Profiles in Entrepreneurship

Jim Sherman

Jim Sherman, founder of ShermansTravel Media, LLC launched the online business in 2002 to help travelers find the best travel deals and provide people with travel advice. Not a booking site, ShermansTravel editors aggregate, screen and publish the best travel sales and specials from hundreds of providers. The deals include both bargains and values, and the site also provides expert destination advice and trip ideas for research and planning a vacation. (Click here for more clips from this interview)
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Bryan's Blog for the Entrepreneur

January 23, 2012:Getting Venture Capital- VC- funding is very unlikely if you’re a newbie entrepreneur- unless you’ve got a prototype or proven model. We all hear tales of a VC backed company getting bought by Google or going public in an IPO. While this does happen, your everyday startup won’t generally get funding from a VC. Only 1 in 500 startups is VC backed and that’s typically limited to... (Click Here to read the StartOut Smart blog)

Bryan Janeczko, proven entrepreneur and StartOut Co-Founder, is the founder of WickedStart.com, an online startup ‘incubator’ to help aspiring entrepreneurs. Get a personalized startup checklist, a community of experts, and easy-to-use resources to plan, structure, fund and market your new business. “We’re here to help you get going!”.

Guest Blogger: Amy Errett, Venture Capitalist and StartOut Board Member

January 3, 2012: Entrepreneurs must make many critical decisions during the long process of transforming an innovative idea into a profitable global company. Perhaps no decision is more important than choosing the right board of directors. The right board members offer an outside perspective on—and often personal experience with—execution and growth issues, strategic direction and key hiring decisions. Your board should not only... Click here to read more!





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