Business

Can You Develop Entrepreneurs?

May 20, 2011
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With so many tech start up companies doing well, many people in the industry have started to create development programs.  In these programs they bring together people who are creative and hungry to create things that are new and ahead of the curve.  They hope with the simple lessons and tools that they provide them [...]

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Do Secondary Stock Exchanges Work?

May 20, 2011
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Yesterday LinkedIn made their first initial public offering.  Previous to this initial public offering general investors were able to buy their shares on secondary stock exchanges.  This IPO validated the value that secondary exchanges can add. Private exchanges take LinkedIn victory lap By John Letzing, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — LinkedIn Corp.’s dramatic first-day splash [...]

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What Is The Outlook For Private Investments?

May 19, 2011
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After going through the global financial crisis many investors are finally starting to feel positive about private investments. Forecast for private investment With the recent economic slump private investors face a tumultuous financial climate and the forecast for the finance industry is still uncertain. In the wake of the financial crisis the World Economic Forum [...]

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Private Equity Firm Buys Digital Billing Company

May 19, 2011
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The private equity firm Cerberus Capital recently bought Regulus.  Regulus is an automated billing service. A Private Investment Firm Picks up Regulus, J&B for $137 Million In a deal that underscores the growing importance of electronic billing and presentment, New York City-based private-investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to buy the Regulus and J&B [...]

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Should Microsoft Also Buy MyWidz?

May 13, 2011
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Microsoft recently made the large purchase of the online telephone company Skype.  It came out after the transaction was done that Skype was in talks to purchase MyWidz before they started talks with Microsoft. How One Swedish Startup Was Almost Acquired By Skype, Pre-Microsoft Deal By: Robin Wauters Exclusive – Earlier this week, Microsoft dropped a bombshell [...]

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Will The Government Support Small Business?

May 12, 2011
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Small business funding has a been a hot topic lately.  Recently some online private stock exchanges have popped up.  In many cases people feel that the regulations needs to be changed on small business funding.  The question is how do they change it and what type of impact will it have. SEC May Make Small [...]

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Bay Area Angels Are Back

May 11, 2011
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A group of angel investors based out of the Bay Area have started up their old gig.  They used to meet in Marin to give clients 15 minutes to pitch their new projects.  They have started this process again because of all of the success in the technology and internet businesses. After 10-year hiatus, angel [...]

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Is Private Equity Going Global?

May 11, 2011
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With globalization being a fact we have seen an increase of global investing by private equity firms.  Many of these companies are trying to lay the foundation for the next couple of decades and are trying to be ahead of the curve. Private Equity Preps For ‘Seminal’ Transition In Global Economy By Christopher Chung Emerging [...]

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Helping Private Businesses Get Funding

May 7, 2011
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The company Equidity is helping many private companies that fly under the radar get the exposure they need to large amounts of capital.  There are a lot of private companies that have large revenues and great business models that do not seem to attract the attention of funding groups.  Many of these large investment groups [...]

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Are Private Companies Creating The New Jobs?

May 6, 2011
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In the month of April private companies led the way with creating new jobs.  This is a good sign, private and small businesses need to get back on track and start hiring again. Private firms boost US jobs data Private companies boosted US employment figures as they took on 244,000 new non-farm staff in April, [...]

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