers of angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is...

Source: http://newventurist.com Posted by Admin on 8/4/11

Why are so few women in technology? Why is it that for every 10 men that I interview for my blog, I struggle to find one technology-oriented entrepreneur who is female? “Maybe women are more risk adverse,” says Deanna Bennett, a...

 Source: www.MarketWire.com in NewsRoom on 8/4/11

Applicants Accepted Before August 15 Invited to Join Fall Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Program

Astia, the premier venture accelerator for women-led high growth companies, opened its call for applications for companies to join the Astia Portfolio. Astia Portfolio companies benefit from the unparalleled programming, advisory services, investor connections and a...

Source: http://www.fortune.cnn.com posted at Postcards by Patricia Sellers on 8/1/11

Most women don't go for it, career-wise, like the guys do. Sukhinder Singh Cassidy breaks that mold. A onetime star at Google (GOOG), where was president of Asia-Pacific and Latin American operations, she has restlessly rotated through the startup world--from Amazon.com...

Source: www.HuffingtonPost.com Posted by Bianca Bosker on 8/3/11

GenJuice CEO Arielle Patrice Scott decided at an early age that she wanted to be the next Mark Zuckerberg.

Like Facebook CEO Zuckerberg, Scott co-founded her first company, InternshipIn, while in college. Unlike Zuckerberg's startup, however, Scott's venture...

I just found this great article which gives a very comprehensive definition of what a Virtual Assistant is and the services they can provide. Being a Virtual Assistnat myself I have often found it difficult to get people to understand exactly what my industry does and how it can work for them. Some individuals cannot get their head around the benefits that a VA can provide as opposed to...

I had feared this might happen from the day I began to rely on my computer for my work, the day I no longer had an IT department down the hall to support me. But like so many illnesses I walked around holding tight to the belief it would never happen to me. I paid for my preventive medicine, running virus scans with the same discipline I take my vitamins and...

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Female entrepreneurs are on the rise
By Jonathan Moules

Women are entering the world of entrepreneurship at a much faster rate than men, although their businesses have been much harder hit by the recession than their male-owned equivalents.

The latest start-up figures from Barclays...