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The Wisdom of Oracle: Ellison Hits the Jackpot
It was after reading E.F. Codd’s paper called “A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks” that Ellison got the idea for his first product. Codd had been working at IBM on the new concept of a Structured Query Language (SQL). While successful, IBM didn’t see any commercial potential in it. Ellison, on the other hand, did.

How big should your business be?
Many independent entrepreneurs are content to be one-person companies. These people, called the "spare room tycoons," feel that it is more important to be ourselves than to be big, as long as our business is successful and we are prosperous. After all, history has shown repeatedly that one person can change the world.
How Big Do You Need To Be?
Should entrepreneurs aspire to creating another Amazon, Dell, Google, or Microsoft? Or, should we be content as a one-person company?
GETTING YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS
The nuts and bolts of effective media relations.
How honesty helped Gail Goodman to grow Constant Contact
Honesty is just one of the many attributes that has helped Gail Goodman to grow e-mail marketing solutions company Constant Contact. Today it has over 185,000 customers and last year added 100 new employees alone. Read more about how Gail Goodman started up and grew this successful business.
Venture Capital - Getting Ready
If you've ever wished you could sit down alone with an experienced venture capitalist and have them give you an inside track on exactly what they look for when funding projects, and how to give yourself an edge, this will be an important website for you.

AfriCap Microfinance Fund Attracts Notable Investors Including Nordic MicroCap, BlueOrchard and Gray Ghost, Raises Capital to $50m
AfriCap Microfinance Fund, established in 2001 as the first African private equity fund dedicated to the microfinance industry, has closed a second round of investment, raising its capital from USD 14 million (Sh 910 million) to USD 50 million (Sh 3.25 billion).

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Allstate Insurance
Founded in 1931, as part of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Allstate Insurance became its own public company in 1993, when it made history with the largest initial public offering ever in the country. Two years later, it became an independent company, and last year, it celebrated its 75th anniversary. Today, based in Northbrook, Illinois, the company has grown into one of the country’s leading personal insurers. More importantly, however, it has also become a model of community involvement and investment, demonstrating the possibilities and power of corporate social responsibility.

BUSINESS FINANCING -- To Be or Not To Be!
Over the years, there have been literally thousands of reports, articles, monographs, books, booklets, and courses written on the subject of "business financing." - Some are tomes of great wisdom; offering the reader insights into the technical mechanics of capital utilization, equity determinations, unsecured borrowings, time sales contracts, public stock issues, and loan applications. Others are 90% hype; offering the reader false hope, based on misinterpretation of fundamental financing techniques and principles.
Getting Started in Internet Marketing-A Beginner Resource
New comer's experience in the internet marketing might pose to be daunting and discouraging with possibility of untimely withdrawal from this medium of amazing success. In this article, I am going to offer you what you will need to scale through the initial challenges namely: positive mindsets, social networking, initial customers, time management and resource.

YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE-Warren Buffet Business Principle # 10
Of all the business principles that are promulgated over at Berkshire Hathaway, this one can have the greatest appeal and application for business entrepreneurs, large and small corporation contemplating a public offering as well as the start up company developing its business principles. Business Principle # 10 invokes the golden rule of business and the bottom line that giving business value can be done in varying relationships to getting business value for exchanges and sales, stock offerings, stock options and public offerings.
One Sentence to Establish Immediate Rapport
Making that connection is the most important thing you can do to lower or eliminate initial resistance and give yourself a real chance to see if what you're offering is a fit for the person you're speaking with. Here is the one sentence you can use that will give you the best chance to make that connection.
Communication and Business: Are You Sending Mixed Signals?
Offering resources is how we build community and make friends, while offering transactions is how we make money. If you’re offering one in the guise of the other, watch out: your mixed signals could be hurting your business in a big way.
Looking to Start Your Own Business
Starting your own business requires a plan and perserverence. After the initial hardships, the payoffs of starting your own business are worth any initial difficulties.

What You Can Expect To Pay To Start Your Own Online Business
If you want to start your own online business, no doubt you will want to know how much you can expect to pay to get started. Initial costs will vary and this article gives you some guidelines so you will have a good idea of what initial outlay is required.
Franchising as an Alternative to an IPO?
An attorney aske me if I offer franchise development as an alternative to an initial stock offering. Interesting. In response I wrote this article.
Facebook ...Where Friends, Enemies Gather
Facebook is out to change its ways for you because well it might have been just a tad over aggressive in following you follow your friends...just a tad. But they're going to make it all up to you by giving you more ads to make more money so they can do their IPO (initial public offering) to make even more money. Whether it's your company, you, your friends or Zuck's friends it's going to be fun to figure out who likes who and why.

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