Emerging Business

EB News of the Week – 7/16/12

* From $200 Million to $500K: Lessons Learned From Digg’s Slow Demise  [Entrepreneur] * DocuSign Raises $47.5 Million in VC Funding  [Inc] * 5 Sure Signs A Startup Firm Will Succeed  [Forbes] * The IPO Market Closed After Facebook – That’s  A Good Thing(?)  [Businessweek] * Battle Armor: Dispute Ensnares Entrepreneurs  [WallStreetJournal]

July 16, 2012 | 1 min read | Tagged: Body Armor, Digg, EB News, IPO, Start-ups, Trademarks, Under Armour, Venture Capital

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 6/25/12

* Small Businesses Remain Wary of IPOs  [WallStreetJournal] * Jim Collins:  Be Great Now!  [Inc] * Small U.S. Manufacturers Give Up On “Made In China”  [Businessweek] * Startup Accelerator Fail: Most Graduates Go Nowhere  [ReadWriteStart] * 3 Tips For Overcoming Your First Failure  [Entrepreneur]

June 25, 2012 | 1 min read | Tagged: Accelerators, EB News, IPO, Manufacturing, Overcoming Failure, Succeeding in Business

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 1/2/12

* Small Businesses Are Optimistic…Sort of  [Wall Street Journal] * Facebook Poised to Lead Biggest U.S. Internet IPO Year Since 1999 [Businessweek] * Why Young Entrepreneurs Should Make New Year’s Resolutions  [Entrepreneur] * Top 5 Tech Predictions for 2025  [Inc] * How To Become A Billionaire by 33: Don’t Hire Salespeople  [Forbes] * It’s Always […]

January 2, 2012 | 1 min read | Tagged: Facebook, IPO, Sales, Silicon Valley, Small Business, Technology

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 12/5/11

* Did Your Parents Make You An Entrepreneur? [Inc] * America’s Most Promising Companies – The Top 20 [Forbes] * Marc Andreessen On The Potential Promises of EdTech Investments [FastCompany] * Facebook Targets Hugo IPO [WSJ] * Could the U.S. Government Start Reading Your Emails? [CNN]

December 5, 2011 | 1 min read | Tagged: EB News, Education, Email, Entrepreneurs, Facebook, IPO

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 9/5/11

* Raising Entrepreneurs [Wall Street Journal] * iSucceed: Companies Inspired by Apple [CNNMoney] * Is the FDA Killing Innovation? [Fortune] * #1 Cause of Startup Death?  Premature Scaling  [Forbes] * Demo Day’s Coolest Ideas [Inc] * Phoenix Among Leaders in Job Growth [Phoenix Business Journal] * The Worst Month for IPOs in a Decade [Wall […]

September 3, 2011 | 1 min read | Tagged: Apple, Entrepreneurs, FDA, IPO, Phoenix

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Brian J. Burt Partner