Entrepreneur News - Mon Dec 19, 2011

Fremont entrepreneur launches new fashion app San Jose Mercury News His advice for would-be entrepreneurs? Get started, and keep at it. "You've got to be able to go through ups and downs," he said. "At Kaboodle, we went through a near-death experience. I didn't have money to meet the next payroll. ...

The 60-Something Entrepreneur: Can a Start-Up Pay For Retirement? The Atlantic A popular solution: turning to entrepreneurship as a way to pay the bills. Americans ages 55 to 64 started some 10000 businesses a month in 2007-08, more than any other age group, according to the entrepreneurship-focused Ewing Marion Kauffman...

Israeli entrepreneur becomes Mark Zuckerberg to fight Facebook Globes Israeli entrepreneur Rotem Guez has legally changed his name to Mark Zuckerberg in response to legal threats from Facebook. The 32 year old Haifa resident runs a website called "Likestore" which sells Facebook "likes" in bulk charging prices of NIS ...

Jose Rizal as farm entrepreneur Manila Bulletin By BERNARDO M. VILLEGAS MANILA, Philippines — As my small contribution to celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of our National Hero Jose Rizal, let me speculate on what could have happened if he had not been executed on December 30, ...

MPI signs entrepreneurs, record holders for EMEC 2012 in Budapest Focus on Travel News Those delegates needing to channel their entrepreneurial spirit will enjoy hearing from Sahar Hashemi, a British entrepreneur and the co-founder of Coffee Republic, who developed a £30 million turnover business. She first introduced the tea-drinking ...

When fishing isn't enough: solving social problems through entrepreneurship Cincinnati.com Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka, suggests, “Social entrepreneurs are not content until they revolutionize the fishing industry.” This statement raises at least three questions. What is a social entrepreneur? What does it mean to revolutionize the ...

Canadian Social Entrepreneur Creates an Online Platform for Social Innovators Justmeans A 25-year old Ottawa social entrepreneur, Kanika Gupta, has launched an online platform called Social Journal for young social innovators around the world. The platform is currently in a public beta form. In its final avatar it will play the role of a ...

PULSE Adopters Named Among Forbes' Top Social Entrepreneurs PR.com (press release) Broomfield, CO, December 18, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Forbes' list of the Top 30 Social Entrepreneursreleased last week includes PULSE users Acumen Fund, Root Capital, and Gray Ghost Ventures. The list was compiled by a panel of experts tasked with selecting ...

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