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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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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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

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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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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SWOT – An Invaluable Business Tool

When hearing famous stories from well known entrepreneurs, you often hear the flippant – “we went with the flow, and things worked out.” These people are a rarity, hence their popularity. Most successful businesses have done well because they have planned effectively.

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88 Ways to Market Your Website, Product or Service

This list was compiled by Aaron Hoos. His blog is a valuable resource so head on over there. You can follow him on twitter @AaronHoos

1. Submit online articles: Submitted articles drive traffic to your site when they are distributed to blogs and e-zines, but they also position you very well, especially if they come up in natural searches. Outline 24 articles and write two per month.

2. Create press releases: One of the best ways in 2010 to get business information distributed online. Go with a site like PRWeb.com and pay for a higher tier distribution.

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Hiring A Freelancer – Points to Consider

Hiring a freelancer can be a great solution to overload of work, a particular problem or a way of diversifying and offering services beyond your normal scope. However, it also presents some risks; as unfortunately not all who claim the title of ‘freelancer’ are the professionals we take them to be.

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Pros and Cons of Starting Your Own Business

Was having a chat with a friend the other day and when they asked me how I liked running my own business – I spouted out all the great things about doing what I do. Then I walked away and realised I had probably painted an undue rosey picture about the whole thing. Running your own business has its advantages and its disadvantages.

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Quote – Stewart Johnston – Life & Business

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves, to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. – stewart johnston

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What Business Should I Start? – Part 1

Most of us have known for a loooong time that we wanted to start / own our own businesses and be free from ‘The Man’ – and most of us, failing a eureka moment have for a similiar time been sitting there thinking what business should i start!

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