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Startup America NYSE Euronext Panel on the Environment for Startups
This blog originally appeared here.By Brian Waltermire, Co-Founder, Circcle, @BrianWaltermireGreat event this week at the NYSE. It was a half day event at NYSE, which is now closed to tourists, so was pretty cool to see it from the inside. I was previously here in 1999 at the height of the tech boom. There is still a small museum upstairs that highlights events since the inception of the NYSE.Startup America, Euronext and Travelers did a great job putting together a solid team to represent public, private, and government's involvement in helping to restart America's economy through small businesses. The head of the SBA attended as well as the CEO of NYSE Euronext, and the CEO of Travelers. It was good to hear that government...
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Empower your kids this back-to-school season with Peer2Peer Tutors
It’s back to school time and you know what that means…homework and tests. Today’s featured startup, Peer2Peer Tutors (P2P), is a Washington, DC-based company that provides one on one, low-cost tutoring, that empowers kids through peer connections.P2P offers tutoring in any K-12 subject including SAT prep, music lessons, and expert admissions consulting. P2P tutors make great role models for any grade and score in the 92nd percentile in SAT’s and have an average GPA of 3.8.P2P has over 107,000 hours of total tutor hours and 60% of P2P students experience a one or more letter grade increase on report cards.Learn more about how P2P can help your child this school year from Erik Kimel, Founder and Chief Strategy...
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How to Communicate the Value of Your Startup to Attract Investors
By Roland Jackman, Principal, Sizzable, @sizzableStartup-entrepreneurs often believe that it’s their cool-new-idea that’ll grab the attention and wallets of potential Angel Investors and VCs.Or they’ll calculate the size of their target market and run analyses of how much revenue their startup can generate by simply capturing X-percentage of that market.But that's not what investors want to hear.Cool new ideas really aren’t all that uncommon. And math . . . ? Professional investors are pretty good at running the numbers themselves.What investors want to hear . . . what they need to hear in order to crack open their checkbooks, is something far more basic---and yet, so rare.7 Experts Share how to Communicate the...
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Just Do It
This blog originally appeared here.By AnnMarie McIlwain, Founder and CEO, CareerFuel, @mcilwainaWomen account for only 3% of all high-growth startups, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research, yet we obtain half of all degrees. Women also access just 5% of capital, yet operate 30% of all small businesses.Why is this and what can we do about it? These were the central questions raised at an event I recently attended in New York City thanks to StartUp America— the We Own It Summit. The answers (as you might expect) were complex, but a common theme regarding confidence emerged. Several participants suggested that women lack the confidence to “think big” and, where necessary, to “go for the...
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"Startup Communities" by Brad Feld
This blog originally appeared here.A "publisher's draft" of Brad's latest book (release date in coming weeks) called "Startup Communities" appeared on my desk the other day. I just finished reading it.What an awesome book! Brad put to words what I've been grasping to codify in my mind for a decade or so now. Specifically, what makes Boulder (and as the name implies, other communities outside Boulder) what it is from a startup/tech standpoint!?! Part of the challenge was time; time needed to pass in order to come up with much of the framework (scenarios needed to play out, relationships needed to evolve, etc). The bigger challenge, however, in putting structure around something unwieldy is being able to see...
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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Olympians
By Adrea P., Startup America Communications Intern, @startupamericaEveryone loves Olympians. Gathered together before television screens across the country, we get goosebumps when they win and cover our eyes when they lose. We admire the tenacity of the athletes and applaud their grit and determination. We bask in national pride, inspired by these American heroes. However, it is entrepreneurs who have the most to learn from Olympic athletes. In fact, the skills needed to be an Olympian closely resemble those required to start a company. What can entrepreneurs learn from our 2012 Olympic athletes? A lot.Lolo Jones, Perseverance:Lolo Jones arrived at the 2008 Beijing Olympics ready to fight. As the favorite to win the 100-...
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Paying it Forward: America's Corporations & Next Generation Startups
This blog originally appeared on Huffington Post's Business Page. By Derek Holt, Managing Director, National Partnerships, The Startup America Partnership, @derekfholtAmerica's iconic brands all share a basic, often overlooked, attribute: they all began as a startup. GE, Ford, Dell, and every other company that is now a household name started as an idea, a business case, a great founder's vision. These visionaries not only created amazing companies and thousands of jobs, but helped improve life for people all over the world. They didn't stop there. They, like founders before them, made paying it forward to the next generation of startups a primary focus.Startup history is undoubtedly marked by the unspoken...
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Wow your audience with Big Fish Presentations
Are you tired of boring powerpoints with tons of text that put you to sleep? Kenny Nguyen, CEO & Founder of today's featured startup, Big Fish Presentations, was too.This Louisiana-based startup turns presentations into experiences. They design presentations that engage and reasonate with your specific audience, train clients on how to tell their story, and produce your story into a video for the big screen.Learn more about how Big Fish Presentations can turn your boring presentations into visually appealing and exciting experience from CEO & Founder, Kenny Nguyen.What inspired you to start your company?It was on a night of January 2010 where I attended a meeting for the Student Real Estate Association at Louisiana State...
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Five Reasons to Launch Your Startup in Hawaii
By Danielle Scherman, Founder & President, Social Wahines, @StartupHI and on Facebook. Startup Hawaii’s “Accelerating Hawaii’s Startup Innovation” conference, held August 4-5 in beautiful Honolulu, aimed to establish an accelerator community on the island, to encourage local young, high-growth companies to join Startup America, and to increase visibility of the Partnership, the region, and the importance of these companies to the economy.This two-day event was packed with invaluable information for Hawaii’s startups, and included a fireside chat with Steve Case (yes – the Steve Case, Co-Founder, AOL), multiple panel sessions and presentations from local government.Steve Case shared his list of...
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Helping women accomplish their goals
Today’s featured startup, GOTRIbal, is a community for women who are passionate about living an active and healthy lifestyle through endurance sports.This California-based startup helps women connect with and support each other to accomplish anything they dream of doing; running a 5k, starting a business, or asking for a promotion. GOTRIbal engages and excites women through the journey of endurance sports whether it is on or off the race track.Through the blog, weekly newsletter, and featured members, GOTRibal has been able to create a welcoming and supportive community that encourages and creates an “I’ve got your back” mentality for all that are part of it.GOTRIbal’s ultimate goal is for their members to...
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Exchange information easily with JAB
Are you looking for a place to easily access advice, recommendations and referrals? Today’s Florida-based startup, JustAskBoo, can help you do just that.JustAskBoo (JAB) is a community bulletin for thousands of subscribers (JABBERS) throughout several cities in the United States (Atlanta, Chicago, Palm Beach, Orange Co., Ft. Lauderdale, New York City, and Miami). It circulates several times a week to the users e-mail inbox. JABBERs use the newsletter to exchange information, advice, referrals, and more. It is also a great tool to promote fundraisers and events.Learn more about the free JAB Newsletter from its Founder and President, Boo Zamek.What inspired you to start your company?A clear void. A need for people who know each other...
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Your favorite city's food delivered to your door
Every city in the U.S. has a favorite and well-known food. Whether it’s pizza, coffee, or chocolate…each one offers a unique taste and flavor that has become popular by the by its residents.What happens when you move from that city but still crave those delicious foods? You sign up for GothamBox!GothamBox is a California-based startup that delivers a curated box of the best foods from your favorite city. It not only fills your stomach but serves as a nice reminder of your city. Sign up for yourself or give as a gift!Learn more about how GothamBox got its start from Co-Founder, Jonathan Chin.What inspired you to start your company?The GothamBox story is the combination of two fond memories. East to West Shawn, a Midwest...
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Recent News:
10/19/12 - Startup Communities Across the Country, Huffington Post (Startup America Partnership)
10/19/12 - Bonfyre partners with Powder Keg Conference 2012, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO & Startup IA)
10/17/12 - Food Waste In, Renewable Energy Out: Startup Re-Nuble Is Crowdfunding the Local Green Economy, Huffington Post (Startup DC)
10/17/12 - Powder Keg aims to blast Indy startups onto national scene, Indianapolis Business Journal (Startup IN & Startup MO)
10/17/12 - Featured Startup Pitch: Founded by a group of teachers with tech backgrounds, ActiveGrade seeks to fundamentally change the way grading is done in schools, Startup Beat (Startup IA)
10/03/12 - How Tory Burch Created A $2 Billion Empire In Less Than A Decade, Business Insider (Startup America Partnership)
10/01/12 - Voices of the Tech Community: What do Ecosystem Need? The Miami Herald (Startup FL)
9/20/12 - Entrepreneurs make pitches as Startup Maryland and its studio bus rolls into UMBC, The Republic (Startup MD)
9/20/12 - USF-led partnership awarded $1 million to launch new companies, Tampa Bay Business Journal (Startup FL)
9/19/12 - Startup Bus tours Maryland, stops in Baltimore area to promote entrepreneurship, Baltimore Sun (Startup MD)
Startup America at DEMO Fall 2012:
10/11/12 - Startup Connection: Nourishment for mind, body and soul, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
10/05/12 - The 14 Most Interesting Startups To Emerge From DEMO, TechCrunch (Startup CA & OR)
10/04/12 - St. Louis startups look to cash in on DEMO showing, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
10/04/12 - St. Louis’ Click With Me Now, Evtron Pitch At DEMO 2012, Techli (Startup MO)
10/03/12 - DEMO Gods: Birds, brains, and the best products of the season, VentureBeat (Startup CA)
10/03/12 - BRIEF: Stamford's eBrevia Wins Scholarship for Tech Conference in Silicon Valley [The Hartford Courant], Bloomberg Businessweek (Startup CT)
10/03/12 - LifeStyleFeed brings the Seventh Art to restaurant selection, VentureBeat (Startup DC)
10/03/12 - Playing recruiter: This startup pays you to find your friends jobs, VentureBeat (Startup DC)
10/03/12 - Don’t like checking your mail? MailGapp may have your solution, VentureBeat (Startup HI)
10/03/12 - Itography hopes to lure advertisers to location-based virtual collection game, VentureBeat (Startup TX)
10/03/12 - Weekend warriors: Track your fitness with Novusport’s social mobile sports game, VentureBeat (Startup TX)
10/03/12 - Today, birdwatching. Tomorrow, saving the entire planet!, VentureBeat (Startup CA)
10/03/12 - Demo Fall 2012: Creating More Focused Social Networks, PC Mag (Startup OR, DC, IA, VA)
10/03/12 - Demo Fall 2012: Business and Commerce Applications, PC Mag (Startup MO & Startup CT)
10/03/12 - Stamford's eBrevia Wins Scholarship for Tech Conference in Silicon Valley, The Hartford Courant (Startup CT)
10/03/12 - RecBob takes the work out of after-work sports, VentureBeat (Startup IA)
10/03/12 - Watch RecBob’s DEMO presentation at noon (Live stream), Silicon Prairie News (Startup IA)
10/02/12 - Meet The 8 Startup Winners From Startup America’s DEMO Contest, Nibletz (Startup TN, OR, IL, DC, CA, IA, CT, MO)
10/02/12 - Cut through the legal fog with computer-generated summaries, Global Reporter (Startup CT)
10/02/12 - Cut through the legal fog with computer-generated summaries, VentureBeat (Startup CT)
10/02/12 - Birdeez app flies toward birdwatchers' iPhones, TechHive (Startup CA)
10/02/12 - Bonfyre Takes on Private Mobile Sharing with New App Focused on Real Life, Not Newsfeeds, Herald Online (Startup MO)
10/02/12 - Three St. Louis startups launch products at California conference, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Startup MO)
10/02/12 - This Barrel Is Ready to Roll! Launching Our Tech Startup, HuffingtonPost (Startup DC)
10/02/12 - For big-ticket items, social shopping needs more screen-sharing, VentureBeat (Startup MO)
10/02/12 - Flite’s new Touch Ad Studio lets top publishers actually make money on mobile, VentureBeat (Startup CA)
10/02/12 - Bonfyre launches mobile app to combine private with social sharing, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
10/01/12 - CoPatient Launches Online Platform to Audit & Appeal Medical Bills on Behalf of Patients, Sacramento Bee (Startup OR)
10/01/12 - D.C. job-search start-up launching at DEMO in Silicon Valley, The Washington Post (Startup DC)
10/01/12 - D.C. at Demo: High School CEO debuts Hallway, The Washington Post (Startup DC)
09/30/12 - Hills Bank and Trust promotes four, The Gazette (Startup IA)
09/29/12 - RecBob wins Startup America contest, will pitch next week at DEMO, Silicon Prairie News (Startup IA)
09/13/12 - Click With Me Now wins a trip to DEMO, St. Louis Business Journal (Startup MO)
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