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		<title>Angel investment tax credits generating strong interest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of states have passed tax credits for angel investors in an effort spur additional financing and new business formation for entrepreneurs. If early returns from a program in Minnesota are any indication, the tax credits may be a widespread success. The program gives a 25-percent tax credit &#8211; up to $125,000 &#8211; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Referral program effective for new businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For an entrepreneur who has only recently taken steps to create a corporation, finding ways to attract new customers is critical to continued success. A new report from the Wharton business school at the University of Pennsylvania says that referral programs are a cost-effective marketing technique. Looking at a German bank, researchers found that new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proper planning can reduce small business&#8217; tax burden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most small business owners are already aware of most of the tax deductions that they can earn after creating a corporation. But Bankrate.com&#8216;s Marcia Passos Duffy says there are some less common ways to save money on taxes. The first way Duffy suggests a small business owner can reduce the company&#8217;s taxes is by hiring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An inexpensive incorporation can protect an entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever an entrepreneur starts his or her own business, there is a certain amount of risk involved. But as Entrepreneur magazine contributor Karin Price Mueller writes, working to create a corporation for that small business can protect its owner and his or her assets should anything happen. While there are advantages to each of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Small business formation creates happiness for owners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For an entrepreneur, part of the draw of working to create a corporation is being his or her own boss. A new study shows that this independent feeling also gives small business owners great satisfaction. According to the TD Small Business Happiness Index, 69 percent of small business owners surveyed said that they were &#8220;very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New business incubator set to help nurture education startups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A teacher at the University of Pennsylvania is working to create a wide-reaching business incubation program to &#8220;create an ecosystem for education,&#8221; which would encourage entrepreneurs to create a corporation focused on improving education, the Associated Press reports. Doug Lynch, the vice dean of the university&#8217;s School of Education, told the news source that while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong branding helps startups succeed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses usually start with a solid product idea. But proper branding will help the company stick around long after it launches. &#8220;If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program,&#8221; says Laura Ries, president of the Atlanta-based Ries &#38; Ries marketing firm. &#8220;If you can&#8217;t, then all the advertising, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lowering the startup costs of business formation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gathering the resources to create a corporation is not an easy task for an entrepreneur. But as Associated Press columnist Joyce Rosenberg writes, there are some easy ways for small business owners to cut down their startup costs. The biggest way to reduce overhead in the early days of a company is to start by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana teen starts company with local business center&#8217;s help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aleena Sallot, a 14-year-old from Margo, Indiana, is doing something different from other girls her age. She&#8217;s a small business owner. After getting some entrepreneurial help from the Northeast Indiana Small Business Development Center, she decided to create a corporation called Boondock Designs, and she now makes custom clothing items like sweatshirts and tote bags. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise in new business formations in Minnesota</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs in Minnesota are taking advantage of favorable business conditions in the state and starting new businesses at an increasing rate. Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has said that the state has seen a sharp increase in the number of business filings &#8211; translating to a 15-percent jump in business creation from 2008 to [...]]]></description>
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