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Home sales rose 10 percent in the Western region of the country in October, driven largely by first-time homebuyers racing to qualify for a tax credit that had been set to expire at the end of this month, according to two reports released Monday. Sales...
Tags: tax credit, sales rose, real estate, median price, Los Angeles, Entrepreneurship, Sales, Foreclosure, United States housing market correction, Mortgage, allnews, Business process, Business Finance
Business owners face the greatest challenges in the first 18 months in the life of a business. Typically those businesses that are not going to prove viable will fail during this start-up period. South Africa is a country where it is difficult to establish...
Tags: South African Revenue Service, small businesses, South Africa, Cape Town, Vacy New South Wales, allnews, Bank, Small business, Entrepreneurship, Private equity, Venture capital, Business Finance
Mark Ellwood, president of Pace Productivity Inc., in Toronto, has conducted extensive research on sales activities in multinational organizations across industries. He concludes that salespeople in any economy need to rethink their selling time. Ellwood...
Tags: Chapman Kelly Inc., Chicago, Selling, Business development, Marketing, allnews, Sales, Entrepreneurship, Business Finance
South Florida students featured in film about budding entrepreneurs Three teenage entrepreneurs delivered their elevator pitches to global audiences this week as cast members of a new documentary about young start-up starters. Nineteen-year-old Jessica...
Tags: University of South Florida, Jessica Cervantes, business plan, Macalee Harlis, Alex Niles, New York City, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment Culture, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Miguel de Cervantes, Mary Mazzio
On Wednesday, burgeoning women entrepreneurs were encouraged to build their teams, position themselves to impress investors and work on a strategy to access capital while the economy rebounds. They also received a glimpse of the successful business they...
Tags: women entrepreneurs, Suzy Welch, Atlanta, Entrepreneurship, Private equity
About 170 area students are expected to participate today in a learning seminar and business development competition sponsored by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization in San Antonio and a University of Texas at San Antonio development center. The seminar,...
Tags: entrepreneurship week, San Antonio, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship, Business Finance, Entrepreneurship, University of Texas at San Antonio, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Education
Laurie Silvers, co-creator of the SciFi Channel, wasn't immediately sold on the idea of starting the network, thinking that science fiction fans were ``nutjobs.'' That is, until she did a little research on the popularity of the genre. The Boca Raton...
Tags: science fiction, Pompano Beach, Entrepreneurship, Global Entrepreneurship Week
Deciding to go on your own Do you have the right personality for building your own business?...SMS provides data processing and software to hospitals and physician groups in the USA and around the world in over 20 countries. Macaleer and two partners...
Tags: James Macaleer, New York City, Entrepreneurial mindset, Knowledge entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Endeavor
Last year more than three million people attended over 25,000 events across the UK, and I am confident that 2009 will see those numbers exceeded. There is a huge variety of events, ranging from glossy launches in London, and an international convention...
Tags: businesses plans, United Kingdom, Harrogate, Youth, Social enterprise, Social entrepreneurship, Business Finance, Entrepreneurship, Social economy, Global Entrepreneurship Week
Exploring philanthropy, non-profits and socially motivated business, from the Gates Foundation to your donation...It takes two of the region's strengths -- its entrepreneurial streak and its humanitarian drive -- and forges interesting new hybrids.
Tags: Seattle Social, social entrepreneurs, Ashoka, youth ventures, Issaquah, International development, Microfinance, Bill Drayton, Muhammad Yunus, Entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneurship, Social economy, Social enterprise