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The Emerging Business blog is designed to provide entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies with useful news and information on various topics of interest. Brian J. Burt, a partner in Snell & Wilmer's Phoenix office and Chair of the firm's Emerging Business Group, serves as moderator of this blog.

Emerging Business Seminar (Phoenix) – How To Raise Capital Under the JOBS Act

The JOBS Act is designed to make it significantly easier for startup and emerging growth companies to raise capital by, among other things, removing certain historic securities law restrictions and legalizing “crowdfunding.” Snell & Wilmer invites you to the next program in the Emerging Business Seminar Series, where Brian J. Burt and Nick Varela will […]

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EB News of the Week – 4/2/12

* The End is Coming: January 1, 2013  [Businessweek] * 7 Entrepreneurial Lessons from “Shark Tank”  [Fast Company] * 15 Ideas for Keeping Your Employees Happy  [Inc] * The Entrepreneurial Failure of Blackberry Maker Research In Motion  [Forbes] * Big Firms Mentor Start-Ups on their Image  [Wall Street Journal]

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Arizona Ranked #1 For Startups

If you are interested in starting a new business, you might want to consider Arizona!   According to a recently released Kauffman Foundation study, Arizona had the highest entrepreneurial activity rate of any state in 2011, with 520 out of every 100,000 adults in Arizona starting a business last year.   [Phoenix Business Journal]

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