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WSJ Quietly Drops Entrepreneurs; Still Provides Stories

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments · General Thoughts

Today’s WSJ has an interesting article about a small business/entrepreneur in trouble. It turns out the story by Simona Covel is worth reading as it highlights how an entrepreneur made it through some tough times by radically shifting his core products.
As noteworthy as the article and the insights it provides are, the section that it [...]

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WSJ Looks at BPLAN Contests

December 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Business Plans & Competitions, Entrepreneurship Programs, General Thoughts, Students

The WSJ  covers business plan contests – though their writer, Kelly Spors, didn’t call me. They highlight the growth of plan competitions outside of the university environment.
“Many of the newest contests aren’t hosted by colleges, but rather by product makers and Web sites courting small-business owners and by investment firms or nonprofits trying to spur [...]

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Spirit of Independence

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Entrepreneur Profiles, General Thoughts

Small Business Blogger Wendy Bounds of the WSJ has a nice blog post (and book promotion) on a small pub in what I think is upstate NY. Her new blog is meant to uncover the independence and importance of small biz…
This spirit of independence, and the potential money to be made from it, is what [...]

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