Young entrepreneurs get tips from Facebook-Twitter
Facebook and Twitter stars shared lessons learned with young entrepreneurs aspiring to be the next hot technology firm.
Internet
Oct 25, 2009
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News tagged with business plans
Engineered microbes can produce biodegradable plastics at lower cost and environmental impact than plant-based plastics
If you look up from your screen and glance around you, it's nearly certain that there will be something made of synthetic plastic within arm's reach (maybe even the clothing you're wearing). Humans have only been manufacturing ...
Biochemistry
Apr 23, 2020
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Bioeconomy innovations: tough starting up
A German blog on innovations management estimates that between 175 and 3,000 ideas are needed to bring just one product or service to the market. Venture capitalists assume that only one out of ten investments pays, says ...
Economics & Business
Oct 5, 2016
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Business CEOs call for raising retirement age
An influential group of business executives is pushing a plan to increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and to partially privatize the health insurance program for older Americans.
Business
Jan 16, 2013
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Netflix and beyond: new ways to watch TV, movies
(AP) -- The DVD-by-mail service Netflix built its business on will soon be known as Qwickster. The rebranding follows Netflix's decision to split its DVD rental business from its online streaming service, a move that raised ...
Telecom
Sep 19, 2011
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Far away, yet so near: App lets kids, distant loved ones read together
Helping military families enjoy story time together was the inspiration for Caribu, an app enabling children and their loved ones far away to read together.
Software
May 10, 2017
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Student entrepreneurs' new app keeps politicians in touch with voters' views
This could be the last Election Day that any of us have to hear candidates outline a platform without knowledge of where their voters really stand on the issues, if University of Virginia students Tara Raj and Garrett Allen ...
Software
Nov 4, 2014
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Study finds female entrepreneurs are discounted because of their gender
Starting a new business is challenging under the best of circumstances, but for female entrepreneurs, the uphill battle can be particularly steep.
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2015
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Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois economist warns.
Other
Jan 23, 2009
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Icahn boosts offer for Dell
Corporate raider Carl Icahn and his allies boosted their offer for troubled US computer giant Dell, and repeated their call for shareholders to reject a $24.4 billion private equity buyout.
Business
Jul 12, 2013
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