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MultiFunding works with the business through closing.","id":"732H595gk_o"}],"uri":"http:\/\/philadelphia.bizjournals.com\/philadelphia\/blogs\/law\/2010\/02\/advanta_veterans_launch_multifunding_for_small_businesses.html","title":"Philadelphia Business Journal: Advanta veterans launch MultiFunding for small businesses"}],"depth":0,"text":"Anything that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses with the process of getting funding is welcome. It will be interesting to test the type of loans that are available through this service.","has_flagged":false,"rating":null,"reply_count":1,"id":"BEHsaeQWBNf","created_at":"2010-02-05T00:28:22+00:00","category":0},{"reference_points":[{"uri_id":"CjvPSWj2UzP","references":[{"type":"text","path":"\/\/*[@id='content']\/div[2]\/p\/text(598,182)","text":"\"If BMW Oracle succeeds in disqualifying the Defender's sails then there will be no Match, Russell Coutts will have won the America's Cup for Larry Ellison without sailing,\" he said.","id":"8zjxBqQ_PuG"}],"uri":"http:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/performance-world\/news\/440480\/alinghi-to-forfeit-america-s-cup","title":"Alinghi to Forfeit America\u2019s Cup? | Performance World News | Yachting World"}],"depth":0,"text":"Larry winning the America Cup based on legal matters would be an interesting twist. The lesson is: never give up and try all possible ways. \nAnd it shows again that lawyers are the warriors of modern times.","has_flagged":false,"rating":null,"reply_count":0,"id":"2A9lq-WdcEC","created_at":"2010-01-29T17:20:50+00:00","category":0},{"reference_points":[{"uri_id":"2WOIQr9ea7e","references":[{"type":"text","path":"\/\/*[@id='storyContent']\/p[3]\/text(71,170)","text":"a systematic approach to seeking external ideas from people in a variety of industries, disciplines, and contexts and then of combining the resulting lessons in new ways","id":"8wlDNM_oqad"}],"uri":"http:\/\/www.mckinseyquarterly.com\/Using_knowledge_brokering_to_improve_business_processes_2512","title":"Using knowledge brokering to improve business processes - McKinsey Quarterly - Strategy - Innovation"}],"depth":0,"text":"Entrepreneur Commons enables knowledge brokering between entrepreneurs. There is real value in open source business processes!","has_flagged":false,"rating":null,"reply_count":0,"id":"24F1W1fy05s","created_at":"2010-01-29T16:54:52+00:00","category":0},{"reference_points":[{"uri_id":"5gfYfL2ezZ","references":[{"type":"text","path":"\/\/*[@id='entry-28981']\/div\/text(1520,305)","text":"The president says people would like his plan if only they understood it. But the American people do understand it, and they don\u2019t like it. The latest CNN\/Opinion Research Corporation poll taken last week found 69 percent of Americans want Congress to either draft a new bill or drop the issue altogether.\n\n","id":"C_pGR4rGZna"}],"uri":"http:\/\/roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/28\/did-obama-move-health-care-forward\/?hp","title":"Did Obama Move Health Care Forward? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com"}],"depth":1,"parent_id":"BLt6sqJ2Tca","text":"I agree with this, the issue is so complex that it takes a lot of time and understanding of the internal mechanism of the system to make an informed decision. So I suspect that most of the public opinion is based on rumors. I was at a restaurant the other day and I heard somebody say this:\n"I have a doctor friend, actually not a friend but a friend of a friend, and she says that this health plan would be a disaster and that people without insurance already get care anyway because they go to the emergency room and lie about how bad they hurt so that they get the help they need".\nWhen I hear this kind of BS based on rumors, I am amazed. No wonder you cannot anything done if stories like this are being spread...","has_flagged":false,"rating":null,"reply_count":0,"id":"2Up4O1V0J4I","created_at":"2010-01-28T17:36:14+00:00","category":0,"root_comment_id":"BLt6sqJ2Tca"},{"reference_points":[{"uri_id":"2fcv1rkMLXa","references":[{"type":"text","path":"\/\/*[@id='articleBody']\/nyt_text\/p[13]\/text(0,127)","text":"You want more good jobs, spawn more Steve Jobs. Obama should have focused on that from Day 1. 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This included 65 \"microloans\" (up to $35,000) with funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Microloan Program and 11 larger loans from NEF's Enterprise Loan Fund. 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Large firms are doing fine and have access to all the credit they want provided they have a good credit rating. The problem is that these firms are not creating new jobs; at least not enough new jobs. The job creating process invariably has to involve rapidly growing small and medium businesses; otherwise the economy stagnates.\n","id":"EvCD1LnZyXO"}],"uri":"http:\/\/scepticalmarketobserver.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/what-will-happen-to-entrepreneurs.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter","title":"The Sceptical Market Observer: What Will Happen to Entrepreneurs?"}],"depth":0,"text":"We keep hearing that entrepreneurs are the way out of the crisis, but who helps them?","has_flagged":false,"rating":null,"reply_count":0,"id":"6YFVxBgB-qM","created_at":"2010-01-20T17:02:41+00:00","category":0}]})