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The Convention will kick off at 10:00 a.m. with an opening ceremony and ribbon cutting featuring performances from 75 international dancers and color guards with city officials and delegates in attendance. Another Convention highlight is its roster of dynamic speakers from the faith and business communities. Keynote addresses will be provided by Pastor Che Ahn of Harvest Rock Church; Dr. Michelle Corral Breath of the Spirit Prophetic Word Center; Pastor Art Aragon of Heritage Family Fellowship; Dr. Walter Koch of Centro Diplomatico; Dr. Nathaniel Brooks of Nate Brooks & Associates; and Ametta Tolley Edward Jones Investments. The two-day event will also present workshops on topics such as the challenges facing the church, community and law enforcement; expert advice for Christian ent...
... entrepreneurs on securing business funding for start-up ventures; navigating the worlds of sa...
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of North Texas System Board of Regents today voted to approve a proposal to develop a new M.D. degree program at the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC). The M.D. program will be an independent fifth school in addition to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, and School of Health Professions. Approval comes upon completion of pre-approval requirements the Board of Regents directed UNTHSC leadership to accomplish at the Regents' November 2009 meeting. The requirements were to secure all necessary start-up funding from the community, establish a business plan for the new school, ensure commitments to secure a strong future for all existing...
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ELLSWORTH - The Washington Hancock Community Agency has been awarded a $150,000 loan and $37,500 grant from USDA Rural Development's Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program. Under the program, funds are provided to an intermediary who "re-lends" it to entrepreneurs and offers technical assistance. WHCA was one of eight organizations in seven states that was selected for the funding. Often times a small business or start up needs capital to purchase computers or help with the leasing of office space to get off the ground," said U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in a statement announcing the award. "This program not only provides funding for those types of needs, but it also comes with technical assistance that many budding entrepreneurs find extremely helpful as they make decisions important t...
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As Adams Fellow, [Alain R. Piette] is the lead person of the start-up company SpaceForm, Inc. the new company is headquartered in TechTown, Wayne State's urban research and technology park located in the New Center Area. Piette is involved in business start-up, customer development, capital funding, technical planning and technology transfer.
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A Madison start-up has pulled in $500,000 of funding to develop an electrolyte that a group of high-level scientists thinks will make batteries and other storage devices much more efficient and safer. Silatronix LLC raised the money in March from Venture Investors and will receive another $500,000 if it meets certain milestones, said Winslow Sargeant, a managing director at Venture Investors.
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Built on the resource-based view of the firm, this study addresses two major research questions: (1) what resources are salient in entrepreneurial discontinuance; (2) To what extent, does the impact of resources on the odds of discontinuance vary across the nature of startup between high technology and non-technology? These questions are examined using 830 nascent entrepreneurs from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED). Overall, we find that not all resources are equally salient, especially when comparing technology-based and non-technology-based nascent entrepreneurs. With the exception of education and managerial experience, human capital has limited influence on discontinuance. Our results lend no support for our social capital hypothesis. Financial capital significantl...
... discontinuance are multiple-the funding may not have materialized, the prospect became les...
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Utah's rural small businesses may soon have a new source of funding for start-up and expansion costs. The Utah Business Lending Corp., a South Jordan-based nonprofit corporation, has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office for funding that will allow it to issue micro-loans between $10,000 and $50,000 to businesses outside the Ogden-to-Spanish Fork corridor.
