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http://istart.org/ The Leading Community for Business Plan Competitions

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:30:43 +0000

Do you run business plan competitions? Well this link is for you: http://istart.org/ . The iStart Web site is the leading online community for business plan competitions. iStart began as studentbusiness.com – the big idea of three Harvard University students, who have since graduated and gone on to launch even bigger ideas.

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Resources, tips and more ..

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:07:06 +0000

Welcome to “The Connector”. Your one-stop portal sharing the latest goss(ip) on free stuff, competitions and more, mostly geared towards your new or existing business.

Care to share yours? Email tips@theconnector.co.za and have your resource shared with the world.

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Pitching your business can be sexy ..

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:56:58 +0000

We all need to pitch our business idea multiple times. Pitching for funding, loans, clients’ etc. These guys made their pitch uber sexy and I plan to take some lessons from it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a22T27rU4b0

There are other videos on YouTube on pitching, take a look and get an idea on what [...]

Frugality does pay, and it’s not about being cheap!

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:17:19 +0000

I’ve read many articles on starting up your business and one of the themes was that of “frugality”. I think this really kicks in when:

the money you have invested into your business starts running out your investor wants an account of every single penny you have more than one business partner

My tips [...]