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		<title>SMEs Struggle to Get Good Banking Services</title>
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		<title>Stop Selling and Start Romancing</title>
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		<title>Are Canadians Financially Illiterate?</title>
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		<title>Break Into the VC Club</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new resource for startups and entrepreneurs looking for financing ]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be a Failed Inventor</title>
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		<title>New Regulations Needed for Crowdfunding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Equity crowdfunding has tons of potential, but how regulators interpret it will be a big issue]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concrete advice on how to make a stronger pitch for your innovations]]></description>
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		<title>Your Most Powerful Fundraising Tool</title>
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		<title>Social Innovators Apply Here</title>
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		<title>Federal Government Launches Two Accelerator Programs for Tech Startups</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New accelerator programs in New York and Boston offer a boost to Canadian startups in life sciences, information and communications technologies, and clean technology sectors]]></description>
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		<title>New Opportunities for Alberta Tech Startups</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Campeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A partnership between Innovate Calgary, the Alberta Deal Generator and CNSX will provide tech entrepreneurs and investors with new avenues for innovation and growth]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto-Area Startups Awarded $9.4 Million</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FedDev Ontario gives millions to promising Toronto-area companies to develop new products and bring them to market]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Get Your Pitch on Dragons’ Den</title>
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		<title>MPs Create Entrepreneur Caucus; CFIB Makes Recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Campeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses joined the inaugural meeting of the Entrepreneur Caucus and offered suggestions for the 2013 budget]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of Soft Skills is Hurting Business Owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Condron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs don't have the skills needed to sell their innovative ideas to potential investors, report finds

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		<title>Show Me the Money: 5 Funding Sources for Newcomers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada offers plenty of money to launch your business—providing you know where to look and what to expect from these different sources of cash]]></description>
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		<title>Business Owners Lack Financial Literacy, Suggests Poll</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kim Hart Macneill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new survey of Canadian entrepreneurs finds only 18% have a good grasp of finance fundamentals]]></description>
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		<title>$400M Promised By Venture Capital Action Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Hart Macneill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plan will recapitalize existing private-sector funds, invest in high-performing VC funds and establish two new private sector-led funds of funds]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Gold & Andrew Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venture Alberta’s CEO Randy Thompson shares critical insights about the typical "Angel Investor”.]]></description>
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