11.   As joint owners, the three securities firms will provide initial financing, core technologies, system development and personnel to start the company and develop the trading system.

12.   At Brandeis, the younger Sillerman started a company that sold fellow students almost anything he could lay his hands on.

13.   At first glance, it looks like a terrible time to start a company.

14.   At the very least, the ambitious should be able to start their company while in school or just out of it.

15.   At the time, he said he got more pleasure out of starting a company than running one.

16.   Before starting the company, she was a congressional assistant to Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., who was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

17.   Before starting the company, Willcutts was vice president of engineering for Softnet, an Atlanta company that made fax communication software.

18.   Berber decided to start a company, named CyBerCorp, that would combine brokerage operations with price-scanning software, allowing customers to directly access the market.

19.   Beyond starting new companies, venture capitalists like MPM see profits coming from financing existing biotech firms.

20.   Binh said he and several friends wanted to start a company, but at the time Vietnam was in ruins economically.