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Every year, the folks at Entrepreneur Magazine name an Entrepreneur of the Year. They’re looking for a person who makes a positive impact and improves their industry, employees, and community with a combination of ideas, leadership, and vision. The deadline for entries this year is June 15, so you’ve got plenty of time to enter [...]

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Maria Torres, Program Manager; Celina Solis, Gigi Paquette, Nina Taylor, Greg Magie, Barbra Nelson, Silas Denny, Carolyn Elliot, Jarred Partridge, Margarita Solis, Susan Coyle, and Instructor, Polly Mertens. (not pictured Reena Plant)

Designed for entrepreneurs who are either starting a new business or growing an existing one, Palo Alto Software’s Start, Run & Grow Your Business: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship course is currently being taught at colleges and universities around the country. This course takes students through the process of conceiving, creating, managing, and growing their own [...]

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Recession Successes

by Steve Lange on October 7, 2009

It’s always difficult to keep an upbeat view during hard times, and to remember that there are always opportunities for those who look close enough. Still, without those doggedly incurable optimists, we would still be plodding along without the benefits of some iconic inventions. A list of Recession Inventions: Success Stories in Bad Times, was [...]

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Dissecting Entrepreneurs

by Tim Berry on July 10, 2009

Ah yes, research. You want the truth? Study the research–or so we all seem to think. But then the first thing you do, with any research, is look at how the data were compiled. And take it all with a grain of salt. I saw a good example yesterday, in this post by Steve King [...]

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