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The Question of Ethical Integrity and Social Reponsibility in a Startup 08 Mar 10

VIDEO Series: Seth Godin on Ideas that Spread, Win

March 8, 2010

VIDEO Series: Seth Godin on Ideas that Spread, Win

Today's video comes from the greater talent network, where Seth Godin, serial entrepreneur behind such businesses as Squidoo, Change This, Yoyodine and others, and author discusses what can effectively be called the concept of scalability in business, especially in terms of product advertising and marketing. Please note that, we've provided with you the longer version of [...]

Business Angels charging startups to pitch? Zero sum game.

March 4, 2010

Business Angels charging startups to pitch? Zero sum game.

BY F3FUNDIT Turns out there are groups of Business Angels (BA's) out there that charge entrepreneurs and startups to pitch. What? Yes you heard that right, Angels charge startups to pitch. These fees range anywhere from €1000 to €18.000 + 3% of the capital raised to pitch your company to a forum of Angels. What do you [...]

Europe’s entrepreneurial scene is Improving, however there is still work to be done.

March 3, 2010

Europe’s entrepreneurial scene is Improving, however there is still work to be done.

BY F3FUNDIT The word "entrepreneur" originates from early 19th century French, meaning one who undertakes an endeavour. However aside from the words origins Europe for a long time saw what in comparison to other global markets has been little activity in creating new Enterprise. Long established firms on the continent have for the most part ruled [...]

Three Methods to Ongoing Innovation

March 2, 2010

Three Methods to Ongoing Innovation

BY F3FUNDIT Innovation is an ongoing process that your company should be taking a strong stake in, and as an entrepreneur it should always be on your mind. Why? Because as long as you're working towards goals so are others, process improvements happen all the time, and new ways of doing things will always keep on [...]

Is your idea viable? Test the waters before jumping in

February 26, 2010

Is your idea viable? Test the waters before jumping in

BY JACEK GREBSKI This may be largely dependent on industry but, if you have the possibility to actually test out a concept before going into full scale business plan writing, development, quitting your job, do so. Clearly if you hold in your possession intellectual property (IP) that will cost a few hundred grand to develop, then by [...]

Free Consulting for Startups, you bet.

February 25, 2010

Free Consulting for Startups, you bet.

BY F3FUNDIT Free Startup Consulting? So you've got a problem, there's a process and you just can't seem to understand how to get around that process while keeping that something vital to your business model. You talk to your partners, they're stumped as well, friends and family can't help, and colleagues just don't have the time to [...]

Upcoming Biotech Conferences & Events 2010

February 25, 2010

Upcoming Biotech Conferences & Events 2010

It took some time, but we've put together a list of what we assume are the most relevant events and conferences for the Biotech Entrepreneur. We say relevant for the entrepreneur because we have left out conferences on clinical / drug development, medical conferences, etc... and if you think we missed anything let us know. BIO-Europe [...]

The Need for Competitive Intelligence

February 23, 2010

The Need for Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence? What's competitive intelligence? According to Wikipedia "Competitive intelligence (CI) is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors and any aspect of the environment needed to support executives and managers in making strategic decisions for an organization". Clearly though this defines any organization, however, it is typically interpreted as [...]

Podcast: Starting a Biotech Company

February 23, 2010

Podcast: Starting a Biotech Company

How do you start a Biotech Company? Good question, for the most part it's like anything else, you have a good idea, you write a business plan using a well defined guide, and then proceed to get things off the ground. But we'll let someone explain it better than we could, this podcast comes from Absolute [...]