Small Business Entrepreneur Blog

AMES, Iowa — Due to the current economic climate, starting a new business in the new year might appear to be an impossible task. Many people are still uncertain about their finances and banks are more cautious about lending funds.

Howard Van Auken, the Bob and Kay Smith Fellow in Entrepreneurship at Iowa State University, knows that 2010 may not …

RALEIGH, N.C. (December 15, 2009) – Wake County’s small business owners – and those considering an entrepreneurial venture – will soon have valuable new resources at their fingertips. Wake Technical Community College announced today that it will partner with Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company to create the Wachovia Wells Fargo Center for Entrepreneurship at Wake Tech’s Northern Wake Campus.

Wachovia, …

The Entrepreneurship Cell [E-Cell] of IIT Bombay is conducting a reality show for budding entrepreneurs who have established their start-up and is giving them a unique opportunity to pitch their ideas to investors to receive funding from them.

This dynamic version of the conventional investor’s pitch called the Vulture’s Nest; is a competition starting from 10^th December whose …

I don’t have any statistics to argument, but I’m under the impression that young entrepreneurs might be less affected by the crisis and in fact I have the feeling that young entrepreneurs did start up a  lot of businesses during this period. But I won’t be writing about how young entrepreneurs do better in the crisis. I will write about …

Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting, Chairman and President of Planters Development Bank (Plantersbank) was named the Entrepreneur Of The Year Philippines 2009 in an awards banquet held at the Makati Shangri-La hotel last October 15. He was also presented with a category award as Master Entrepreneur 2009.

Amb. Tambunting was recognized for being a champion for the development of small and …