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• For entrepreneur, app a day keeps the doctor away - South China Morning Post (subscription)

  17-06-2015 23:35
  
  South China Morning Post (subscription)
  For entrepreneur, app a day keeps the doctor away
  South China Morning Post (subscription)
  As the mainland authorities invite private investors into the medical sector, a huge amount of capital has flooded in - some of it going to online services and mobile phone apps. At the end of last year, the mainland had more than 2,000 apps related to ...
  
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• Entrepreneur gives UCSF $4.5 million for malaria eradication - SFGate

  17-06-2015 23:23
  
  SFGate
  Entrepreneur gives UCSF $4.5 million for malaria eradication
  SFGate
  Billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker has given money for medical research, including allergies and cancer, and now has turned his attention to malaria with a $4.5 million gift to UCSF to tackle the global health issue. The Napster ...and more »
  
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• Clean Energy Entrepreneur Tom Matzzie Named Finalist in EY Entrepreneur of ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  17-06-2015 21:55
  
  Clean Energy Entrepreneur Tom Matzzie Named Finalist in EY Entrepreneur of ...
  PR Newswire (press release)
  WASHINGTON, June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethical Electric, a renewable energy company providing 100 percent renewable energy to customers across eight states and the District of Columbia, today announced Founder and CEO Tom Matzzie was ...
  
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• Successful BC immigrant-entrepreneur program in limbo - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

  17-06-2015 21:44
  
  The Globe and Mail (subscription)
  Successful BC immigrant-entrepreneur program in limbo
  The Globe and Mail (subscription)
  A program that helps Asian immigrants start small- and medium-sized businesses in British Columbia, creating hundreds of jobs and injecting tens of millions of dollars into the local economy, has wound to a close. The “Business Immigrant Integration ...
  
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• Consumer tech space catches this serial entrepreneur's fancy - Business Standard

  17-06-2015 21:30
  
  Consumer tech space catches this serial entrepreneur's fancy
  Business Standard
  After selling AppLabs, an independent software testing company with 2,500 professionals, to Computer Sciences Corporation in September 2011 for Rs 1,200 crore, giving 10 times return on investments to Series-A investors such as Westbridge and Sequoia ...
  
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• One Entrepreneur's Plan to Transform Africa - Knowledge@Wharton

  17-06-2015 21:25
  
  One Entrepreneur's Plan to Transform Africa
  Knowledge@Wharton
  Fred Swaniker is an entrepreneur and leadership development expert making a huge social impact in Africa, where he founded the African Leadership Academy, the African Leadership Network and his latest effort, the African Leadership Universities. Named ...and more »
  
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• NYC unicorns among city's top entrepreneur winners recognized by Ernst & Young - New York Business Journal

  17-06-2015 21:00
  
  New York Business Journal
  NYC unicorns among city's top entrepreneur winners recognized by Ernst & Young
  New York Business Journal
  Among the 15 New York entrepreneurs recognized with an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award were a couple of newly minted members of another exclusive club where the only requirement is a billion-dollar valuation: the unofficial unicorn club.
  
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• EY announces winners for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015 New York ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  17-06-2015 19:45
  
  EY announces winners for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015 New York ...
  PR Newswire (press release)
  NEW YORK, June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- EY is pleased to announce the winners of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in New York. This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous winners ...
  EY Announces Award Recipients for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015 ...Business Wire (press release)
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• How One Entrepreneur Started Her Eco-Conscious Clothing Line - Huffington Post

  17-06-2015 18:14
  
  Huffington Post
  How One Entrepreneur Started Her Eco-Conscious Clothing Line
  Huffington Post
  At the beginning of her sophomore year of college, Bijal Shah returned to the University of Pennsylvania with some decorative pillows she made over the summer. She'd seen the couches in her dorm, and they needed a little something. "Back then, I was ...and more »
  
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• June 17: Entrepreneur's Connection at William and Mary - Daily Press

  17-06-2015 14:47
  
  June 17: Entrepreneur's Connection at William and Mary
  Daily Press
  The Entrepreneur's Connection, a "gathering of like-minded folks interested in the pursuit of entrepreneurship," is meeting 5:30-8 p.m. today in Miller Hall at William and Mary's Mason School of Business. Graham Henshaw will lead a discussion on crowd ...
  
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• Entrepreneur and CultureIQ® Invite Businesses to Apply to 2015 Top Company ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  17-06-2015 12:07
  Entrepreneur and CultureIQ® Invite Businesses to Apply to 2015 Top Company ...
  PR Newswire (press release)
  IRVINE, Calif., June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspired by the success of companies ranging from Zappos to The Container Store, high-value workplace culture has become an increasing priority among entrepreneurs eager to fuel productivity, scale growth ...and more »
  
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• After turning 50, Charlotte woman becomes first-time entrepreneur - Charlotte Observer

  17-06-2015 12:03
  
  Charlotte Observer
  After turning 50, Charlotte woman becomes first-time entrepreneur
  Charlotte Observer
  Juanita Tackett became the first woman to franchise an LED Source nearly three years ago after deciding to go into business for herself. She opened an office in a business park on Monroe Road and employs two salespeople, with plans to add two more ...
  
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• Video: What it Takes to be a Woman Entrepreneur - City Limits

  17-06-2015 11:57
  
  City Limits
  Video: What it Takes to be a Woman Entrepreneur
  City Limits
  Small businesses are valued by more than their customers. They're seen as part of the unique commercial fabric of neighborhoods, and as a way for people excluded by—or just tired with—the corporate economy to enter the marketplace. And women are ...
  
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• 3 Critical Fears Every Entrepreneur Must Overcome - Fast Company

  17-06-2015 11:10
  
  Fast Company
  3 Critical Fears Every Entrepreneur Must Overcome
  Fast Company
  Striking out on your own is a huge risk. In order to succeed you have to make friends with these three types of fear. By Shawn Porat. Starting a business requires a mastery of skills: In addition to technical knowledge and familiarity with your ...
  
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• Is it time for 'Entrepreneur of the Year' to inject some profits into Unilife? - Sydney Morning Herald

  17-06-2015 08:55
  
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Is it time for 'Entrepreneur of the Year' to inject some profits into Unilife?
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Unilife, the ASX-listed retractable syringe maker headed by colourful Irishman Alan Shortall, is finally getting the recognition it deserves. The company announced that it has been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2015, in Greater ...
  
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• Young Entrepreneur Credited With Inventing Unique Safeguard Against Sexual ... - CBS Local

  17-06-2015 05:38
  
  CBS Local
  Young Entrepreneur Credited With Inventing Unique Safeguard Against Sexual ...
  CBS Local
  RANCHO PALOS VERDES (CBSLA.com) — A young entrepreneur is being honored Tuesday in Beverly Hills for finding a new way to protect women against sexual assault. Crystal Sanchez, 18, created the Guardian Locket, a unique safeguard worn around ...
  
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• What does it take to be an entrepreneur? - CNBC

  17-06-2015 05:26
  
  CNBC
  What does it take to be an entrepreneur?
  CNBC
  As entrepreneurship increasingly drives the global economy, we took a look at the factors that helped some of the world's top self-starters. Trusting your gut is key to success, the founder of one of India's largest private lenders recently told CNBC.
  
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• Four essential Cs of a startup entrepreneur - Economic Times (blog)

  17-06-2015 04:54
  
  Economic Times (blog)
  Four essential Cs of a startup entrepreneur
  Economic Times (blog)
  Over the years, I have had the chance to informally meet many entrepreneurs both in India and overseas. More recently through the launch of Wipro Ventures, Wipro's $100-million (`640 crore) fund focused on new age technologies, these interactions have ...
  
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• [What is an Entrepreneur?] Besides, I gave them fire - YourStory.com

  17-06-2015 04:12
  
  YourStory.com
  [What is an Entrepreneur?] Besides, I gave them fire
  YourStory.com
  Stanley Kubrick's celebrated film 2001: A Space Odyssey has no spoken word for the first half hour of the plot's progress. The breath taking, richly eloquent, visually poetic and deliberately slow film begins with the chapter – 'The Dawn of Man', which ...and more »
  
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