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This is a great resource everyone should know about: The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) Entrepreneurship Corner is a free online archive of entrepreneurship resources for teaching and learning. The mission of the project is to support and encourage faculty around the world who teach entrepreneurship to future scientists and engineers, as well as those…
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Found a great article on VentureBeat on a new “incubator” program: The Founder Institute: The vision of the whole institute is to launch 1,000 companies a year. I set out with a macroeconomic goal, which was to help get us out of recession and go back to innovation by forming hundreds of companies in different…
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Found an interesting resource online for entrepreneurs looking for info on VCs: TheFunded.com is an online community of entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review funding sources worldwide. In addition, TheFunded.com allows entrepreneurs to view and share term sheets, to assist one another finding good investors, and to discuss the many facets of operating a business.…
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Video on YouTubeEugene Lin wanted some iPhone App Store money. So he made one iPhone app that was eventually accepted, then another that was rejected and then he found a hit with the racy Peek-a-boo. Along the way he learned the ins and outs of the App Store approva process and made quite a lot…
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Google Inc. said it may leave China after an investigation found the company had been hit with major cyber attacks it believes originated from the country — a move that would amount to a high-profile rebuke of China by a major U.S. firm. Read more at the Wall Street Journal online
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The registration deadline is fast approaching. I am a big fan and graduate of the WIBO workshop, and highly recommend it to aspiring entrepreneurs in the NYC area. via wibo.org – read more Founded in 1966 in Harlem, the Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) is a private non-profit organization that is committed to assisting men…
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// Apple (AAPL) got an early Christmas present, as its shares hit an all-time high on Thursday. The excitement over its much-anticipated tablet computer is growing, and word is a major launch event is planned for the device in January (keep an eye on San Francisco). Apple still hasn’t admitted to the project, but that…
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Investors’ appetite for hedge-fund start-ups is slowly returning. But managers typically are raising relatively small amounts and some are granting concessions on key terms. via New Hedge Funds Start to Emerge – WSJ.com.
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CMU’s Information Networking Institute is offering a full scholarship to US citizens who apply through the government’s Scholarship for Service program. Sounds interesting to me…only catch is working for 2 years with Dept of Homeland Security afterwards… but if you are considering a degree in computer network security seems like a win-win situation. Why choose…
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More students are looking to business schools for shorter and more focused alternatives to the M.B.A., with in-depth education in everything from science of management to international finance. Schools, in turn, are beefing up the specialty programs they already offer and adding more to keep up with demand. From the WSJ, Alternatives to the M.B.A.…
David Mantilla 