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3/21/13
Staff / Loans.org
3/6/13
Daryl Nelson / Consumer Affairs

 

How many budding entrepreneurs have this dream?

You just came up with a new app under the company that you and you buddy started a couple of summers ago in-between semesters. At first, the app was formed on a good idea, but there were major technical glitches to repair and a couple of user features to improve on. more...

3/4/13
Associated Press / Yahoo Small Business Advisor

 

JUMP IN LENDING

Citi's small business lending rose 21 percent to $9.6 billion in 2012, surpassing the bank's $8 billion goal.

Citigroup Inc. has pledged to loan a total of $24 billion to small businesses over a three-year period. It promised the money in 2010, alongside the Small Business Administration, as part of a push to improve access to lending for smaller companies and help the economy recover from the recession. more...

3/1/13
Chad Brooks / Business News Daily

 

The majority of new entrepreneurs are funding their ventures out of their own pockets, a new study finds. more...

2/28/13
Sarah McBride / Reuters

(Reuters) - The word "startup" might convey a technology-oriented company founded by a 20-something, but the reality is very different, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation and the online service LegalZoom. more...

2/28/13
Elaine Pofeldt / Forbes

 

Small business owners may be risk takers, but that doesn’t mean they plunge into new businesses overnight.

A new survey by the Kaufman Foundation and LegalZoom found that 60% of the entrepreneurs contacted spent six months or more working on their idea before forming a business entity, and more than one third spent over a year. more...

2/28/13
Carol Tice / Forbes

 

Despite the lumps and bumps of our economy in recent times, brave entrepreneurs continue to take the leap and start new businesses.

Who are these intrepid souls? A new survey of over 1,400 new business owners from The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, The Startup Environment Index, sheds some light on last year’s startup climate.

Here’s a snapshot of last year’s new businesses — who formed them, how they were funded, and how they performed: more...

2/28/13
Kathryn Dill / Inc.com

 

A new survey provides a detailed picture of what kinds of people are starting companies.

Mention "entrepreneurs" and you may conjure up the image of a gaggle of college-aged Zuckerberg clones, each outfitted in an identical hoodie.

But the Startup Environment Index, a survey of nearly 1,500 people who founded businesses last year released this morning by the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, paints a more nuanced picture of the oft-characterized group. more...

2/28/13
Catherine Clifford / Entrepreneur

 

Entrepreneurs have to be risk-takers, to be sure. But that doesn’t capture the whole picture. Many are also planners. more...

2/28/13
Gabrielle Karol / Fox Business

 

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom on Wednesday released their 2012 Startup Environment Index, detailing the experiences of 1,431 entrepreneurs who opened businesses using LegalZoom in 2012. more...

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