start ups

NEW ORLEANS (Press Release – January 13, 2012) – With today’s ever-challenging economy and difficulty for college graduates to find work, many students are choosing a less traditional path to success and employment.

With help from business competitions, like the Tulane Entrepreneurs’ Association Business competition, which partners with the Domain Companies New Orleans Entrepreneur Challenge, much-needed start-up capital is available to graduates ready to enter the workforce with a good, viable idea.

PHOENIX (Press Release – January 6, 2012) – As part of its ongoing commitment to cultivating start-ups entrepreneurship and providing start-ups the tools needed to stay and grow in Arizona, the Arizona Commerce Authority, joined by Governor Jan Brewer and ACA Co-Chair Jerry Colangelo, officially opened “Innovation Forward,” a cutting-edge entrepreneurial center in downtown Phoenix.

Reading, UK (Press Release – January 4th 2012) -B2B PR and web marketing consultancy EvokedSet is launching a new PR package specifically aimed at helping start-ups to cost-effectively generate a media profile and boost online visibility.

The EvokedSet Start-Up PR Package delivers a right-sized approach for start-ups looking to kick-start their priority PR and communications activities, including honing messaging, maximising online presence, and creating newsflow opportunities.

PHOENIX (Press Release – January 3, 2012) – Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), financial partner to the innovation sector and the premium wine industry, is expanding its operations to Arizona, creating hundreds of well-paying, financial sector jobs in the state over the next few years.

SVB will open a new IT and operations facility in Tempe in 2012 to support its continued growth. Arizonans will benefit from 220 jobs and millions of dollars invested into the state’s economy.

The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, which begins on January 9th, will be one of the largest trade shows ever, as start-ups and industry giants alike unveil their latest products in Las Vegas.

(Press Release – October 17, 2011) – Cambridge Wireless has announced that in addition to pitching to 25 leading venture capitalists, angels and industry investors, all entrants to this year’s Discovering Start-Ups competition will get the chance to network with over 300 delegates from over 20 countries at the 2012 Future of Wireless International Conference next June www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/futureofwireless.

Internet start-ups are using a variety of nonstandard financial approaches to spin their results into a more favorable light.

Some American start-ups are going abroad to raise capital because domestic markets aren’t available to them.

Ashton Kutcher, who rose to fame by playing a handsome ditz, is known as a smart early investor in Internet firms.

Some companies want talent so badly, they buy start-ups for their employees and then jettison the products.