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Scottish Business Briefing – Tuesday September 7, 2010

WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today. Continue reading

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Can you start a new business in ten steps with $2,000?

The internet is an entrepreneur’s dream. Thanks to the web, a greater number of individuals around the world have been given the opportunity to start a new business. Continue reading

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Scottish Business Briefing – Monday September 6, 2010

WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today. Continue reading

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Business Rx: Health consultancy seeks answers to questions about pursuing outside investors

The entrepreneur Cherise P. Scott and Sylvie A. Kwedi worked together in the same department at a health nonprofit organization, helping to develop sites for clinical trials. When the department was eliminated by the organization, they decided to take the skills they had developed and use them to… Continue reading

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America’s Fastest-Growing Travel Company

No. 1 in Travel SaveOnResorts.com 1,055.3% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $3.7 Million Employees: 30 CEO: Kevin Schneider Founded: 2004 Overall RANK: No. 289 San Diego saveonresorts.com It has always been a challenge to get people to sit down for a sales presentation about time-shares. Kevin Schneider heard about the problem when he was hired to build a website that would generate leads for a new resort hotel near San Diego. Continue reading

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BUSINESS WIRE: SES and ILS Announce the Extension of the SES Multi Launch Agreement to Six Firm Missions Through 2014

MITTEILUNG UEBERMITTELT VON BUSINESS WIRE. FUER DEN INHALT IST ALLEIN DAS BERICHTENDE UNTERNEHMEN VERANTWORTLICH. Continue reading

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America’s Fastest-Growing Telecom Company

No. 1 in Telecommunications ClearAccess 3,460.3% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $5.7 Million Employees: 30 Founder: Ken Hood Founded: 2005 Overall RANK: No. 66 Vancouver, Wash. clearaccess.com Ken Hood spent seven years in Silicon Valley and held high-level management positions at companies including 3Com. A trend became increasingly apparent to him: The number of consumer electronics in the average home that required an Internet connection was growing, but direct support from service providers wasn’t keeping up. So, in 2005, he set out on his own and started ClearAccess to assist broadband service providers, including telcos and cable operators, with customer and device management. ClearAccess gives the provider a control panel on which it can see all the devices connected to a customer’s gateway. That makes it easier to identify where the problem is occurring and offer remote support. ClearAccess – Silicon Valley – 3Com – Consumer electronics – Service provider Continue reading

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America’s Fastest-Growing Software Company

No. 1 in Software Vendormate 7,108.1% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $10.7 Million Employees: 58 CEO: Andy Monin Founded: 2005 Overall RANK: No. 25 Atlanta vendormate.com In December 1999, Andy Monin set out with his wife on a 460-mile drive from Atlanta to Cincinnati to celebrate the holidays with family. To pass time, the couple crafted a list of life goals—100 of them. A family with four children. Check. A beagle named Beau. Half-check (the family named him Boo). And for Andy, the successful launch and sale of two businesses. A few months later, Monin co-founded his first business, whose software helps companies audit phone bills and uncover errors. In 2003, an investor bought out Monin, and in 2005, he was on to his next start-up, launching Vendormate out of his attic. The company makes software that performs due diligence on, and registers, vendors for hospitals and other health care facilities. With 1,000 hospitals under contract, Monin now has his sights set on the financial services industry. That second sale may not be far off. United States – Business – Atlanta – Health care – Cincinnati Continue reading

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LHT Philippines aims to attract more LCC business with new offerings

Lufthansa Technik Philippines, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, said it intends to expand its activities to attract more business, particularly from LCCs. “We will be offering new products such as overhaul layovers and cabin refurbishments designed specifically for low-cost airlines,” President and CEO Bernhard Krueger-Sprengel said. Continue reading

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America’s Fastest-Growing Security Company

No. 1 in Security LifeLock 11,474.3% Three-Year Growth Revenue: $131.4 Million Employees: 482 CEO: Todd Davis Founded: 2005 Overall RANK: No. 8 Tempe, Ariz. lifelock.com Since its inception in 2005, LifeLock has guaranteed its customers that it will spend up to $1 million to resolve any instances of identity theft. But the company didn’t take off until CEO Todd Davis dreamed up an even bolder advertising message: He gave out his Social Security number to demonstrate just how confident he was in his company’s services. The pitch was so zany that one television host wouldn’t allow him to mention it during an interview. It also resulted in a Federal Trade Commission complaint, which LifeLock settled with a payment of $12 million. But LifeLock adjusted its service and kept growing. “The unintended consequences were that it made us even better,” Davis says. Today, LifeLock has more than 1.7 million customers; fewer than 1,500 of them have had to invoke the guarantee. LifeLock – Federal Trade Commission – Identity theft – Social Security number – United States Continue reading

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