Tuesday, December 30, 2008
By Jonathan Bart - Special to the Idaho Statesman; Edition Date: 12/25/08: More than 200 cheering primary-school students had surrounded our car as soon as we entered the small village in a remote corner of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Each time the camera flash fired they cheered more loudly and edged closer to the camera. By the third picture the cheers were deafening.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
(By Mark Solon - Special to the Idaho Statesman; Edition Date: 12/18/08) I've spent the bulk of my career investing in companies and interacted with hundreds of entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs. I've learned dozens of priceless lessons from them about building a business. Many of these lessons you can also find in the top business books.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 9:51 AM |
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
By Alex Kupper - Special to the Idaho Statesman, Edition Date: 12/04/08: The Web breathed new life into this homespun ornament venture.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 10:46 AM |
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Article written by BRAD TALBUTT of the Idaho Statesman: The man who helped establish a local presence for Microsoft is getting ready to start from scratch.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 1:56 PM |
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
By Len Frazier - Special to the Idaho Statesman; Edition Date: 11/13/08. Today's economic crisis has the potential to produce tomorrow's Apple, Microsoft or Google. Question: What do 1938, 1968, 1975, 1976 and 1997 have in common? Answer: They were all terrible years to start a company.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 8:48 AM |
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Move ahead with starting a new business, but don't cling to running it long-term; by Mark Solon - Special to the Idaho Statesman (Edition Date - 10/23/08): Let me ask you something: If your phone rang today and you discovered that your distant Aunt Sadie had passed away and left you her enormous fortune, would you open up an online trading account and start buying and selling stocks with your inheritance?
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 10:25 AM |
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
By Dan Aragon - Special to the Idaho Statesman; Edition Date: 10/16/08: Fifty bucks and the freshly emptied garage of my nondescript West Valley home - that's where every decent Treasure Valley success story begins, right?
If you would have told me then, as I looked around at those plain, white, unfinished walls, that seven years later I might legitimately affect the globe, I would have thrown you out. Proves you just never know, but there is only one way to find out.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 11:05 AM |
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
by Rick Hoover - Special to the Idaho Statesman; Edition Date: 10/09/08: My company, Computer Measurement Laboratory, is pioneering real-time software measurement technologies for security and reliability of software applications.
We wouldn't have the opportunity to pursue this technology without strong funding from the federal government. Through Small Business Innovation Research grants, we have solidly launched our company, and we are hiring additional employees.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 9:00 AM |
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
By Kathleen Haase - Special to the Idaho Statesman; Edition Date: 10/02/08: I moved to Idaho two years ago for personal reasons. I never expected to be a leader in starting a new industry here - one I believe will drive Idaho toward more economic diversity and provide more opportunities for jobs.
My background is in the film industry, and I'm able to use that experience toward helping numerous businesses get a toehold in the state's fledgling film industry.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 8:25 AM |
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
By Theresia W. Kituku - Special to the Idaho Statesman; Edition Date: 09/25/08; Starting any business presents challenges. Add an emotional element and the challenges can be not only exciting but overwhelming. When the opportunity to own and operate a child-care center presented itself after Easter Seals announced that it was closing The Growing Place, I accepted the challenge, unaware of just how difficult it might be.
| Posted by Shaun Shannon at 8:16 AM |
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