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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.

EB News of the Week – 2/13/12

* Happy Family.  Successful Startup.  Impossible?  [Inc] * Wannabe Entrepreneurs: Top Franchises for the Buck  [Forbes] * Google Testing Wireless Entertainment Device  [Businessweek] * 4 Social Startups On Track For A Monster 2012  [FastCompany] * Mark Zuckerberg’s Letter to Investors:  “The Hacker Way”  [CNNMoney]

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Emerging Business Seminar (Phoenix) – How To Create Strategic Value For Your Business

As the Great Recession (hopefully) comes to an end, business owners who survived are asking, “What is next?” Whether they plan to facilitate a liquidity event in the next year or grow the business over the next decade, the answer should be simple: “value creation.” If we have learned anything in recent years, it is […]

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EB News of the Week – 1/30/12

* Facebook Ready to File IPO  [CNNMoney] * What’s Hot in Venture Capital in 2012 [Entrepreneur] * This Is What All The Business Jargon Makes You Sound Like  [Forbes] * Inside the Entrepreneur’s Brain with the Start-up Doctor  [Inc] * Patents by the Numbers: Average Wait Time is Down, but Trolls Cost Us $80 Billion […]

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EB News of the Week – 1/23/12

* VCs Put Money In Bigger Companies in 2011  [Inc] * The Greatest Running Shoe Never Sold  [Businessweek] * Richard Branson’s Strategies For Success [Entrepreneur] * Private Equity Tax Bill Coming.  Again.   [CNNMoney] * SOPA is Dead  [Mashable] * Doctors:  Why We Can’t Stay Afloat  [CNNMoney] * Simple Genius: Chocolate You Customize From Modular Parts  […]

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