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		<title>AV + U = $$ 4 JA</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2012/01/av-u-4-ja/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ganley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alberta Venture teams up with Junior Achievement <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2012/01/av-u-4-ja/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Do Launch</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2007/05/lets-do-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 16:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ernest Granson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s an inspirational scene. A couple of friends are sitting around a kitchen table, sleeves rolled up, slurping coffee and furiously scribbling million-dollar ideas onto a napkin. This, at least in Hollywood, is how business plans are born. Chances are, &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2007/05/lets-do-launch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Road</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2007/04/the-long-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highway 2 begins, appropriately, in a hamlet called Carway on the Alberta-Montana border. U.S. Route 89 ends and the spine of this province heads north, through towns such as Cardston and Fort Macleod, through the Calgary-Edmonton corridor, on to Athasbasca, &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2007/04/the-long-road/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Italian Job</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2007/01/the-italian-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janice Paskey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[One of a Kind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Born near Naples, Carmelo Rago came to Canada as a 10-year-old boy to reunite with his father who had moved earlier. The Rago family owned a flour mill in Italy and were doing well, but Carmelo’s dad wanted independence and &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2007/01/the-italian-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chomping at the Bits</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2006/05/one-of-a-kind-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Jackson President, Canopy Canada As a child in Swift Current, Sask., Ryan Jackson learned from his car-dealer father that selling automobiles was a good way to make a living. interview by Brian Brennan When a year in the jazz &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2006/05/one-of-a-kind-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Entrepreneurial Reality Check</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/from-outside-in-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Albertans have a reputation for risk-taking, but is it justified? It&#8217;s almost become gospel that Alberta is Canada&#8217;s entrepreneurial heartland. Where Ontario seems to be all about real estate and tax lawyers and Quebec Inc., a cabal of crony capital, &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/from-outside-in-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Results &#8211; Quality Enhancement</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/eawards-quality-enhancement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jill Kelland Manager, social and vocational programs, Regional Mental Health , Capital Health Being an entrepreneur in Alberta is no big deal. Bringing entrepreneurial business strategies into a big-city health authority and making them work with clients is. Jill Kelland &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/eawards-quality-enhancement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Results &#8211; The Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/business-results-the-bottom-line-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holly Pshyk Sales Manager, Wholesale division, Rocky Mountain Soap Company Inc. Don&#8217;t tell the folks at Rocky Mountain Soap that offering flexible working hours invites sloth. Their star sales manager, Holly Pshyk, has helped raise the Canmore-based natural soap and &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/business-results-the-bottom-line-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Secrets of Spectacular Growth</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2006/01/the-secrets-of-spectacular-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though they do different things, Alberta&#8217;s fastest-growing companies offer a similar recipe for preparing for, managing and sustaining growth: match the right product to a big market, and find the right people to pull it off Cory Janssen admits it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2006/01/the-secrets-of-spectacular-growth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Over</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2005/11/starting-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prospect of a mid-life career switch may seem daunting, but it can be a rewarding experience. And there are ways to ease the transition By Ross Henderson Fourteen years ago, Bob Herrick was running a profitable electrical contracting firm &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2005/11/starting-over/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The E-Quiz</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2005/10/the-e-quiz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Test your Entrepreneurial Quotient against some of Alberta’s best-known business leaders Text and research by Jorry Johnston illustration by Martin Gagnon Imagine that as part of your “20 Steps to Becoming a Better Entrepreneur” self-improvement program, you’ve finagled an invitation &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2005/10/the-e-quiz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Persian Gulp</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2005/07/the-persian-gulp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 20:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alberta juice bar franchise banks on a boost in the United Arab Emirates. By Jan Kolskog &#8220;This is so what I needed.&#8221; Andrew Swan sighs, smiles and scans the scene at the Lime Tree, a trendy, booming café in the &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2005/07/the-persian-gulp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Generation NEXT</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2005/04/generation-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 19:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A baker&#8217;s dozen of Alberta&#8217;s brightest new stars share their visions of tomorrow, their hopes for today and the fears that keep them awake at night. A baker&#8217;s dozen of young leaders share their stories of success, struggle and snakes &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2005/04/generation-next/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How I Spent My Summer Holiday</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2004/06/how-i-spent-my-summer-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When I visit the camp and see 60 new or potential entrepreneurs, my confidence soars. We are going to be in good hands.&#8221; By Jennifer Isaac Not a pinstriped suit in sight. One wouldn&#8217;t expect it. After all, this was &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2004/06/how-i-spent-my-summer-holiday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teens Know Best</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2004/04/teens-know-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creativity is encouraged, thinking outside of the box is required and the team that comes up with the best business plan to rescue a failing company can boast bragging rights for a year. In February, more than 150 entrepreneurial minds &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2004/04/teens-know-best/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Living</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2004/03/modern-living/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 17:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A word of warning to anyone who thinks that all modern furniture comes from Sweden: the boys from Alberta know a thing or two about hard-edged aesthetics too. From their company&#8217;s outset in 2001, designers Scott Carleton and Shane Pawluk &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2004/03/modern-living/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Character Wins</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2003/01/why-character-wins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 22:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O'Toole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaders of Alberta&#8217;s Fastest Growing Companies reveal the entrepreneurial attributes that meant the most for their companies&#8217; success You have just escaped from a prisoner of war camp. You are flailing in lonely ignominy as you try to keep your &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2003/01/why-character-wins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Banking on Snow</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/12/banking-on-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2001 02:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Tim Mellon first started talking about making snow in his own backyard, in of all places Alberta, a lot of people laughed at the idea. But after developing his own snowmaking system and using it to produce snow and &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/12/banking-on-snow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beauty Mark</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/beauty-mark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norma Ramage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state-of-the-art day spa and beauty salon in Cuzco, an ancient city high in the Peruvian Andes? It&#8217;s an unlikely scenario, but when the woman toying with the idea is Eveline Charles, owner and president of EvelineCharles Salons &#38; Spas &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/beauty-mark/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Empty Web of Promises</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/an-empty-web-of-promises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 21:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Finstad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda Finstad finds only empty promises on the Internet <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/an-empty-web-of-promises/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 Small Business Land Mines</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/10-small-business-land-mines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Gaulin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sidestep these potentially explosive mistakes and you can avoid becoming another business casualty Venturing minds are always exploding with great ideas, but with one misstep an entrepreneur can blow his small business to bits. Nearly half of all ventures go &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/10-small-business-land-mines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business Start-up 101</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/business-start-up-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 14:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Tiefisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there an entrepreneur somewhere deep inside of you screaming to get out? With more and more Albertans turning to small business ownership, you are in good company if you are contemplating loosening forever the shackles of the corporate world &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/10/business-start-up-101/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Geoffrey Shmigelsky</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/07/geoffrey-shmigelsky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2001 21:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Welner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geoffrey Shmigelsky &#8211; Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Calgary Retirement sits uneasily with Geoffrey Shmigelsky, the 32-year-old Prairies Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000. Shmigelsky started Cadvision in 1990 with less than $1,000. He sold the company last April for &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/07/geoffrey-shmigelsky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Comrie</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/07/bill-comrie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2001 21:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Isaac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Comrie &#8211; CEO, The Brick Warehouse Corporation Furniture store magnate Bill Comrie is celebrating 25 years of selling home furnishings in Alberta. The Brick opened its first store in Edmonton on September 1, 1971. It was 4,500 square feet &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/07/bill-comrie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara A. Richardson</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/07/barbara-a-richardson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2001 20:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Welner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara A. Richardson &#8211; Director and Co-founder, SpringBank TechVentures Running the Boston Marathon and starting a high-tech venture capital firm hold many similarities for Barb Richardson, a director and co-founder of SpringBank TechVentures. &#8220;We certainly had thoughts that we should &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/07/barbara-a-richardson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whiz Kids</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/06/whiz-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s difficult to suppress the shudders of envy that threaten to descend when you&#8217;re talking to an entrepreneur nearly half your age. The ink has barely dried on the MBA, yet business has taken off with a vengeance. The energy &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/06/whiz-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs: Are you safe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2001 16:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Tannas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1997, Entrepreneur Media, the publisher of Entrepreneur magazine, has been staking out its trademark turf over the use of the word &#8220;entrepreneur.&#8221; The company has forced several organizations such as Asian Entrepreneur (now re-named Asian Enterprise), EntrepreneurPR (now BizStarz &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/06/entrepreneurs%c2%85are-you-safe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Editors Note June 2001</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where does the impetus come from? Thats the question which puzzles me. Where do twentysomething entrepreneurs get the drive and the motivation to start a business so early in their careers? Where does the impetus come from? That&#8217;s the question &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/06/editors-note-june-2001/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To B.Com or not to B.Com</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/04/to-bcom-or-not-to-bcom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2001 20:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When John Putters hires new staff for CSM Systems, his four-year-old Edmonton technology company, he looks for vision, entrepreneurial flair and a can-do attitude. By Cheryl Mahaffy &#8220;Interestingly enough, people with a lot of education don&#8217;t always show that,&#8221; he &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/04/to-bcom-or-not-to-bcom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Cup that Cheers</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2001/03/the-cup-that-cheers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Characters Fine Dining in downtown Edmonton, the waiter presents before us a boxed tray of loose tea blends as if it were an exquisite tray of desserts. The selections have names like &#8220;Life is Beautiful,&#8221; &#8220;Chai-Ish&#8221; and &#8220;Happy Dreams&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://albertaventure.com/2001/03/the-cup-that-cheers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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