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Proposal to President Barak Obama: Stimulate the economy by providing a tax offset incentive for accredited investors for every $25,000 they invest in a start up or early stage company, their taxes in that year are offset by that reduction in income, not when it is a loss, but now. This will create Jobs and bring Innovation to the marketplace with such a force our economic recovery is guaranteed.

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News is out, NBAI is in the top 50 angel groups in the US and is actively investing. 5 companies received investment this year through their pitch investor events. Many more have received capital from LAUNCHfn’s early stage venture capital services.

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Bootstrapping is critical to the success of a startup and early stage companies. Here are 10 tools that can help a company survive a tight economic time until they can raise their early stage capital and find angel investors to invest.

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You can find capital in this economy if you do everything you can to be where the investors are. Includes recording from radio show where each of the 4 sources of angel investors is discussed in detail.

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UPDATE:   2/14/08
I want to address the original title: Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Fail…more thoughts .  Don’t think the number is that high.  99% of entrepreneurs don’t fail.  99% of those that don’t learn how to shake their amateurism fail.
I posted this as a question on linkedin via the Q&A section and received great responses.   Posting them [...]

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A recent press release from the SBA highlighted some of the key initiatives that are under way to help small businesses who are struggling with existing SBA loans as well as get new capital flowing into the market for small businesses.   The full press release can be found here: http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/wi_milwaukee/credit_thaw.pdf
Just a few thoughts regarding the [...]

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I’m part of the “I am an Entrepreneur” group on Facebook.   I got a post from Ross Hill regarding an accumulation of discussion points submitted from the group over  a week’s period of time regarding how to get folks to follow you on twitter..or better what people do wrong.    Since joining Twitter and integrating it [...]

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As I get more involved in the world of twitter, trying to make it a tool for business and productivity, I seek interesting key messages that aren’t just about someone having a great cup of coffee…although I do like a good cup of joe myself.   
Below is a terrific video that is simple, short and inspiring [...]

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