Four start-up ventures from South Florida take home cash prizes in Florida International University’s Entrepreneur Challenge Business Plan Competition.
Labels: Education, Florida International University Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, Product / Service News

10 teams of entrepreneurs from South Florida were named finalists with concepts including Honey Project, USA, an international youth owned social business designed to market and sell imported African honey in an effort to help eradicate poverty in rural Africa.
Labels: Financial > Venture Capital, Florida International University Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, Venture Capital News

Warrior Networks to offer VPN, authentication, wireless, content-filtering and endpoint security services
Labels: Technology, Warrior Networks, Joint Venture News

Sports Venture Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based fund of funds manager, today announced that it has re-branded and will immediately begin operating under its new name, Granite Hall Partners, LLC.
Labels: Financial, Sports Venture Partners, LLC, Financial News

Sports Venture Partners, LLC today announced the final closing of Sports Venture Partners Real Estate I (“SVP RE I”), a private real estate fund of funds, with total capital commitments from individual and institutional investors of approximately $32 million, exceeding its targeted fund size by nearly 30%.
Labels: Financial, Sports Venture Partners, LLC, Financial News

When the votes were tallied, the working people of America picked a Union Pacific Locomotive Engineer from Minnesota as the quintessential American Worker for 2008. The “Search for the American Worker 2” competition was sponsored by the Working Person’s Store of Lakeville, Indiana, and Carolina Shoe Company.
Labels: Transportation and Logistics > Railroads, The Working Person’s Store, Venture Capital News

Prepayment penalties can be substantial to borrowers, as well as attractive profit protection for lenders. Borrowers need flexibility, while lenders seek yield preservation.
Labels: Real Estate, The Real Estate Capital Institute®, Financial News

Among “hot” online retailers, WorkingPerson.com is now officially one of the “hottest”; Internet Retailer magazine has picked the work apparel and footwear e-retailer for inclusion in its Hot 100 Best Retail Web Sites annual issue.
Labels: Retail > Apparel, The Working Person’s Store, Venture Capital News

Despite real estate debt market turmoil, overall equity yields for income properties remain near 40-year-lows. While bargain-hunting abounds in the residential arena -- particularly new condominium developments in overbuilt metro areas, investors still crave for high-quality, income properties. While the mode is cautious and selective, funds are readily available as public funds, private capital, foreign buyers and tax-exchange players aggressively hunt for Class-A properties -- assets with strong cash flow and upside potential.
Labels: Real Estate, The Real Estate Capital Institute®, Financial News

Given this late summer's tumultuous realty capital markets and property oversupply concerns (e.g., retail and residential), borrowers are often puzzled about how new construction loans are underwritten.
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Ingenuitor, Inc. is listed as Dow Jones Mobile Technology Summit top 25 wireless companies
Labels: Healthcare, ingenuitor, Product / Service News

Regardless of technological change, the basics remain the same - all communications are filtered by the five senses of seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and tasting. No small wonder that American business spends billions every day targeting the senses. And, the rules for reaching those senses are changing dramatically.
Labels: Real Estate > Commercial, The Real Estate Capital Institute®, Financial News

Merchants Barter Exchange, the fastest-growing and most respected national trade exchange in America announced today that it has engaged Baron General Capital to assist with its ongoing business opportunities as well as support in evaluating strategic growth alternatives, including a global expansion and foreign stock exchange listing.
Labels: Financial > Venture Capital, Merchants Barter Exchange Inc., Financial News

Veteran retailer Stephen Antisdel pulled no punches in his presentation at the Internet Retailer Conference in San Jose last week. Speaking on the last day and final session of the conference, he stressed the need for attendees to differentiate their offerings and focus on providing superior service in niche markets.
Labels: Retail > Apparel, The Working Person’s Store, Venture Capital News

Museum On The Go, the worldwide first portal for download of digital museum objects to mobile devices has dedicated a new section to the famous collection of the Alinari National Museum of Photography. Images from photographers like Alinari, Brogi, and Wulz are available for download to mobile phones in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Labels: Entertainment, SKSCOM AG, Venture Capital News

With e-commerce sales growing by over 240% in 2006, WorkingPerson.com has landed a spot on Internet Retailer magazine’s 2007 Top 500 report, Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers based on annual 2006 Internet sales, researched by Internet Retailer and confirmed by retailers. This report includes company financial, operational and performance data, as well as vendors in 16 key categories.
Labels: Retail > Apparel, The Working Person’s Store, Product / Service News

Printo, India’s first retail printing brand, announced the launch of its 4th and largest Bangalore store at Whitefield. The Whitefield outlet is 4th in a chain of 200 stores which the company will roll out across India over the next three years. The next store is expected in Malleswaram by end May.
Labels: Retail > Consumer Electronics, Printo, Venture Capital News

Following sales growth of over 300% in 2006 in the Company’s Internet and B2B sales channels, The Working Person’s Store (www.WorkingPerson.com) is pleased to announce the appointment of William C. Feeley as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
Labels: Retail > Apparel, The Working Person’s Store, Venture Capital News

Honestech, Inc., a leading developer and marketer of digital video and Internet Protocol (IP) software technology for multimedia content on PCs, handheld devices and phones, will preview five new products at RetailVision Spring 2007 to Top – 100 retailers, e-tailers and catalogers. The new products, targeting the growing consumer created content market, provide easy to use tools for novice bloggers, backpack journalists, and animators for creating, editing, formatting and transmitting via Internet Protocol (IP) their own user-generated content to blogs, web sites, social networks, and content libraries.
Labels: Technology > Computer Software, Honestech, Inc., Venture Capital News

Radiant Capital Advisors (www.rcafx.com), a highly regarded capital raising and alternative asset management company , based in New York, NY, today announced the opening of their Boca Raton offices. You can now visit Radiant Capital Advisors at 2000 Glades Road in Boca Raton, Florida.
Labels: Financial, Radiant Capital Advisors, Inc, Financial News