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		<title>Entrepreneur Empowerment Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all Entrepreneurs, Creating a successful business model and business plan can be quite challenging. Do you want to learn how to increase your clients and revenue or increase product sales? Does your cash flow end before the end of the month? &#160; &#160; It can also be fun! &#160; The Entrepreneur Empowerment Series. These workshops provide professional training to entrepreneurs and business owners. The workshops<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1307">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Milken Institute Global Conference Launches</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought leaders, politicians and power brokers will all meet up in Beverly Hills next week at the Milken Institute Global Conference for discussions on how to make a positive impact in the world. What will they recommend to help create jobs, help startups and revivie the economy? Stay tuned and we will let you know.]]></description>
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		<title>The Technical Side of the MVP for Non Techs &#8211; Why You Need a Tech Team Member</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making Sure You Are Ready to Begin Building Your MVP &#8211; Study this article By Dr. Tony Karrer, use the links and you will be far ahead in building an MVP that actually does what you are expecting. The great thing about Tony&#8217;s blogs, as we have featured before, is that they are filled with links to all the other &#8220;terms&#8221; and &#8220;technical details&#8221; that<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1287">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Create Your Successful Business Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New workshop for entrepreneurs and business owners to develop and improve their business model. The purpose of the business model is to check out your assumptions as quickly as possible to ensure you are on the best path to success. For those serious about a Startup or working on their current business, an intensive workshop to develop your business model and business plan will help<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1282">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Building Your Mimimum Viable Product &#8211; Resources for the Non-Techical Founder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Startups take heart! There is help out there to get you up and going. Tony Karrer provides a wealth of information that all startups need to know. Developing you Minimum Viable Product, Defining your Metrics to test if you are on a good track, Finding Developers and deciding on the best way to proceed is all part of this story.  What&#8217;s really great is that Tony provides<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1278">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Most new U.S. businesses founded by people 40 and older &#8211; survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah McBride,  Reuters, February 28, 2013 The word &#8220;startup&#8221; might convey a technology-oriented company founded by a 20-something, but the reality is very different, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation and the online service LegalZoom. Most new businesses are founded by people aged 40 and older, and consulting is the single biggest business category, according to the report issued on Thursday, which was based<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1275">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Startup Entrepreneurs &#8211; Go For It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What you don&#8217;t know, you will search for. What eludes you, you will track and find. You are driven to create and build your dream. You are an entrepreneur. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy enough to change the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Posted on Steve Blank, February 19, 2013 “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1265">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Configure Your Startup Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Suster February 6, 2013.  I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team. My rationale is simple: everything goes wrong and only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Final startup grind from msuster How you build out your team in the first few years<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1258">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>5 Things for Startups To Do When Raising Capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomio Geron on the Forbes Staff gives these points in his recent article from Dave Samuel, cofounder of seed stage investment firm Freestyle Capital. His firm, founded four years ago, has invested in companies such as SimpleGeo, GoInstant, GetSatisfaction, TypeKit, CrowdFlower and 9Gag. The firm has had 10 exits including acquisitions by the likes of Twitter and LinkedIn. The firm, founded four years ago, invests at<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://www.launchamerica.org/?p=1256">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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