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Entries from November 2007

Older Partners? Good or bad?

November 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Funding, General Thoughts

While I don’t think I would go for an 80 year old partner, entrepreneurship is for people of all ages. Over at DailySlop, they’re talking about what age an entrepreneur should or should not be.
BTW, it is worth thinking about… as a campus entrepreneur, can you find an older partner/investor/advisor and what benefits might that [...]

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Visited Dana Lande Onsite

November 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Campus Eco-System, Campus as Market, Entrepreneur Profiles, Entrepreneurship Programs, Students

Yesterday I spent some time with Dana Lande and members of her team at their office. Dana is an entrepreneur who launched her venture at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business (btw, her logistics intern and lead financial person are from UMD).
Her business (Dayna Designs and DaynaU) is based out of her [...]

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Crushpad wins Vator.tv’s Wine Comp

November 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Business Plans & Competitions, Entrepreneur Profiles, Funding

Okay, so this is a total pr piece, but these are some fascinating businesses (both Vator.tv and Crushpad).
Here is the video for crushpad and here is from the press release,
Crushpad, the urban winery that is democratizing wine making, today announced that it has been selected the winner of the 2007 Wine 2.0 Business Plan Competition [...]

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USC Named Best Entrepreneurship Program

November 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Entrepreneurship Programs, Students

Found this via DailySlop.com — “The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine has named the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business as the nation’s top graduate program for 2007.” A link to the article in school’s newspaper.

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