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June 5th, 2008

Are you a woman business owner on the rise?

Entrepreneur Magazine and the Women Presidents’ Organization have launched a search for the 50 Fastest-growing women-owned or women-led companies in North America!
The competition finds the 50 Fastest™ women-owned/women-led companies in North America. Companies will be ranked according to revenue growth from 2003 to 2007. The Top 50 fastest-growing companies will be publicized in the […]

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January 21st, 2008

Techstars offering $15,000 in startup assistance

TechStars is offering 10 slots to be mentored this summer to grow your startup, plus award up to $15,000 in seed money in their annual contest.
Winners will need to spend most of their time in Boulder with the TechStars staff. Winners have full use of TechStars’ offices, access to legal advice, and are able to […]

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January 14th, 2008

Dell offering Small Business Excellence Award

Win $50,000 in Dell solutions by entering its Small Business Excellence Award. Any small business that demonstrates technology innovation to benefit customers has a chance to win.
Call for entries for the fifth annual U.S. Dell/NFIB Small Business Excellence Award start today through Feb. 29, 2008.
For a description of the award criteria, rules and regulations, award […]

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December 24th, 2007

Get $10,000 worth of help with a Visa Business Breakthrough

Visa is helping small businesses with a new contest that will help a business owner with it’s toughest challenge with it’s new contest: The Business Breakthrough.
To enter, you need t write a 500 word or less essay on how you think your business can be more efficient in one of five categories: Marketing, Technology, Finance, […]

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December 12th, 2007

The best business advice

If you’ve been following the b5 media Business Channel’s recent Apprentice-style contest, you already know about Kay, but if not, please read all about her and my team (The Pros) answers over here.
But for more times than I can count, the Pros lost again to the Aces, so now the rules have changed and individual […]

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December 3rd, 2007

New contest for entrepreneurs and start ups

With holiday shopping in full swing, Wild Women Entrepreneurs (www.thewildwe.com) is hosting a holiday contest for entrepreneurs and small business owners to make their requests to Santa on YouTube with the Twelve Days of an Entrepreneur’s Christmas at http://www.12WildDays.com.
Sometimes even the jolly ol’ elf himself is unsure what to get the small business owner […]

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November 30th, 2007

How will you handle your success?

If you’ve been following our b5 media Apprentice contest, you know that Kay and her little start up business is getting quite successful.
But that’s led to some problems…
Find out more over at Behind the Buzz who’s hosting this week’s challenge.
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November 22nd, 2007

Thinking of Starting a Business, Let Intuit Help with the Costs

If you’ve been thinking about starting a new business, but have been holding back due to finances, Intuit’s new contest may be for you.
Intuit is launching a new campaign, “Just Start.” This campaign will give aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to win a cash and support to start a new business.
Submit your entry via […]

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November 8th, 2007

Starting a business on a limited budget.

Kay just started a new business marketing apron’s and chef’s hats for children. After other expenses, she has $500 to spend on a marketing campaign - she doesn’t know if she should take out an ad, hire a PR person, start a website or what. What do you recommend as the best use of her […]

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October 15th, 2007

Contest: Win a Free Pass to the Women’s Media Summit

I’m a big advocate for using public relations to get publicity, to build your brand and to make yourself the recognized expert in your field.
And when your just starting up, it’s even more important to get a coveted article on the pages of your local newspapers.
So how do you do it? You need […]

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