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		<title>Business Ethics</title>
		<link>http://burtwalker.com/2011/04/business-ethics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some would say that &#8220;Business Ethics&#8221; is an oxymoron.  I couldn&#8217;t disagree more.  This is a myth perpetuated only by people who have never run a business. I&#8217;ll never understand why some businesses believe that crossing the line with ethical standards is a good practice.  Yes, in the short term, it may yield some additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bucks for Bright Ideas 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the Central Region Innovation and Commercialization Center hosts a contest titled &#8220;Bucks for Bright Ideas.&#8221;  It is both publicly and privately funded and offers entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their ideas in a contest for valuable cash and in-kind services totaling $25,000.  This year, The Walker Entrepreneurial Group is proud to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bootstrap funding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to love a good success story.  One of the companies the Walker Entrepreneurial Group  has been &#8220;incubating,&#8221; is called Synapse Apps, LLC.  In March 2010, they launched their company with a new iPhone application under the brand PocketSLP.  It&#8217;s a vertical market play for speech therapists and parents of children with speech delays. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://burtwalker.com/2010/10/young-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found the article below on Fox News.  It is really inspiring to see kids get their entrepreneurial juices flowing.  Granted, some of these kids are braniacs, but, hey, they&#8217;ll rule the world soon enough.  The full text of the article is below.  It can also be found at http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/12/kid-stunning-science-projects/ Seth Fisher, 16, from Bernville, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idea Capital of the World</title>
		<link>http://burtwalker.com/2010/08/idea-capital-of-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, on kix.com, WIRED65&#8242;s grant project designed to help promote regional workforce initiatives, there was a proposal set forth to brand the WIRED65 region as &#8220;The Idea Capital of the World.&#8221; Seizing the idea, one of our virtual incubator clients (Startuptopia.com) decided to help with the initiative by creating a web site to showcase the many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WIRED65 Inventor&#8217;s Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENTERPRISING STUDENTS I had the pleasure and privilege of being a judge for the WIRED65 Inventor&#8217;s Fair at the Louisville Science Center this past Saturday (May 8th, 2010). This was a terrific event that featured participants from high schools in the 26 counties of WIRED65 grant from both Kentucky and Indiana. This was the culminating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idea State U  &#8211; Most Impressive</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, I got to participate as a judge in Kentucky&#8217;s Idea State U, the annual statewide business plan and concept contest.  I was asked to do this in the previous two years, but was unable due to travel plans.  This year, I was determined to attend, and am I glad I did.  That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gut Check Pro Forma</title>
		<link>http://burtwalker.com/2010/01/gut-check-pro-forma/</link>
		<comments>http://burtwalker.com/2010/01/gut-check-pro-forma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process of writing a business plan is often a daunting task. That is as it should be, because it’s an essential tool that requires the writer to give serious, in-depth thought to the business the owner is about to undertake. Let no one think a business plan can be written over a weekend. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Baby is Ugly</title>
		<link>http://burtwalker.com/2009/12/your-baby-is-ugly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our entrepreneurial initiatives (Startuptopia.com) involves providing professional, well designed web sites for small businesses.  Most of us know that first impressions are important.  In the business world, they are vital.  In today&#8217;s world, there is only one thing worse than having no web site:  it&#8217;s a web site that screams to its viewers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Criteria for Dream Business</title>
		<link>http://burtwalker.com/2009/12/top-ten-criteria-for-dream-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>burtwalker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Very high margins. Low cost of production&#8211;high sales price. 2. No regulatory implications. Let’s stay out of the banking or similar businesses. 3. Simple distribution. Digital products are ideal. 4. No reliance on third party manufacturing. Third party suppliers ALWAYS muck things up. 5. No inventory requirements. Basements are made for rat holers, not [...]]]></description>
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