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In the Hunt: Entrepreneurs Who Have Made a Difference

MOST entrepreneurs gauge success in numbers like dollars and market share. Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson measures it, in part, in the words her son speaks and writes. Brent Bowers shares resources for entrepreneurs, small business owners and their ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Clinic (musician)

In the Hunt: Revisiting Entrepreneurs Who Ride the Economic Waves

J. Robert Hillier has been doing deals all his life, and whenever one falls short of his hopes, he always seems to have plenty of others to keep him busy. Since merging his architectural firm with a Scottish conglomerate in 2007, J. Robert Hillier has ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Princeton University

In the Hunt: Finding the Path to Success by Changing Directions

The path to entrepreneurial success is not always obvious. In fact, in the case of Scale Computing Inc. of Indianapolis, failure was the springboard. Brent Bowers shares resources for entrepreneurs, small business owners and their employees. Jeff ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  9 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Rube Goldberg,  Hewlett-Packard

In the Hunt: Is the Art of the Deal Ready for a Comeback?

The United States is ripe for a boom in acquisitions of privately held companies. Dennis Robertss company specializes in the sale of businesses with annual revenue of $1 million to $500 million. Brent Bowers shares resources for entrepreneurs, small ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  12 Aug 2009

In the Hunt: Fixing Up Foreclosures for Safety, Not Style

KEVIN CHANDLER and his business partner have seen the ugliness left behind in the foreclosed homes they have been fixing up in St. Paul: the garbage, the graffiti, rats, ripped-out copper tubing and once, water lapping up to the rim of the basement ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  8 Jul 2009

In the Hunt: In Pitching to Angel Investors, Preparation Tops Zeal

FOR entrepreneurs hoping to land start-up capital from angel investors, here’s what two recent studies found: Don’t get carried away when you pitch your product because the investors may lose interest faster than you can say “almost unlimited ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: FedEx,  Google Inc.

In the Hunt: Investors Pay Business Plans Little Heed, Study Finds

GO ahead and write that 50-page business plan about your fledgling venture if it helps you to focus. Just do not bother showing it to venture capitalists, because it will do nothing to improve your chances of getting financing. That is the surprising ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  13 May 2009
Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In the Hunt: Mining Entrepreneurial Skills That Already Exist

Entrepreneurial impulses can be stirred to life by the most unexpected influences. Brent Bowers shares resources for entrepreneurs, small business owners and their employees. In Donna Young’s case, it was culture shock. Ms. Young grew up on the ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  8 Apr 2009

In the Hunt: Paying Entrepreneurs to Find the Right Business

Jim Ellis and Kevin Taweel used a search fund to acquire a $6 million roadside assistance company with 45 employees that they built into the nation’s largest provider of insurance products to cellphone companies. Brent Bowers shares resources for ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  11 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Stanford University

In the Hunt: Upbeat on Cape Cod, Despite a Recession

Entrepreneurs are pragmatists, after all. And most did not go into business to make money but to call their own shots and have fun. Bruce Davis, owner of A to Z Animal and Pest Control in Cape Cod, Mass., made $178,000 shorting stocks, essentially ...

From BRENT BOWERS, The New York Times,  21 Jan 2009

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