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    Jan 13, 2012 |Story| KY3-TV

  1. Funding your small business -- get creative

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- Fifty percent of small businesses fail within the first 5 years. The economy certainly hasn't helped those businesses lately.
    jscherder@ky3.com
    SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- Fifty percent of small businesses fail within the first 5 years. The economy certainly hasn't helped those businesses lately. Getting the money even to start that business is feat all in itself. Getting a bank loan for a business is...

    Tags: Banking, Small Businesses, Starbucks Corp., Business, Business

    2. May 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Counter Intelligence: Ración is Basque country

    San Sebastian's old town may be the most food-intensive neighborhood in the world, with street after street of <em>pintxos</em> bars and taverns and roaring restaurants, and hundreds of counters heaped with shellfish, hams and roasted meat &mdash; the answer to a tapas lover's sweatiest dream. You stumble down the crowded streets of this Basque city, stopping in one bar for its anchovies, another for its famous cuttlefish, another for the delicious spider crabs, washing each down with a glass of cider or thin, acidic Txakolina wine.
    Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic
    San Sebastian's old town may be the most food-intensive neighborhood in the world, with street after street of pintxos bars and taverns and roaring restaurants, and hundreds of counters heaped with shellfish, hams and roasted meat — the answer to...

    Tags: Tapas, Lifestyle and Leisure, Michelin Group, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking

    3. May 23, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  3. CORRECTED-YOUR MONEY: Will investors take to crowdfunding?

    Reuters
    By Lou Carlozo CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Artists are not renowned for financial savvy, but their success in raising money on the Internet through donations to crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo could lead the way for a new class of...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Startups, Entertainment, Sales

    4. May 19, 2012 |Story| LA Canada

  4. Q & A: A 'forgotten' battle of the Iraq war

    Konrad Ludwig grew up in La Ca&ntilde;ada Flintridge and as a teenager, enlisted in the Army. Ludwig saw combat during the American troop surge in a hotly contested part of Baghdad known as Sadr City. In August, Ludwig expects to publish his combat memoir, &ldquo;Stryker: The Siege of Sadr City,&rdquo; and is using the online fundraising tool Kickstarter to help cover publishing costs. He answered questions from the La Ca&ntilde;ada Valley Sun via email.
    Konrad Ludwig grew up in La Cañada Flintridge and as a teenager, enlisted in the Army. Ludwig saw combat during the American troop surge in a hotly contested part of Baghdad known as Sadr City. In August, Ludwig expects to publish his combat memoir,...

    Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Wars and Interventions, Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    5. May 9, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  5. FEATURE-European start-ups court crowds for cash

    Reuters
    * Crowdfunding raised $1.5 bln worldwide in 2011 - Massolution * Total set to double this year * Europe has yet to regulate crowdfunding By Natalie Huet PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) - When Vincent and Heloise opened a mash eatery in Strasbourg, they had a...

    Tags: New Products, Paris (France), Banking, Germany, Sales

    6. May 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Curating short fiction: Recommended Reading

    Jacket Copy
    One short story will be curated and delivered weekly, electronically, by Recommended Reading, an Electric Literature project. Editor Benjamin Samuel explains what readers can expect....
    7. May 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Indie films find financial backers online through Kickstarter

    24 Frames
    Increasingly, websites such as Kickstarter and its chief rival, Indiegogo, are helping ultra-low-budget productions make their way into movie theaters. Looking to raise money to finance a movie's production or distribution, a filmmaker will take his or...
    8. Apr 13, 2012 |Story| Winchester Sun

  8. TGIF: Three-day music festival coming to Fort Boonesborough

    Organizers of a new three-day festival in Madison County are hoping to use music to fund scholarships for Appalachian students while providing them with valuable work experience at the same time.
    The Winchester Sun
    Organizers of a new three-day festival in Madison County are hoping to use music to fund scholarships for Appalachian students while providing them with valuable work experience at the same time. Jubilo Music & Arts Festival will be Sept. 13-16 at Fort...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Music Industry, Entertainment

    9. Apr 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Pebble smartwatch raises $4.7 million on Kickstarter funding site

    Venture capitalists, shmenture capitalists.
    Venture capitalists, shmenture capitalists. That is not what Eric Migicovsky said to himself when he went out to get funding for a new smartwatch he and his team developed called Pebble. Migicovsky, who had some critical success with a Blackberry-...

    Tags: Apple iPhone, Nintendo Company Ltd., IKEA

    10. Mar 20, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  10. The Return of Cotton Mather's Kontiki

    Cotton Mather, Kon Tiki (Star Apple Kingdom label)
    Cotton Mather, Kon Tiki (Star Apple Kingdom label) Gosh, was I amazed to read that Cotton Mather had amassed enough cash (through online donations) to reissue its 1997 album Kontiki. This is one of those CDs that I cherished because I thought if I lost...

    Tags: Cotton Mather, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Apple iTunes, John Lennon, Entertainment

    11. Mar 31, 2012 |Story| Fetchtoto

  11. MAAIC Jingle Dress Project Would Serve Kansas Second-Grade Readers

    In <em>Jingle Dress</em>, a book that every Kansas second-grader is required to read, a modern Indian girl yearns for a real jingle dress of her very own.&nbsp; (The author, Cynthia Leitich-Smith, is a former Kansan.) A jingle dress, when a dancer wears one, sounds exactly as its name suggests.&nbsp; Each dress is made with rows of jingles that create a sound not unlike a tambourine as the girls and women dance to the drum beats.&nbsp; In just a few days, we&rsquo;ll know if Crystal Flannery-Bachicha&rsquo;s own dreams for a jingle dress will come true.&nbsp;
    In Jingle Dress, a book that every Kansas second-grader is required to read, a modern Indian girl yearns for a real jingle dress of her very own.  (The author, Cynthia Leitich-Smith, is a former Kansan.) A jingle dress, when a dancer wears one, sounds...

    Tags: Dance, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Entertainment, Travel

    12. Mar 14, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. A long road to realizing their pipe dream

    Gerrit Lewis and Beejay Oslon spent a long time talking about Pipeworks Brewing. Now, finally, they get to live it.
    Gerrit Lewis and Beejay Oslon spent a long time talking about Pipeworks Brewing. Now, finally, they get to live it. Four years after first envisioning the brewery at an Indiana beer festival, the duo, who barely knew each other at the time of their idea,...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Cinnamon

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