Entrepreneurship

Two faculty members from the Richard T. Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne head to China this week. Jun Ma and William Todorovic leave Friday and will each lead a 12-day seminar for graduate students at Zhejian Gongshang University. Todorovic will concentrate on issues related to starting and managing a small business, while Ma will focus on marketing strategy and consumer...  

Startups : Unique and Revolutionary, or Forget It? Entrepreneur This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 6:22 am and is filed under entrepreneurship, startup advice. You can follow any responses to this ...  

When it comes to research on entrepreneurship, few organizations do more of it than the Kauffman Foundation. For a  just-released study called Making a Successful Entrepreneur, Kauffman surveyed 549 company founders of successful businesses in high-growth industries to determine the factors that influence the success or failure of startups. The key success factors, it turns out, are "prior work experience, learning from previous successes and...  

Is China's surging economy sustainable? How corrupt is the Chinese Communist government? What is really inside Chinese society, finance, politics and international relations? Get great ideas from provocative commentator Zhibin Gu of World Association of International Studies at Stanford University.  

Q&A with:Josh LernerPublished:December 7, 2009Author:Sean Silverthorne Silicon Valley is the poster child for capitalism, the synergistic geography where smart private money supports cool ideas, creates jobs, boosts national productivity, and provides a handsome return for investors. Less well understood about the area's development was the role played by the U.S. government in making it a success. "Particularly during the early years, the...  

Jordanian organizers concluded Sunday the Global Entrepreneurship Week, which saw a slate of academic and field activities in which 400 local, Arab and international leading entrepreneurs took part. ...  

MUSCAT — The focus in higher education in Oman has shifted towards research and innovation and development of an entrepreneurial society, according to a key official. “One of the key issues that Oman’s higher education today has to focus on and ...  

I covered two interesting marketing strategy conferences last week that couldn't have been more different from each other. Each one hopes it can predict, or at least affect, the future. And, since I like you, I'll share my notes with you. My comments will be in italics. It's a long post, but I think you'll find lots worth reading. The first conference was The Promotion Marketing Association's (PMA's) Fast Forward 2011, held at Google...  

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column is available exclusively through King Features Syndicate. For permission to reprint or excerpt this copyrighted material, please contact: kfsreprint@hearstsc.com, or phone 800-708-7311, ext. 246.The White House didn’t invite the firms that will create new jobs to its “job summit” -- dominated by the CEOs of big firms, Ivy League economists, and union officials -- because they weren’t available. Many of them...  

Key findings of the report suggest that: - 78% of undergraduate students surveyed expressed an interest in starting their own business at some point in future; - Entrepreneurship education is not readily available to all students, is fragmented and delivered...  

The Kauffman Foundation is consolidating its commitment to growing a new entrepreneurial ecosystem in Detroit.The Kansas City, Mo-based foundation has opened up a satellite office in the TechTown business incubator in Detroit's New Center neighborhood. The new office will employ a staff of 3-5 people and focus on the foundation's Urban Entrepreneurial Partnership program. "It's a vibrant area," says Lena Rodriguez, director of development for...  

I've spent the past 48 hours more or less consumed by Gary Vaynerchuk. I'd heard about him and finally got around to reading his book, Why Now is the Time to Crush It! (HarperStudio, 2009). The book is only 142 pages and you can read it in a sitting. But when you finish it, you won't be able to sleep very well. He will challenge you to take whatever your passion is, and use social media to turn it into something big. Once you check out his...  

UK’s Telegraph Media Group editor-in-chief Will Lewis is becoming the company’s managing director for digital, and will head a new “entrepreneurial” division with 50 staff to lead the company’s search for new revenue streams. Lewis retains his editor-in-chief role across print and online, but Daily Telegraph deputy editor Tony Gallagher is promoted to editor to run the paper on a day-to-day basis. TMG digital editor Ed Roussel tweeted the...  

Kansas City Business JournalKauffman Foundation President Offers Strategies To Boost EntrepreneurshipSmall Business News from Gaebler.comOur entrepreneur news feed is packed with the latest news for people who love entrepreneurship. Find helpful entrepreneur resources about the latest ...Entrepreneur Expert Carl Schramm to Attend Obama Jobs SummitPR Newswire (press release)Kauffman Foundation's Schramm will take part in White House economic...  

The Emirati brothers Mohamed and Peyman Parham Al Awadhi, members of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for Small and Medium Enterprises Development, have recorded a qualitative breakthrough in the field of fast food by creating a closely-guarded recipe for the ubiquitous Arabic sandwich, shawarma.  

The Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University is sponsoring Global Entrepreneurship week which began Monday and ends Friday. I think that this whole week is a great opportunity to build awareness for entrepreneurship and to expand on what other people think they can do, said Matt Gornick, senior in LAS.Some people dont think they can start companies in college and this whole week is letting them know that they can...  

The White House didn’t invite the firms that will create new jobs to its “job summit” — dominated by the CEOs of big firms, Ivy League economists, and union officials — because they weren’t available. Many of them don’t even exist yet. Our economic gospel says that small businesses create most jobs, although size doesn’t matter as much as age. In a new study on job creation, the Kauffman Foundation found that “from 1980–2005, nearly all net...  

Imagine earplugs with a built-in alarm clock that doesn’t wake up your roommates or spouse. That’s the brainchild of University of Michigan freshman Eleanor Pryser, who won the “Global Business” category Saturday night in U-M’s second annual 1,000 Pitches competition.......  

Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assintel, Italian association of ICT companies, under which both parties will be cooperating to enhance ties between the two countries in the information and communications technology field.  

I can’t play poker, but I do enjoy watching it on TV. We’re in the middle of the 2009 World Series of Poker, an event that draws thousands of professional and amateur players to Las Vegas every year. The grand finale is the Main Event, a massive Texas Hold ’Em tournament with thousands of players [...]  

Rafat will be interviewed today on the video site WatchMojo.com by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, the site’s CEO. They will talk about the secrets to raising venture money, where the media-blog business is headed—and a whole lot more. You can watch it live here (see feed after the jump) at 3 p.m. EST, and the video will be archived.  

Private companies still cutting back. A new employment report from ADP estimates that private companies cut another 203,000 jobs in October, Bloomberg reports. The good news? That's down from a decline of 227,000 in September. The bad? "I’m still expecting to see payroll employment decline probably through the end of the year," Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, told Bloomberg, "not turn up until January or February." Google's...  

IBM's Bob Sutor has a good post up discussing advice for those who want to start an open source business. There are more and more open source startups arriving, but Sutor says "I’ve been very surprised as I’ve looked around the web that there don’t seem to be very many good guides about the nuts and bolts of starting an open source business." He lists seven pieces of advice for those who have an open source business in the works, and here are...  

If you run a small business or startup and you’re in or around Portland, Ore., you might like to check out Finance for Startups 101, a free event being held at Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE PDX) on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. The focus of the evening will be money, in particular tax and [...]  

I was lucky to attend Y Combinator's annual Startup School this weekend. The event began Friday night with a party at the business school cum venture capital fund's headquarters in Mountain View, California, and continued Saturday morning with a talk by Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham on the UC Berkeley campus. Graham, whose ideas about low cost startups have launched something of a revolution in early stage finance (read about that here...  

[Cross-posted at Your Wellington] In the second week of November, I attended two functions for Global Entrepreneurship Week. The first was Wellington to the World 2009, where numerous local businesses, who had made it big worldwide, got a chance to talk about how they leveraged the internet. Solutions such as social media, virtual working and [...]  

tweetmeme_source = 'sramana'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly/8PHg0Q'; There could not be a better year to give the gift of entrepreneurship, to yourself, a friend or family member. With so many job seekers out there, entrepreneurship may be the best way to absorb them back into the workforce... ..  

There’s a great CNN opinion piece out today by Amy M. Wilkinson that argues strongly (and correctly) that the government needs to do more to support entrepreneurship and small businesses. I whole heartedly agree. Quoting from the piece: “According to the Census Bureau, nearly all net job creation in the U.S. since 1980 has been generated by firms operating less than five years.” This conclusion is backed up by the National Venture Capital...  

Major business acquisitions make national headlines. But when small businesses and entrepreneurs keep their heads above water, it's just doing business. Their constant contribtions to the economy don't get much notice.Contributor: Lorraine Yapps CohenPublished: Dec 04, 2009  

So Where’s the Proof Social Entrepreneurship Works? | Philanthropy Central: "In fact, there’s a good deal of compelling evidence—beyond default references to Muhammad Yunus and microfinance—that social entrepreneurs are producing results at scale.Notice my language here. I’ve intentionally coupled “results” and “scale” rather than using the ubiquitous “going to scale” phrase, which suggests, to  

Samford University’s Brock School of Business Entrepreneurship Program has been named one of three finalists for the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program by the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.  

Even as business and government officials consider ways to keep entrepreneurs in the Bay State, three startups launched this year — Triangulate Inc., Payfone Inc. and The Better Advertising Project Inc. — have found good reasons to put aside their Boston ties and move elsewhere.  

“Entrepreneurship exists in the tiny space between madness and genius; and, its journey requires a few cross border violations across both madness and genius to get to the final destination.” - comment by JLM on the The Herd Instinct (via fred-wilson)  

I believe that the solution to our collective problem is the spark and nurturing of a generation of young entrepreneurs and self-employment projects the world over. The only thing keeping us from achieving just this is fear.  

The halls of the College of Business Administration building at The University of Texas-Pan American echoed with creative enthusiasm Nov. 19, as 36 student teams displayed their business ideas at the second annual Great Idea Showdown. The Great Idea...  

We might as well get the python story over with right off the bat.Bob Goedjen — now 75, retired and volunteering as a counselor helping small-businesses in Silicon Valley — came across the 10-foot snake in the Philippines while serving in the Navy during World War II.  

ANDERSON — While starting a new business takes money and capable workers, it also requires more intangible assets, according to the president and CEO of a local automotive start-up company.  

There was a time when all a small business had to do to keep business flowing was to buy a Yellow Pages listing, run an occasional ad in the local paper, and offer a good special now and then. Today, online is where it's at, and whether your business is selling websites or water spigots, having an effective web presence can be the difference between bankroll and bankruptcy. The last thing an over-worked, over-stressed, and generally over...  

This article explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in the United States over the last 150 years. Distinguishing between general knowledge and economically useful knowledge, we examine the changes over time in the locus and content of new knowledge creation: the role of universities, particularly engineering schools and land-grant universities, industrial laboratories, and corporate research...  

Entrepreneurs who turn to friends and family financing for their startups are taking steps to protect those investors from getting squashed once the big-money deal comes through. MHT spoke with a handful of investors and entrepreneurs who’ve been on the family fundraising circuit before — and lived to talk about it around the holiday dinner table.  

Purdue University has named two administrators to lead the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in Discovery Park. The park's Executive Director Alan Rebar and Krannert School of Management Dean Richard Cosier will serve as co-directors. They replace Kenneth Kahn who has taken a position at Virginia Commonwealth University.  

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 00:15:00 Competition looking for 20 UK clean tech firms to pitch to Silicon Valley venture capitalists The government-backed Technology Strategy Board (TSB) yesterday launched a competition designed to help the UK's most promising clean tech startups attract funding from Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists....  

GREENSBORO — English professor Terry Kennedy hopes his experience as the owner of a small press and the experiences of other businessmen like him will help his students enrolled in UNCG’s new entrepreneurship degree program avoid some of the pitfalls common to new business owners.read more  

A group of students have started life sustaining projects to earn them a living while still at school. Alex Kasoma and Rogers Migambo, who are Senior 3 students at Kololo Senior Secondary School each earn Shs30,000 per week from potato crisps and paper bags. Kasoma says that they make the crisps every day in the evening and carry them to school in the morning.  

Today I did a Google search on:leave Corporate AmericaThe purpose was to put myself in the shoes of many folks who intend to do just that in 2010 (and of course, it's something I did many moons ago). Below is what I discovered. Are you feeling this way?Have you ever thought of leaving the rat race before becoming a rat? I worked in Corporate America many years and I don't believe that ...My decision to leave corporate America crept up on me...  

MobileMonday Barcelona is holding its Mobile Premier Awards 2010 – Barcelona Nominations on December 14 at the Forum of ESADE Business School. The startup registration is open till Wednesday, December 9 at midnight CET. If you’re an innovative startup in mobile, you can signup at the mobilepremierawards.com website. Here’s how to sign up. There are already 10 startups [...]  

OAKTON, Va., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) today released its 14th annual rankings of the states according to their public policy climates for small business and entrepreneurship in the "Small Business Survival Index 2009: Ranking the Policy Environment for Entrepreneurship Across the Nation." (Access the SBSI 2009 report and map of the states by visiting http://sbecouncil.org...  

Authored by: Diana HollmannIt's Friday in the 2009 Global Entrepreneurship Week! 20,000 events involving 5 million people around the globe are taking place this week lasting from November 16-22.On Monday, here in Washington, IFC held a one-day conference addressing the issue of achieving scale in entrepreneurship. The conference featured representatives from IFC and World Bank, the White House, the US Department of State, Kauffman Foundation...  

Hyderabad: Journalists who have made the transition to independent online publishing measure themselves against the same professional bar that print journalists do, and are equally differentiated as credible sources in much the same way as ...  

Kauffman Foundation-Funded Report Shows Sharp Drop in Firm Entry and Significant Increase in Firm Exit in 12 Countries; Timely Indicators Report Is Part of the Second Annual Publication of the Joint OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicator Programme  

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2009 – For developing a novel biodegradable bone screw technology, Ihealth of China's Tsinghua University has won the 5th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC), which supports and promotes entrepreneurship globally.  

It's taking entrepreneurs longer to raise smaller amounts of money, while at the same time investors have tightened their financing requirements. So, when money finally does come through, the entrepreneurs have to make it last longer than ever.  

Ron Wiener is best known these days as the founding CEO (now chairman) of Earth Class Mail, a Seattle-based software firm that digitizes postal mail for companies. He is a successful and outspoken entrepreneur who has run five investor-backed tech companies in the past 20 years—besides Earth Class Mail, he was previously CEO of Azure [...]  

In "Pro Excel Financial Modeling," Author Tom Y. Sawyer guides entrepreneurs through a green technology startup, designing a financial model that describes the business in quantitative terms, combining thoughts and strategies for startup success with a financial modeling tutorial./...  

How attractive is San Diego as a place to start a company compared with the Silicon Valley? Santa Barbara? Los Angeles? As a great place to live, it is impossible to beat Southern California. As a place to build a company, the Silicon Valley offers a pool of talent, better access to funding, well-defined technology clusters, and a buzz of excitement that is not easily located in other locations.read more  

Web-Site-Building-Tips.com sponsors free web site give-away contests to promote online internet ebusiness development and opportunities for those seeking to build their own ecommerce business. /I/P PBoston, MA (PRWEB) November 29, 2009 -- Embracing the philosophy th...  

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ambit Energy, a leading national retail energy provider based in north Texas, was honored as the fastest-growing privately held company in Dallas for 2009 by the Dallas 100 Awards™ co-founded by Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business and the SMU Caruth Center for Entrepreneurship. “To be recognized as the fastest growing company by the prestigious SMU Cox School of Business for our contribution to north...  

Recession has changed the face of entrepreneurshipThe Tennessean... most of these new entrepreneurs are either accidental ones or at least folks who had never aspired to become entrepreneurs before the current recession. ...and more »  

If you're unhappy with your mutual fund, you can easily find another. After all, there are nearly 8,000 to choose from. But is that thinking too narrow? That's the case a couple startups are trying to make. Companies like Covestor Investment Management and... Mutual fund - Investment management - Investing - Business - Covestor  

Don't call it a slogan, but the phrase "opportunities for entrepreneurial ingenuity" could be the new way to define Grande Prairie. At a special meeting last evening, city council reviewed recommendations for branding Grande Prairie.[...]  

BizSpark is celebrating its first anniversary. BizSpark, a global program designed to catalyze the success of entrepreneurs by making Microsoft’s end-to-end software solutions available to early-stage startups with no upfront costs. More than 25,000 startups in over 100 countries have joined BizSpark. One year out, this community is starting to become a self-sustaining entity — BizSpark partners are cross-pollinating and developing their own...  

Harvard Business School (HBS) says that it will hold a new business plan competition open to HBS alumni from all over the world. Qualified ventures will compete for a cash prize of $25,000. The contest—which was formally announced online by the business school’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Alumni Relations—will be open to teams that [...]  

MUNDY TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Dislocated workers and the public can learn more about local specialized entrepreneurship programs during “Is Entrepreneurship Right for You?” 4-5:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Holiday Inn, 5353 Gateway Centre.The free session is sponsored by Kettering...  

After a four-year hiatus, the Joshua Venture Group re-launched at the end of June and is back with a new executive director, Lisa Lepson. Lepson was the guest speaker at the first Jumpstart Innovation Forum, which took place at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles on Nov. 19, part of a national tour, one part of which is to inform the community of an upcoming social entrepreneurial fellowship.  

It was perfectly worthwhile to wake up at 3:30 am and head to Cisco’s telepresence room in Santa Clara this morning at the crack of dawn. What followed was an animated discussion with friends – old and new – in the Indian media. For me, above and beyond everything else, it was... ..  

That's because venture capitalists tend to underprice IPOs to benefit their own firms, according to the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research, while the interests of angel investors are more closely aligned with entrepreneurs'. The center looked at all the companies that went public from 2001 to 2007 and figured out how they were funded -- whether their investors were angels, venture capitalists, both or none. Venture...  

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Center for Entrepreneurship (USCFE) announced the launch of its "Business Blunders and Lessons Learned" initiative as part of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's Global Entrepreneurship Week, 16 - 22 November 2009.  

In high school, computer programmer Tim McGowan enrolled in advanced-placement Latin. When it came time to study for the big exam, he was ready to admit that languages weren't his thing. Desperate for a more effective way to study, McGowan turned to his computer and created a virtual-flashcards application. It's this kind of ingenuity that sets the young residents of the Entrepreneurial Residential Learning College (ELRC) apart from their...  

Online search and information discovery are being transformed before our eyes. It’s no longer just Google, or Google and Bing, or even Google, Bing, and Twitter—there are big problems in technology and business to solve across all areas of social media search, real-time news and information, mobile search, user interfaces, search marketing, vertical search (travel, [...]  

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Entrepreneurs are invited to the Harvard Business School Campus on December 1st to learn more about the New Venture Contest (NVC), do a fast pitch of your idea and learn what it takes to Start a New Venture from a distinguished panel of Serial Entrepreneurs. Contest Overview: Regional competitions will take place in Boston, New York, Chicago, Northern California, Southern California, London, Brazil and India...  

In 1965 the two nations were equal in wealth. Four decades later, their standing was dramatically different. What accounts for the difference? Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv—the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every successful public intervention spurring entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts, wasting untold billions in taxpayer dollars. When has governmental...  

This is Global Entrepreneurship Week, and it couldn't come at a better time. We're just beginning to climb out of the biggest economic slump since the Great Depression. Bad economic times beg for good ideas, and the only way those ideas can make a difference is when entrepreneurs turn them into reality. Global Entrepreneurship Week is sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation to encourage young people around the world to explore their potential...  

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China is enjoying unrelenting economic growth even against the backdrop of the global recession. The business potentials of the country’s dynamic and vast market are being recognized by a growing group of returnee entrepreneurs, according to a report by Z. H. Studio. They, armed with overseas education and global experience, are able to take advantage of what for many foreign managers is still a challenging market...  

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifteen prominent venture capital investment firms met with fourteen Swedish startup companies this week on Silicon Valley’s legendary Sand Hill Road. Organized by the Invest in Sweden Agency (www.isa.se), the second annual conference introduced promising early-stage Swedish technology companies to venture capital firms and corporate investors in Silicon Valley. Participants at the invitation-only event...  

Pittsburgh-area organizations designed to help entrepreneurs launch successful businesses are warning of stiffer competition for early investment funds as they grapple with their own financial constraints resulting from state budget cuts, according to an article in Mass High Tech sister publication the Pittsburgh Business Times.  

A new study shows that when it comes to rescuing Americans from rising unemployment and a sagging economy, startups may swoop in to save the day. In fact, according the report commissioned by the Kauffman Foundation, 8 million of the 12 million new jobs created in 2007 were with businesses less than five years old. Typically small businesses of any age, not startups, are credited with job growth. "The study's authors said the distinction...  

Before I came to Xconomy, I didn’t know much about the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation beyond what I heard on the radio. If you’re an NPR listener like me, you’ve probably heard their underwriting plug that says it’s the “Foundation of Entrepreneurship.” But then I started covering stories like the foundation’s annual New Economy Index, in [...]  

California's unemployment rate is now officially 12.5 percent, but the real unemployment rate, including discouraged and part-time workers who want full-time jobs, is more than 20 percent. Members of the California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity...  

More women receive entrepreneurial training at Wa November The project was funded by the European Development Fund in partnership with Ghana Government and was aimed at improving and developing Arts and Culture in Ghana Mrs Ramatu Bukkari Latuo who was the resource person urged the women to team up and mobilise funds to enable t ...  

KANSAS CITY, MO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/19/09 -- As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 16 - 22), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today unveiled the first indications of how the economic slump has impacted entrepreneurship in the United States and 11 other countries in 2008 and most of 2009. The report, "Timely Entrepreneurship Indicators," shows that firm formation declined and exits increased, which...  

Entrepreneurs from around the world gathered Monday to kick off the Global Entrepreneurship Week. With 88 participating countries and a thousand partners including universities, government agencies, and corporate sponsors, Global Entrepreneurship Week is aimed at teaching youth entrepreneurship, connecting current business owners and spurring innovation.  

Here’s the weekend edition of today’s startup and entrepreneurial updates… have you planned for Black Friday and Cyber Monday yet? We’re now supporting geotagging with Twiiter updates on Android – PixelPipe Make the most of TripIt for holiday travel – TripIt Confidence required – Derek Sivers Britain’s new Internet law – Boing Boing How to Work from Home Without Going Crazy [...]  

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Philadelphia chapter of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) tonight will hold Philadelphia’s Visionary Gala 2009 – an event celebrating the region’s youth entrepreneurs. NFTE’s mission is to provide entrepreneurship education programs to young people from low-income communities, and has already reached nearly 1,000 students in the Greater Philadelphia region from close to 15 different schools...  

Veronica Jones Thursday, November 19, 2009 Students are being given a chance to turn their ideas into realities as Global Entrepreneurship Week continues at ASU. Students are being given a chance to turn their ideas into realities as Global Entrepreneurship Week continues at ASU. In events throughout the week, students were given the chance to learn effective ways of using their entrepreneurial skills in any area of study. Audrey Iffert...  

I had a great time presenting a short workshop at the Impact 09 Conference today. I started with a short role playing scenario for the students in which they negotiated starting equity interests in a new business. It was a great springboard for a discussion about larger issues. Many thanks to @ray_cao [...]  

Mayor Tom Leppert : http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomleppert.com%2F&esheet=6103948&lan=en_US&anchor=Mayor+Tom+Leppert&index=1&md5=34d0849f09e2df404aa3b5e2b7f8b0ff has proclaimed Thursday, November 19, as “Dallas Entrepreneurship Day.” The proclamation was signed to commemorate the Dallas chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization ( EO Dallas : http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F...  

JULIE PENA / THE STAR-LEDGER The Jersey City Museum, at 350 Montgomery Street in Jersey City, is hosting "Arts and Culture as Vehicles for Redevelopment," as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Jersey City is playing host to Global Entrepreneurship...  

Art House Productions in Jersey City is hosting "The Dark Side of Global Trade," a discussion on how entreprenuership can be used to fight human trafficking, as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Learn about "The Dark Side of Global Trade" during...  

LAKE BENTON, Minn. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Sirolli Institute is proud to announce Lake Benton was the first American community to adopt the Sirolli Institute's internationally acclaimed Enterprise Facilitation(R) concept which has captured the imagination of more than 40,000 small businesses worldwide. Through Enterprise Facilitation, civic leaders learn how to capture local intelligence.  

An entrepreneurial boom is on its way, but don’t expect it to be led by 20-somethings. Instead, America’s best economic recovery plan is in the hands of those aged 50 and up, according to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation. The study found that over the past 10 years, most company founders were between [...]  

Do you have what it takes to emerge as a global business leader? If you think you do, you might want to check out some of the tips financialpost.com/entrepreneur  recently published for budding entrepreneurs. These eight pieces were all written and submitted by eight of Canada's best business mentors. Together they form a handy collection of lessons in business. And who knows, maybe someday you will be remembered as one of the world's great...  

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Detroit-area high school junior and seniors will hone their entrepreneurship skills and learn to turn hobbies into profitable ventures at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) Foundation Regional BizFest competition. The Detroit BizFest is part of a series of entrepreneurial training camps in partnership with Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services, the philanthropic arm of...  

(p. 212) Before returning to Los Angeles, Disney and Kimball also went to Dearborn, Michigan, outside Detroit, and visited a village of another kind--Henry Ford's Greenfield Village, a collection of old and reconstructed buildings that included the Wright brothers'...  

Reena Rose Sibyan/The Jersey JournalAlfa Demmellash, CEO of Rising Tide Capital, hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Week Proclamation and Kick Off Reception today at City Hall in Jersey CityThousands of entrepreneurs will visit Jersey City this week to network and learn.Jersey...  

Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off today and it look set to be a week full of events to celebrate entrepreneurship.  This afternoon the Big Launch takes place at the British library, complete with a webcast GOING ON NOW for those who can't attend. The week is full of opportunities, including vouchers and prizes for events with strong impact with participants.  Find out more and register your event now. read more  

Pharmacological-induced "entrepreneurship" won't create successful entrepreneurs. It will only promote risky behavior without the attached risk-calculation and thoughtfulness.  

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups.Greylock also announced that LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is a new investing partner in the firm.The news bodes well for Internet technology entrepreneurs facing an economic climate in which funding sources were evaporating.Greylock XIII funds will be invested in young firms behind software...  

By Laura Smith – University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service President of the American Enterprise Institute, Arthur Brooks, said Monday that entrepreneurship, hard work and merit will help guide the U.S. out of the recession. “Those are the tools to get out of this recession or any other recession,” Brooks said during a discussion hosted [...]  

“Lehrer müssen Schatzsucher sein und nicht Defizit-Ausweiser”, sagt Margret Rasfeld. Im Gespräch mit Prof. Faltin berichtet Frau Rasfeld über Ihre Arbeit als Direktorin und den Alltag der 2007 als Reformschule gegründeten evangelischen Schule Berlin Zentrum....This item belongs to: Audio/ourmedia.This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 128kbps M3U, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis  

As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, Paul Jones will give insight into preparing and pitching a business plan to investors and lenders at the next WIN meeting on Tuesday, November 17. Paul will discuss the fundamentals of writing a business plan and how one must prepare to pitch their plan to investors and lenders.  

Selected Companies | LeWeb'09: "As in the past, the LeWeb start-up competition provides a platform for Europe's hot new start-ups to present their business and technology to some of the most influential players in the technology market." LeWeb09 is of course organised in Paris, but how come apart from Paris only London seems to have sent out its sons to the startup competition? I had expected more from countries like Romania and Ukraine...  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more than 250 up-and-coming entrepreneurs in attendance, NYSE Euronext today hosted its second annual “Mentoring Madness” event at the New York Stock Exchange which featured the ringing of The Opening BellSM and a panel discussion hosted by CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo with four leading entrepreneurs -- Snoop Dogg; Blake Mycoskie, Founder of TOMS Shoes; Stephen Hanson, Founder and President of B.R. Guest Restaurants...  

I am planning to attend. You? If you are asking who Peter Kellner is, here's your answer from the ACG Web page: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Monthly Luncheon - Speaker: Peter Kellner, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Uhuru Capital Management 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM Peter Kellner, named Young Global Leader...  

One day - 7 Workshops November 18, 2009 8:00 am - 4:30 pm BOSTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Northeastern University Graduate School: Location: 716 Columbus Ave., Northeastern University Alumni Center www.northeastern.edu/eweek Presentations will focus on venture capital, marketing, intellectual property, business plans, and related topics The guest speakers are expertsread more  

Running next Mondaythrough Friday, the Launch Pad will be hosting Global Entrepreneurship Week. With more than 30 events featuring various keynote speakers, panel discussions and educational sessions, the Launch Pad aims to reach out to ambitious and innovative thinkers at UM and throughout Miami by creating a forum for aspiring entrepreneurs.  

MORE of Singapore's youths are taking up the call to be entrepreneurs. This is gleaned from the inaugural Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students (Guess) survey which polled over 2,300 students from the three public universities and five polytechnics in the Singapore section.  

On Monday, November 16 -- CNBC's Maria Bartiromo hosts entrepreneurship discussion featuring Snoop Dogg, Blake Mycoskie, Stephen Hanson, and Barry Sternlicht -- -- mtvU's "Movers & Changers" contest winner selected; awarded $25,000 start-up funds -- -- NYSE Euronext celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week in Europe and Ireland -- November 13,...  

In this 3rd installment of “Entrepreneurship for Professionals”, PMETs-turned-entrepreneurs Mr Yeo Poh Seng (CEO, Asiatel (S) Pte Ltd) who grew his start-up into an established telcom solutions provider across Asia and Mr Ryan Lee (CEO, Xmi Pte Ltd), a multiple award winner for his innovation behind the X-mini speakers, will engage the audience on their [...] Related posts:ACE BlueSky Exchange – Entrepreneurship for Professionals – 10...  

Clusters of Entrepreneurship Source: Harvard Business School Working Papers Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries within cities, but there is little consensus on why this relationship exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise entrepreneurial returns, thereby increasing net returns and attracting [...]  

WASHINGTON, USA -- The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Albert Ramdin, on Thursday urged governments of the hemisphere to make use of cultural entrepreneurship as an engine for growth, development and economic opportunity and as a means to address unemployment in the Americas.   

ECD Partners Plan More than 60 Events to Celebrate Entrepreneurship NASHVILLE — The state of Tennessee currently leads the nation in the number of events planned for Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 16-22, which celebrates the vital role entrepreneurs play in innovation, job creation and economic recovery. To date, Tennessee has confirmed more than 60 events, leading all other states in the nation by 19 activities. Tennessee also ranks in the...  

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Monday 16 November 2009 at 12:38:00 New report calls for startup tax breaks New small businesses should be given a tax break for the first couple of years of their existence, according to a new report. The British Library's Business & IP Centre has called on a tax break for startup small business, as part of ten core recommendations to encourage entrepreneurialism, reported the BBC. Former Dragons' Den...  

The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) today announces three major initiatives that will significantly expand the reach and impact of the EBV to assist in rebuilding the lives and economic potentials of U.S. veterans with disabilities.  

News release Global online business experts ready to merge entrepreneurial spirit and possibilities of the Internet Unlimited Power Online II – 2009 November 20 - 21 2009, Dubai UAE The World Has Changed... The Question is: Have YOU? Meet 12 of the World's Most Influential Business Experts and Internet Gurus, in Dubai to share the tools to create a massive positive change in personal and financial Life Dubai November 15 2009: “This is...  

Joe Picorale sees a promising future renting hot tubs. And refurbishing houses. And possibly, just possibly, in a cultural talk coffee shop. And party float trips. The fledgling Tulsa entrepreneur has experimented in many of these, sometimes with spectacular results. At one time his mobile Frosty Mixer disc jockey beat took in almost $1,200 a weekend. But while the 29-year-old Broken Arrow native demonstrated keen organizational skills and...  

In this week's issue of BusinessWeek, we published the inaugural list of "The World's Most Intriguing New Companies." I am thrilled that we launched the package right as Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off, taking place Nov. 16-22, in 85 nations.  

BOONE—There is no better time than now to become an entrepreneur, says Matthew Szulik, chairman of Raleigh-based Red Hat, an open source software company. Szulik spoke to students and others attending the Annual Carole Moore McLeod Entrepreneur Summit at Appalachian State University. “Why shouldn’t you start a company?  What’s the worst thing that can happen, fail?” [...]  

When: 10am, Mon, 16 Nov '09 - 5pm, Sat, 21 Nov '09 Where: Warwick Business School & The Warwick Digital Lab Warwick Entrepreneurs will be hosting a week of events on campus from 16 - 21 November as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009.  

GreenBeat 2009 will bring together the nation’s 500 leading entrepreneurs, investors, utilities, technology executives, and policymakers to accelerate the development of a leaner, more efficient electrical grid. GreenBeat 2009 will map out the hottest business and technology opportunities the Smart Grid has to offer. Renovating the power grid requires big ideas from start-ups! The program will feature participation by Al Gore, former...  

The "Journeys of a Latina Business Owner" event scheduled for tonight in Jersey City will instead be held in Newark tomorrow. Liz Santiago, president and CEO of CeleBritAy New York Inc., will discuss her award-winning cosmetic line. The event is...  

The much awaited Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is nearing. The launch for the Singapore chapter will be graced by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. There will also be a showcase of YES! Startups throughout the afternoon. Related posts:Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009Asia-Pacific Enterprise Challenge Related posts:Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009Asia-Pacific Enterprise Challenge  

The Business Insider is hosting an event with Regus NYC to jumpstart the holiday season.  For two hours on Wednesday, November 18, we'll offer an open bar for a night of networking and celebration of entrepreneurship in NYC.  We've gotten RSVPs from top media executives at Mediaite, New York Post, NYT and more. If you're interested in attending, TBI has passes for 50 lucky readers to join our editors and NYC digital entrepreneurs, but spots...  

There are half a dozen people who continue to ply their entrepreneurial hopes and dreams in a perpetual start-up called BrightonIdeas.com.Bill Stumphauzer is the de facto sun of a little entrepreneurial universe where people try to make their visions come to life in their spare time while they work their 9-5 jobs. The South Lyon resident works as a director of infotainment at Sirius XM. Another member is a product engineer for Ford, and...  

The first thing that usually comes to mind when entrepreneurs consider ways to fund a new business is whether to choose debt or equity financing. Now an inventive third option has been revived by the founder of a New England venture capital firm and is starting to catch on across the country. Royalty-based venture financing is a new twist on the traditional approach most VCs take with startups. Rather than provide seed money to a new...  

This is surely one of those, why-didn’t-I-think-of-that moments, when you realize how much money these very smart folks will be making who figured out how to make bar codes look really cool—the photos at the jump are great—reported by Fast Company.An excerpt.“Barcodes grace almost every product for sale. Given how much package real estate they command, why shouldn't they look cool?“Since 2005, D-Barcode has been creating custom barcodes for a...  

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados government cannot afford to spend 20 percent of its gross domestic product on education, "just to help young people get better qualifications only to find a job", said Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner.  

MIAMI, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Startups.com Network, Inc., announces the launch of Startups.com, a web service that provides the most comprehensive answers for business questions and gives users the possibility to ask the questions they have concerning their business. With the purchase of the domain name Startups.com making headlines, Startups.com Networkread more  

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor GEM is a not-for-profit academic research consortium that has as its goal making high quality international research data on entrepreneurial activity readily available to as wide an audience as possible.  GEM is the largest single study of entrepreneurial activity in the world.Initiated in 1999 with 10 countries, GEM 2008 conducted research [...]  

Amid the spam, books, and late night TV infomercials promising inside information about little known government programs and free money, there actually is cash out there for your business. In fact, in Q3 2009, ChubbyBrain, which tracks venture capital, angel investment and several other types of investment in private companies, tracked $2.3B going to 65 young companies from various governmental or government-affiliated entities. These programs...  

On the surface, statistics gathered over the past few years seem to show that the number of female business-owners in the U.S. is on the rise, a point often repeated by members of the media and the government. Read the rest of this story »See Also:Women CEOs See Compensation Whacked By More Than Their Male CounterpartsThe Most Powerful Women In BusinessHey, Ladies! Four Of Five New Sullivan & Cromwell Partners Are Women  

Eight startups will make formal business plan presentations tomorrow at the sixth Purdue University Life Sciences Business Plan Competition. A total of $100,000 will be up for grabs for teams to put toward furthering their research. The first place winner will receive $50,000 in cash and services, plus free business incubator space for a year at one of the Purdue Research Park's technology centers.  

IFC chief executive Lars Thunell is in Delhi this week, attending the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit. Thunell is looking to boost the IFC's capital base by $2.4bn, much of which will be dedicated to the world's poorest countries and regions, including India. India has surpassed Russia as IFC's largest investment portfolio. The FT explains this trend: The IFC decision to increase India's exposure, which was worth $3.4bn last year...  

Bizstartup.ie, a new site providing news and advice to business start-ups, launches today. Bizstartup.ie is the definitive online resource for anyone setting up a business or thinking about it, from students to people who have lost their jobs, to serial entrepreneurs.  

Congrats Sound Cloud and Huddle for the great coverage on the BBC website!!! Based in Berlin, Germany, SoundCloud provides a web-based platform that is transforming the way music is shared, with over 250,000 customers that currently rely on its services. Realizing that its business depended on IT performance, SoundCloud evaluated its options and found an ideal solution with Sun Startup Essentials to migrate its Web server stack to a...  

They say that knowledge is collective by definition. Knowledge that starts and ends within one person is not knowledge in its true sense. Rather, the defining aspects come from the interaction with others if only because boundaries are expanded and further strands to each line of thought are discovered.Read moreLearn more about Startups.com in Dataopedia.comFind out how much Startups.com is worth with Stimator.com  

A $2 million gift to boost entrepreneurship studies at UC Davis was announced this week by the university's Graduate School of Management, part of its continuing efforts to propel innovative ideas out of the classroom and into the business world. The bequest is from the estate of Charles J. Soderquist, a University of California, Davis, alumnus, benefactor and the inspiration behind the university's Center for Entrepreneurship. He died in...  

The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Canada runs a Social Entrepreneurship 101 (SE 101): Africa program to teach aspiring entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into actionable business plans. In Part 2 of this three-part blog, Kirby Leong of the BusinessObjects Community, shares what he learned from participating since 2008 in the SE 101 program.  

If you're thinking of launching a technology startup, now might be a really good time to move ahead with your plans. Venture capital firm Greylock Partners announced this week intentions to funnel $575 million into a fund designed to promote new tech businesses. If the VC firm sounds familiar, it should. Greylock Partners has a history of backing big-name startups, including Pandora, Facebook, and Digg. Furthering its association with...  

A social entrepreneurship talk organised by TiE NUS will see two speakers talk on two different topics: (1) Experiences and Challenges faced while starting a Social Enterprise and (2) Landscape of Social Entrepreneurship in Singapore. Register here. No related posts. No related posts.  

Teachers of science and others who follow rapid development of technologies will find the recent comments of Ray Kurzweil insightful. He gave speeches and served on panels. His comments provide informed glimpses into future developments likely to affect our lives. Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the recent Israeli Presidential Conference: Facing Tomorrow 2009, Kurzweil proposed...  

BusinessWeek published the results Tuesday of a recent survey suggesting that successful entrepreneurs can be taught, and aren’t always born with a start-up gene, à la Bill Gates. The study, developed for the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy by researchers at New York University’s Stern School of Business and NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, [...]  

Check out Mike’s new blog about his entrepreneurial experiences. He has had success starting and operating 3 businesses. If you’ve ever thought of going out on your own (which as both Mike and I will tell you is scary), it’s always smart to ask about the challenges others faced so you can prepare and plan ahead. (BTW, Mike, love the logo!)  

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twelve high-potential technology companies from across Ireland, north and south, have been shortlisted to attend a series of workshops in Belfast on October 20-21 designed to help them realize their potential in the global marketplace. The California-based Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) will bring the dozen Irish companies face to face with a delegation of technology CEOs and venture capitalists...  

10/28/09 - Indian entrepreneur Gururaj Deshpande, spoke to the University of Rhode Island community about his entrepreneurial efforts toward promoting public ventures across India, at last nights 2009 Honors Colloquium. According to Deshpande, social entrepreneurship isn't much different from regular entrepreneurship in the sense the objective is to make the world a better place.  

Sramana shares her thoughts on entrepreneurship, creating jobs, finding money, and other factors important for success during her conversation with Phil Windley for ITConversations.  You can listen to the entire recording here. For Web Analytics World, Manoj Jasra interviews Sramana about her... ..  

Each week, The Chronicle tracks the latest investments, fundraising, mergers and initial public offerings involving Bay Area venture capitalists and startups. Here are some recent highlights. - Capital markets snapshot. The value of acquisitions of... Sponsored Topics: Venture capital - Initial public offering - Business - Financial Services - San Francisco Bay Area  

Organization: AIDGLocation: GTThe Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) works to provide rural villages in developing countries with affordable and environmentally sound technologies that meet their needs for electricity, sanitation and clean water. Through a combination of business incubation, education, training and outreach, AIDG helps individuals and communities gain access to technology that will improve their lives. Our...  

THE plight of our business sector has failed to attract the national attention it deserves. Had the leadership been more sensitive to the needs of our industries and banks, perhaps we would not be in the dire straits that we now find ourselves in; and we would not have needed to go on a suicidal mission to the IMF and World Bank. Since we went into our fatal alliance with the US, post-9/11, our business community has been seeking trade access...  

Paul Graham asked the founders of the startups he's funded what they know now that didn't going in. Here's what they said. I've been surprised again and again by just how much more important persistence is than raw intelligence. Tags: business   Paul Graham  

Hello Wangari, Interesting and informative article as usual. Thanks so much for mentioning my blogs. I appreciate the support. May you receive many blessings for the work you do in exposing upcoming African poets and artists. Best regards, Injete Chesoni  

Asian Society for Entrepreneurship Education & Development (ASEED) is an Institute that has evolved its own identity as an autonomous non profit body registered under 1860 Societies Act, working in the field of development management. Aseed started its mission in early 90’s and since then it has been contributing in the area of livelihood creation [...]  

The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Canada runs a Social Entrepreneurship 101 (SE 101): Africa program to teach aspiring entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into actionable business plans. In this three-part blog, Kirby Leong of the BusinessObjects Community, shares what he learned from participating since 2008 in the SE 101 program.  

Running a successful business is not an easy feat no matter what your age. Yet there are teenagers, like Kalief Rollins, the winner of the 2009 National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, who were able to benefit from business start-up education and learn not only the value of a dollar, but how to claim the value of his life.  

The future of the news industry will involve some destruction and failures, many of which we are witnessing in real-time, however there is also opportunity for rebirth and innovation. That is what Jeff Jarvis says in a recent piece about the potential for entrepreneurialism to be the messy savior of the news industry. [...]  

While the music industry continues to face the reality of declining revenue from pre-packed media sales, a new group of Internet entrepreneurs are looking at subscription-based online services to challenge the pay-per-download approach of iTunes.Contributor: Michael RussoPublished: Oct 29, 2009  

Venture financing perked up last month, at least for a handful of Seattle-area startups and young companies. VCs and corporate investors poured $76.9 million into five Washington-based companies in September, according to data provided to Xconomy by ChubbyBrain, a New York-based information services company that develops tools for investors, startups, and entrepreneurs. There were also [...]  

Bosses come and bosses go. Great bosses can inspire and mentor and lead through the toughest times. Really bad bosses can poison and divide an organization, and lead it to ruin even if things aren’t that bad. In the course of my career I’ve come across many a successful person with a bad-boss tale to tell. [...]  

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/29/09 -- The value of entrepreneurial training is being proven by research. That's according to the first phase of an ambitious study being conducted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Small Business Administration. A team of researchers from the New York University Stern School and the New York University Stern School Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation followed more than 5,500...  

By golly, I knew it would only be a matter of time before The Bee would do a story on a sex toy (insert blush), and there it was right on the front page of the local news section ("Among area's patent holders is Mariposa sex toy inventor," Oct. 18, Page B-1) and written by the paper's Washington Bureau reporter. Phew, now that was a real coup, or a slow news day.  

Josh Spiro at Inc. com asks an interesting question, is entrepreneurship in your genes? If you made your first sale while still in diapers and your lemonade stand was a substantial contributor to the family income, you’ve likely been called a born entrepreneur. But just how heritable is the ability to work hard, take risks, and [...]  

Working for the man. It’s what most entrepreneurs want to avoid at all costs. But if their startup gets bought by a big company, that’s often just what happens—at least for a while. Although the acquisitions market for tech startups has been relatively soft during the recession, there have been a few recent local examples to [...]  

President Obama's compelling healthcare speech last night made the case for acting now. In a follow-up email that he sent to millions, he urged action to finally address this pressing issue, positing that we are "closer now than we have been in 60 years." Here's my question - where can I find an analysis of the impact of the plan on entrepreneurship?[...]  

Because the economy hasn't turned around yet, many college students and graduates are looking in a different direction. No longer is there an expectation of "having that dream job" when graduating from college. I am seeing many 19-22 year olds becoming entrepreneurs more than ever before. Many of the people that I connect with in the business/entrepreneur world are seeing the same thing. College students are to be commended to looking into a...  

TiE-ISB Connect organisers expressed confidence that participants at the end of this year’s 2 day event entrepreneurs will be able to discover the information, advice, support and ideas to take their entrepreneurship to the next level during di...  

The AGI and final legislation should include a "faculty-student" entrepreneurship prize of $250,000 to the team of faculty and students that actually change curricula and programs in a way that leads to sustainable new course offerings and credentials.  

http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/literally-born-entrepreneurs/ versus “ Most of what you hear about entrepreneurship is all wrong. It’s not magic; it’s not mysterious; and it has nothing to do with genes. It’s a discipline and, like any discipline, it can be learned.” Peter Drucker.  

AMHERST, Mass. – Business and technology experts will discuss what the current economic crisis means for business entrepreneurs as well as building a “high impact” business during the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 201 of the Isenberg School of Management.  

Isn't America great?  Companies make money the old-fashioned way--open an office in the district of Rep. John Murtha and hire one of his former aides as a lobbyist.  Not that Murtha is alone.  Rep. Jim Moran is in on the game too. Reports the Washington Times: Between 2003 and 2009, Mr. Murtha and Mr. Moran helped deliver $12 million to MobilVox in earmarks - money that is set aside by lawmakers for pet...  

Ann Arbor start-up HandyLab hit it big in the up-and-coming entrepreneurship game.Excerpt:The sale of Ann Arbor-based HandyLab is the story that entrepreneurial dreams are made of. And in this case they came true.A published report on AnnArbor.com puts the price Becton-Dickinson paid for HandyLab at $300 million (a BD spokeswoman declined to confirm the price), and if that's true it's a very big start-up win for the region. The type that...  

Can entrepreneurs plot Michigan's economic recovery? That was the fundamental theme at TEDxDetroit, a grassroots entrepreneurial celebration Wednesday that drew a wide range of startup executives from the Ann Arbor region. Matthew Neagle, a former executive at Google's Ann Arbor......  

This event brings together several successful female entrepreneurs to share their experiences. It aims to help participants “discover and gain insights into the different leadership practices, management styles, negotiation skills, and also the motivation behind the successes of these woman entrepreneurs”. Speakers Dr. Rosemary Tan CEO, Veredus Laboratories Pte Ltd Ms. Jocelyn Chng Managing Director, Sin Hwa Dee Foodstuff Industries...  

Judith Woodsworth, president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University, addressed The Canadian Club yesterday afternoon. She characterized universities as the drivers of economic, social and cultural strength, and called on the assembled business leaders to form partnerships with Montreal’s universities for their mutual benefit. She pointed out their influence is needed to help enhance the quality of university education through more...  

New Poll Reveals (US) Teens Believe Entrepreneurship Should be Taught in School, September 22, 2009. The results of a new national poll released today by Junior Achievement indicate that an overwhelming majority of U.S. teens-92 percent of those surveyed-believe that...  

One month ago, I declared my intentions to work on my startup full time.  The response was surprisingly positive, and I felt like I was making the right move.  I still do. To be honest, I’ve been working on my product for far longer than a month.  The idea is about a year old, the current [...]  

From Sept. 28 through Nov. 1, the Prison Entrepreneurship Program will be collecting linens and toiletries for recent graduates. According to their press release, the program is "accepting gently used or new linens. Twin size is preferred. They are also accepting toiletries of all sizes, including travel size. These donations help the graduates reintegrate into society."  

This event is going to rock the Sun campus in Menlo Park tomorrow. A number of startups will be pitching to investors for a chance to win a "boost package" from North England (funding, PR, free office space, etc.) to launch their business in the UK. Both the pitching startups and presenters are top notch - with most companies having very nice products already in the market. Program Schedule 12:00PM Lunch 12:30PM Gareth Lewis, Opening...  

More than 100 teen girls from New York City area schools will attend the Girls Going Places® Entrepreneurship Conference this week, presented by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), in partnership with Wealth Advisory Group and Hunter College of CUNY. New York State's First Lady, Michelle Paige Paterson, will speak at the event to discuss the importance of financial independence and education for young women...  

Indiana UniversityIU entrepreneurship professor teams with the Crocodile Hunter's wife to launch ...Indiana University8, Donald F. Kuratko, iu's Kelley School of Business professor of entrepreneurship, and Australia Zoo's Terri Irwin propose that a new breed of ...  

Our vision is to foster “a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities.” In service of this vision, and in keeping with our founder’s wishes, we focus our grant making and operations on two areas: advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth. We carry out our mission through four programmatic areas: Entrepreneurship, Advancing...  

The key to recovery in a recession is innovation. In order to stimulate growth, enterprising individuals need to be supported as they strive to exploit hidden opportunities, revolutionise entire industries and kick-start economic development.  

Soltrite powered by Minnesota native's entrepreneurial spirit By Jeff Pesek | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Whether you call it video teleconference, video telepresence, webcamming or just video chat, Soltrite does it.  

Michael Simmons was 16 when he started his first company. He started his Web development company, Princeton WebSolutions, in 1998. Since then, he’s won various awards, co-founded the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour and written three books.  

York College plans to host an entrepreneurship symposium 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 19. The college will offer workshops on starting successfully, funding a business, pricing products and services, marketing a business and growing an existing business.  

I don’t understand why the NY Times article about teachers who sell lesson plans on the internet is drawing so much interested, or why some people in the educational establishment considered it a big deal before the article was written....  

San Saba News & StarTravis Elementary class schooled in entrepreneurshipThe San Marcos MercuryA Travis Elementary fourth grade class recently heard from a Texas State University business student about principles of entrepreneurship. ...Ace Academy Breezes Through Business CurriculumPRLog.Org (press release)all 4 news articles »  

But instead of a new business or a promising startup moving to Harriman, it turned out to be a new $40 million laboratory for the state Department of Agriculture and Markets that will house 49 workers already employed by the state.  

In the context of these entrenched disparities, an entrepreneurial revolution is the veritable last recourse for a country desperate on rejoining the mainstream of economic growth. Nigeria is a signatory to the UN Millennial Declaration of 2000 that proposes universal basic human rights to health, shelter, education and security by 2015.  

BEIJING (Reuters) - Entrepreneurs are finding the road to Internet riches in China increasingly rough, facing a thicket of regulatory issues, stiff competition and a frontier mentality that leads to frequent underhanded practices.  

Life science entrepreneurs can still get their companies funded in a down economy, they just need to be better prepared, more creative and more diligent, a morning panel on “Capital Sourcing Your Bioscience Venture,” told attendees...  

Fla. ranks 6th in entrepreneurship climateBizjournals.comFlorida is among the top 10 most entrepreneur-friendly states, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's 14th annual rankings. ...SBE Council Releases 'Index 2009' Ranking the StatesPR Newswire (press release)all 10 news articles »  

KeeleyA few months ago, Business Leaders for Michigan emerged as a new organization of CEOs from across the state all speaking in one voice around one goal: making Michigan a “Top Ten” state in the long term and an above-average...  

Fifty-two teenagers from Lazbuddie, Friona, Nazareth, Hart and Tulia schools offered exciting possibilities for 23 rural businesses at the Ogallala Commons Regional Youth Entrepreneur Fair held Thursday at Plainview Civic Center.  

THENETWORKGARDEN.COM. Having been around the block a few times, I put together this primer of nine key lessons learned from doing eight startups (four as co-founder, four liquidity events – exits to IBM, Apple, Wind River, Zoom):  

Marketplace (blog)Startups struggle to find a place onlineMarketplace (blog)But small startups say it's anything but. From the Marketplace Entrepreneurship Desk at Oregon Public Broadcasting, here's Mitchell Hartman. ...  

Global Entrepreneurship Week, the international week of competition and events encouraging and celebrating entrepreneurial activity, was started in Wellington, New Zealand as the first country to see the light of the new day.  

I've written before about the folly of counties building extra jail space in hopes of engaging in entrepreneurial incarceration, either taking in federal prisoners or inmates from other counties. The blog Texas Prison Bidness points out ...  

Young people should always engage in skills training as a tool to national development because it is what helps a government and its people to grow. This was the message of The Gambia Deputy Permanent Secretary of State for Youths and Sports, the Hon ...  

THERE is the overarching belief that in order to truly build a culture of entrepreneurship in Barbados, we have to start with the youth. Successful entrepreneur Liz Cupples of Trinity Homes and Liz Quintyne Inc concurs with this belief, but stresses ...  

November 16-22 is Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), held in more than 100 countries around the world, including Iceland. The goal is to raise awareness of the value of innovation and entrepreneurship for society.  

WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Babson College STEP Project For Family Enterprising (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) held its second Asia Pacific Famil...