The Emerging Business blog is designed to provide entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies with useful news and information on various topics of interest. Posts will include timely and practical commentary on issues facing the emerging business community, as well as links to breaking news, events and other developments. Brian J. Burt, a partner in Snell & Wilmer’s Phoenix office and Chair of the firm’s Emerging Business Group, serves as moderator of this blog.

EB News of the Week – 5/21/12

* Start-Up All Grown Up: Facebook Goes to Wall Street  * After Facebook:  6 IPOs to Put On Your Radar  * Successful Baby-Boomer Entrepreneurs  * Branding’s Big Guns  * Avoiding Founder Failure: 26 Quick Tips and Real Data 

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EB News of the Week – 5/14/12

* Lessons From Mark Zuckerberg  * The Most Dangerous Lie Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves  * The VC Industry Is Broken: Now What?  * How To Turn Average Employees Into Rock Stars  * Moms Making Millions 

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Emerging Business Seminar (Phoenix) – How “Workforce Due Diligence” Can Save Your M&A (or Private Equity) Transaction

NOTE NEW LOCATION! Over the years, numerous studies have shown that the failure rate for merger and acquisition transactions exceeds 50 percent and may be as high as 80 percent. The vast majority of participants in those deals will have … Continue reading

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EB News of the Week – 5/7/12

* Can Facebook’s IPO Pay Off For Investors?  * This Guy Raised $8 Million On Kickstarter  * Easy Exit: A Matchmaker for Startups and Corporations  * Startups Party At the Patent Office  * The 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Led Companies  * Why … Continue reading

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EB News of the Week 4/30/12

* Become An Entrepreneur – No Idea Required  * Breaking Into the Energy Drink Business  * Creating Artificial Photosynthesis in Arizona  * How Do Investors Get Rich?  By Finding the “Winning 15″  * Could You Charge 70% More with a … Continue reading

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EB News of the Week – 4/23/12

* Avoiding Founder Failure:  26 Quick Tips and Real Data  * Innovative Financing for Small Businesses  * How Much Should You Pay Yourself?  * Meet 3 Teen Entrepreneurs Who Will Put You To Shame  * How To Decide If A … Continue reading

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EB News of the Week – 4/16/12

* JOBS Act Opens Fundraising Doors  * Crowdfunding Sites Launch A Preemptive Strike on Fraud  * What Will the JOBS Act Mean for U.S. Startups?  * LinkedIn Will Outlive Facebook: Here’s Why  * What It’s Really Like To Work at … Continue reading

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Emerging Business Seminar (Phoenix) – How To Raise Capital Under the JOBS Act

The JOBS Act is designed to make it significantly easier for startup and emerging growth companies to raise capital by, among other things, removing certain historic securities law restrictions and legalizing “crowdfunding.” Snell & Wilmer invites you to the next … Continue reading

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EB News of the Week – 4/9/12

* The JOBS Act: What You Need To Know  * Crowd-Funding Industry Braces for Regulation  * “People Problems” Sink Most Startups  * Managing Angel Investors: It’s Like Herding Cats  * The Dirty Little Secret of Overnight Successes 

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EB News of the Week – 4/2/12

* The End is Coming: January 1, 2013  * 7 Entrepreneurial Lessons from “Shark Tank”  * 15 Ideas for Keeping Your Employees Happy  * The Entrepreneurial Failure of Blackberry Maker Research In Motion  * Big Firms Mentor Start-Ups on their … Continue reading

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