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Posts Tagged with "entrepreneurs"

Advice to unemployed college graduates

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a jump in the unemployment rate to 10.2 percent. Some economists think we could be looking at 10.5 percent by early next year. Given these grim forecasts, how do you counsel recent college graduates and others entering the job market for the first time in this employment climate? [...]

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37 Signals valuation tops $100 Billion

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Alert: 37signals is now a $100 billion dollar company, according to a group of investors who have agreed to purchase 0.000000001% of the company in exchange for $1. Founder Jason Fried informed his employees about the new deal at a recent company-wide meeting. The financing round was led by Yardstick Capital and Institutionalized Venture Partners. In order to [...]

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Interviews with entrepreneurs on NPR website

Friday, September 28, 2007

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Check out this series of interviews with entrepreneurs on the NPR website. The series is called From Scratch. I enjoyed the interview with Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse (the famous Berkeley restaurant), and champion of “Slow Food”, good eating, organic farming, and enjoying food in the company of friends.

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More money for European Web 2.0 companies

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

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The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports: “Investors directed at least $464.2 million into 101 Web 2.0 deals worldwide in the first half of the year, according to a report released Monday . . . Overall, the number of global Web 2.0 deals climbed 14 percent in the first half, the report said — but [...]

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