Entrepreneurship

When a tech vendor fails, rivals usually rejoice. Not in the nascent BI business intelligence)-on-demand space, after The company had raised almost $21 million in funding from high-profile venture capitalists.  

The European Commission is encouraging enterprising film lovers to prove their creativity and skills by producing a short video on entrepreneurship. The winning video in each of 3 categories will be awarded €3,333, the videos in second place will ...  

Entrepreneurs are flocking to local food, starting businesses devoted to producing and delivering food within their communities. Just as consumers focus new attention on what we eat and where it comes from, farmers, foodmakers, restaurateurs, retailers, distributors, and processors are rethinking the business models behind it....  

A few weeks ago I was thinking about writing a piece on Entrepreneurs of the Decade. I posted on the wonderful resource HelpAReporterOut.com asking for nominations, and got tons and tons of them. Too many in fact to sort through. I still want to celebrate entrepreneurs but have another way I'd like to go about it. Please note on the right side of this site's home page there's a box that says, "Discuss" and "Tell Your Entrepreneurship Story." I...  

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...  

The Youth Employment Systems (YES) Rwanda, an organization aimed at linking employers to employees will next year introduce the Business Entrepreneurship Development (BED) program, an official at the organisation has said. “The mindset has to ...  

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...  

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.  

Hurriyet Daily NewsWhy Global Entrepreneurship Week MattersBusinessWeekHe is an entrepreneur who founded two technology companies. His research can be found at www.globalizationresearch.com. Follow him on Twitter "@vwadhwa".NYSE Euronext Kicks Off Global Entrepreneurship Week with "Mentoring Madness ...WELT ONLINEGlobal Entrepreneurship Week Kicks OffInc.comGlobal event for entrepreneursFinancial TimesSYS-CON Media (press release) -Hurriyet...  

New York Times (blog)Answers About Entrepreneurship, Part 2New York Times (blog)... second and final set of answers from Seth W. Pinsky, the president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, on citywide entrepreneurship. ...and more »  

Small Business Administration proposes new definitionsPrairie BusinessThe US Small Business Administration is proposing increases in the size definitions for three broad commercial sectors. The proposed increases cover size ...SBA expands training to Native Americans near SeattleHeraldNetSBA expands veterans' programOrlando Business JournalSBA program targets Native business ownersBizjournals.comNew Albany Tribune -Earthtimes (press release...  

AT&T Recognized by Leading Analyst Firm With 'SMB Excellence Award' for Small ...CNNMoney.com (press release)The award was given in recognition of the outstanding SMB Web experience provided by AT&T's Small Business InSite and the Small Business Mobile Application ...and more »  

Cdn Banks Lose Share Of Small-Business Mkt On Poor ServiceWall Street JournalBy Monica Gutschi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Canadian banks are ceding market share in the fast-growing small-business sector to the country's credit unions, ...  

Banks leery of Treasury's small business lending planCNNMoney.comPresident Obama's plan would give community banks access to low-cost capital for small business loans, but banks are wary of taking TARP funds. ...and more »  

Strategies: HP steps up its small-business offeringsUSA TodayI've specialized in the small-business market for over 20 years, and I've seen how big corporations serve — or try to serve ...