Emerging Business

About this Blog

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 – 11/21/11

* And the Most Innovative Entrepreneur Is… [WSJ] * Startup America and The Idea of The “Silicon Prairie” [Inc] * Sean Parker and Jim Breyer Predict the Industries Social Media Will Reinvent Next [Forbes] * The End Is Near For Angel Investors? [Inc] * Web Hosting Troubles?  How One Company Found  A Solution By Building […]

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Emerging Business Seminar (Phoenix) – How (and Why) To Create A Corporate Succession Plan (Dec. 7th)

Business owners spend countless hours attempting to grow and maximize the value of their companies. Few, however, create a plan to extract that value in an orderly and predictable process. Failure to create a comprehensive succession plan will, at best, ensure that money is left on the table when the business is sold or otherwise […]

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EB News of the Week – 11/13/11

* The Billionaire Business Owner’s Playbook [Forbes] * How To Launch a New Product: Lessons From Google+ [Inc] * Ease Regulations To Revive Venture Capital [Businessweek] * This Week in Bots: When Buck Rogers Became Real [Fast Company] * Choosing A Minimally Viable Co-Founder [OnStartups] * 5 Business Books You Can Really Use [CNNMoney] * […]

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How To Market Your Company On The Internet – Emerging Business Seminar Debrief

It was another standing room only crowd at the S&W Emerging Business Seminar on How To Market Your Company On The Internet.  A special thanks to my guest speaker, Ken Bonham of Lucid Agency. Key takeaways: * Understand the social media/internet trends:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SuNx0UrnEo Web 1.0 – is a standard brochure website Web 2.0 – is […]

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Emerging Business Seminar (Phoenix) – How To Market Your Company On The Internet (Nov. 2nd)

In our increasingly digital world, companies are reallocating large portions of their business development budgets to Internet marketing. It is not about simply spending more money, but rather deploying those dollars in ways designed to produce significant and measurable ROI. How can a business owner develop an Internet marketing strategy that will be effective both […]

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