USA Calls Foreign Entrepreneurs

Found a great article on BBC Business about how the USA is encouraging entrepreneurs from foreign countries to setup their business on US shores! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8645319.stm)

A new law currently in the Senate aims to change the status quo.

In February, Senator John Kerry, the former Democratic presidential candidate, and Republican Senator Richard Lugar introduced the Start-Up Visa Act in the Senate.

The bill would create a new category of visa that allows any foreign citizen who is able to raise at least $250,000 from venture capitalists, or so-called “angel” investors, to come to the US.

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The Top Young Internet Billionaires

The internet has managed to produce some of the richest young billionaires ever, in a remarkably short period of time. Time and time again, the internet proves with the right idea, it is possible to accomplish what it has taken many decades of business to accomplish. Inspiration as ever!

The BBC compiled a list of the top young billionaires who made their fortune on the internet:

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BiWhizz TV – Episode One..

We interviewd BiWhizz a few months back and they have released a snippet from their show focusing on entrepreneurs and their experiences, have a look after the jump!

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Do Not Live Too Many Days At A Time

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.

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A Question of Business

Having unanswered questions about your business can affect its growth and eventual success and prosperity. These are some of the most important areas to consider, and you shouldn’t think you can leave the task of working out solutions to them at a later date, as it will only come back to bite you in the behind!

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How Poor We Are – Different Perspectives

A short motivational story examing the perspective of poverty and how things are always different from another person’s point of view. Take favour in what you have and do no long for what others have; note your achievements but still strive for further goals. Stay inspired!

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SMB – The Virtual Office

In times past gone, long past gone being a business and not having a physical business office would have had you laughable and ridiculed. Today, however, it is a viable  option for start-ups and an accepted way of conducting small business.

Communication and its tools have come a very long way in a very short amount of time. Improved communication means it is possible to work from almost anywhere. The small business owner can have a professional video conference with a CEO of a multi-national and its all perfectly normal in these times.

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Motivating Yourself When Running A Small Business

Running your own business is a great feeling in the beginning, you cannot wait to get up in the mornings and get back to making a success of what is you do. Maintaining this ‘get up and go’ attitude is a different prospect altogether. How do you keep yourself motivated? … Continue Reading

Be A Human Being and not A Human ‘Having’

So often we try to create our identity with what we have, with our possessions and our position, yet our identity is actually created by our behavior, by what we do and more importantly by how we do what we do. What really matters is not what you have got or the position that you hold, but who you are and how you behave.

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Short Story – Belief ; the First Step to Realisation

A motivational piece about self-transformation, belief and dreams.

Dreams… I believe in my dreams, talk about my dreams, think about my dreams, plan for my dreams, create opportunities for my dreams, and I see myself already in my dreams.

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10 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Online

A lot of business owners still feel a website is something they can do without… oh dear

1. Low Capital / Start Up Costs

You can get yourself online for pennies these days. With low-cost professional hosting available in 3 clicks and the advent of open source web content management systems such as WordPress you can be up and running in a relatively short period of time.

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Will Smith – Running and Reading is The Key To Life

Two brilliant inspirational videos from hollywood actor Will Smith. Using the lessons he has learned in his journey he sees the key to life as ‘running and reading’

When you run, there is a little person that’s telling you your tired.. learn to defeat that person and you will never quit simply because things get hard.

Read. There are a gazillion people who have lived life before you had problems and wrote down solutions. There is no magical new problem you have in life. Read

Will Smith

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Motivational Story – What is Success?

We have all defined success by the jobs we hold, the money we make, most importantly the things we own have defined us at some point in our lives. I am still chasing the dream but in a different way.

All our lives we have been told that we must work toward something. Whether it be good grades, a career, our goal has always been to make it happen and growing up, we have been groomed to chase the dream. Let’s be honest! Nobody’s mother ever told them, “Honey I want you to waste away your life watching the grass grow.”

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Steve Jobs – Inspirational Speech

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer gives a stirring, emotional an inspirational speech urging graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself . (Stanford Universtity: 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.)

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Forming Small Strategic Alliances

Forming relationships and partnerships with other start-up businesses is a tactic that small businesses have used for many a year, as it presents many interesting opportunities.

The simplest way small businesses can prosper from having a business relationship is cross referral. In the sense that,business 1 recommends business 2 to customers for certain services and business 2 in turn does the same, by referring its customers to business 1. This is a simple referral circle.

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