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Got a Start-up Idea? Find Out If It Will Work

20 November, 2012

Original post by Matthew Bellows via Inc How do you choose which idea to turn into full-fledged business venture? Here’s one method to choose your best idea. Now is a great time to start a business. Technology is cheap. Funding is more availablethan ever. There’s a bevy of new tools available and online resources that didn’t exist five years ago. Most importantly, society […]

Berlin startup scene gets nod from Google

15 November, 2012

Original post by FRANK JORDANS via The Seattle Times Berlin’s budding Internet entrepreneurs received the closest thing to an industry endorsement Tuesday, with a (EURO)1 million ($1.3 million) investment from Google Inc. for a new `hub’ where startups can work, play and meet investors. Berlin’s budding Internet entrepreneurs received the closest thing to an industry endorsement Tuesday, […]

Go Daddy Goes Mobile: Domain Hosting Giant Bumps Up Its Business Services With Mobile Website Builder And Mobile Commerce Option

15 November, 2012

Original post by INGRID LUNDEN via TC Go Daddy has for a while been building out its domain registering and hosting business into business services to create new revenue streams to compete against the likes of Google and Amazon in serving the small/medium business sector, and today that strategy took a mobile turn, with the launch of […]

One Statistic That Should Convince Every Small Business To Get On Instagram

15 November, 2012

Original post by Max Nisen via BusinessInsider Even with a relatively small number of followers, Instagram can create a big impact for businesses. That’s what SumAll, a New York-based data analytics startup, found when they added the ability to track data from Instagram to their existing suite of social media and sales data tools for small businesses. Though they’ve only […]

Singapore’s ACE starts USD12.3M entrepreneurship education program for schools

15 November, 2012

Original post by Terence LEE via Sge ACE, a private-public organization promoting entrepreneurship in Singapore, has unveiled recommendations for a structured entrepreneurial education program in schools. It will be implemented in secondary schools, junior colleges, polytechnics, and Institute of Technical Education (ITEs) colleges. Broadly speaking, the new program, which will cost the government SGD15M (USD12.3M), combines theory […]