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iStart Launches New Profiles Features
Ruhe Thom
8/15/2011
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iStart, the leading online community for business competitions, has added some valuable functionality that makes it even easier for aspiring entrepreneurs to tell the story of their great idea.

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Medical device startup has a more powerful tool to target blood vessel plaque
Glenn Brandon
8/11/2011
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A medical device startup with a better way to penetrate coronary artery blockages plans to use a Third Frontier grant for human testing of the device, followed by application for FDA clearance.

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Medical device startup launched by home designer with an idea
Glenn Brandon
7/27/2011
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Medical device startups often are created out of the entrepreneur’s desire to solve a medical problem. It’s no different with Continental Dry Works and its male urinary incontinence product, The Pocket.

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Who should own ideas for innovation in healthcare?
Healing Innovation
7/14/2011
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More hospitals are realizing the profitability of medical device licensing in the healthcare business. Read more on intellectual property ownership in hospitals.

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Are entrepreneurs destined or nurtured to start businesses?
OConnell Brian
6/30/2011
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Can entrepreneurism be taught? A new Babson College study on what influences startup business owners says it can.

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Embrace capitalism, says Whole Foods CEO
OConnell Brian
6/6/2011
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In the classic sense, Whole Foods isn’t a traditional healthcare company, nor a conventional one. But maybe that’s why it’s so successful, CEO John Mackey says.

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Think you have a great idea for a new co? Then go find talent to join you.
Lesa Mitchell
5/23/2011
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There is a myth out there about the sole entrepreneur who has the idea, starts the company and gets rich.  While there might be cases where this does happen – more frequently there is a team...

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Black Innovators and Entrepreneurship
Ruhe Thom
5/19/2011
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Startup America Partnership CEO Scott Case was asked about women entrepreneurs’ lack of access to venture capital. Case said one challenge facing both women and minority entrepreneurs is “they’re not visible to us.” As a result, Faye Anderson launches "The Innovators" website.

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Can healthcare business owners save cash with consultants?
OConnell Brian
5/16/2011
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Do healthcare business owners risk the financial health of their companies by acting as “lone wolves” on big decisions? This new study says “yes” -- but has a solution.

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Health IT offers large opportunity, says Lux Capital’s Foster
Weintraub Arlene
5/12/2011
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Health IT, innovation and business models are some of the topics addressed in this Q&A session with Richard Foster, a new partner at venture capital firm Lux Capital. Read more for his views on the future of health IT and his advice for new entrepreneurs.

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