Funding Universe’s CrowdPitch , held 10/28/10 at the New York Open Center, gave six entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their business ideas for four minutes each, in front of a live audience and a panel of experts (Barbara Corcoran, John Frankel, Brian Hirsch and David Rose) who asked further questions. Congratulations to the winner, David […]
Last Wednesday’s “Wall Street Journal” had a thought provoking op-ed piece by John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco, and Safra Catz, president of Oracle, entitled: “The Overseas Profits Elephant in the Room.” Mr. Chambers and Catz argued that the Obama administration should lower the 35% tax rate on foreign earnings to 5%, so corporations […]
I was really pleased to see that Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Yogurt, and author of “Stirring it up: How to Make Money and Save the World” would be the keynote speaker at the Natural Foods Expo East and All Things Organic trade shows, which I attended in Boston last week, because I had heard […]
On September 25th, I was a presenter at a SCORE seminar held at the NYPL: “How to Develop and Implement your Business Plan.” My presentation was on how to develop the financial projections for your business plan, with specific focus on that age-old question: “where do the numbers come from?” Shelly Nicholas, an account manager […]
Corus Bankshares filed for Chapter 11 protection with the Chicago bankruptcy court in June of 2010, declaring assets of $314 million and liabilities of $533 million in its bankruptcy petition. US banking regulators had taken control of Corus on Sept. 11, 2009 and transferred $7 billion of Corus deposits to MB Financial Inc., at a […]
First Lady Michelle Obama, along with the spouses of 31 other heads of state, toured the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, NY on September 24th. The visit was intended to draw attention to the Center’s mission of creating a healthy and sustainable food system that benefits us all. Since opening […]
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