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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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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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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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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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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Interview – Entrepreneur Focus – Chidozie Ukaigwe

Interview with Chidozie, a young London Entrepreneur and co-founder of BiWhizz. Lucidry managed to catch up with Chidozie, a young London entrepreneur. We found time to talk about entrepreneurship and got an insight into one of his many upcoming ventures; Lots of detail and tips in there – enjoy!

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The Simple Start Up Business Checklist

Hi all, today we have an interactive checklist which I hope will help all in setting up a business.

Here is a simple checklist which I hope will prompt you to think about the different facets of starting up a business and taking it from that crazy idea in your head to the finished product. If anybody has any boxes or suggestions or amendments please let me know and ill get them added on as soon as possible.

How many of these have YOU ticked?

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Why Write A Business Plan?

Many small business owners and entrepreneurs have taken the first footsteps in their journey without a business plan and have since seen no reason to take the time to construct one. A business plan is a living, breathing and organic document – open to growth, revision and correction.

If you haven’t taken the time to construct a business plan, hopefully this article will convince you to do so…

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Peter Jones’s 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success

Leading businessman and TV personality Peter Jones reveals the behaviours you need to adopt in order to achieve entrepreneurial brilliance.

Interesting video and points raised and some of it is highly motivating.

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The Robin Hood Tax – 0.05% Bankers Tax to raise $400 Billion for the Poor

Robin Hood Tax (once before known as the Tobin Tax) is a proposed tax on bankers to the sum of o.05% that would raise an estimated $400 billion to tackle poverty and climate change, at home and abroad.

The supporters of the tax assert that if governments took a tax of 0.05% from international bankers’ transactions, it could generate hundreds of billions of pounds every year – that could stop cuts in crucial public services at home in UK, and help fight global poverty and climate change.

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Importance of Branding with Branding Expert Brian Hoff

A great gem for you today; Lucidry managed to catch up with Brian Hoff of the popular branding and graphic design blog – Design Cubicle. We found time to talk about the branding, its importance, techniques, considerations and its importance to business owners. Lots of detail and tips in there – enjoy!

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Business Cards – Get Them! Use Them! – 6 Great Examples

Business Cards have been around for a very long time, a very very.. very long time. However, for some reason they remain largely unchanged? Yet, they shouldn;t and do not have to be!

Aesthetics are highly important. Is your business card, stylish? elegant? modern? crisp? well-made? Or does it feel like a flimsy piece of paper? look rushed? cheap or ancient? I personally have never understood why many people have the back of their business card blank! Are you telling the world there is nothing more you could say? you do not have a strap-line, sales message, picture, quote, offer.. something? to go on the back..

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The Five Biggest Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make

Informative and interesting short talk by entrepreneur Jerry Kaplan. He discusses what he feels are the five biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make from time to time. Personable, and intriguing he talks about equity, goals, ego and resource management.

A must watch for all of us going forward.

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