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Week of October 3 - 7, 2005Welcome to the National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship, an initiative of the Public Forum Institute made possible by a grant from the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City. Through NDE-news, we bring you short summaries and analyses of various trends driving the innovation economy. Subscribe now to receive your weekly copy. Archived issues are available online. Links to the day's entrepreneurship stories from across the nation and around the world are posted each weekday on the NDE main page - bookmark it and stay informed about the latest entrepreneurship news. |
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On the opening day of the
Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship conference, the Kauffman
Foundation unveiled its iBridge program – a sort of matchmaking service
in the field of technology transfer. The conference, cosponsored by the
Technology Transfer Society, gathered more than 175 academics, tech
transfer officials and economic development professionals to improve the
relationship between researchers and entrepreneurs. |
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Wisconsin Growing Through Entrepreneurship Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle is big on entrepreneurship, and he’s backing this commitment with major resources via his Grow Wisconsin initiative. First begun in 2003, Grow Wisconsin is a series of initiatives that involve a comprehensive approach to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. Last week, Doyle recently announced an update to the original plan and laid out an aggressive agenda for 2005. Nearly all of the state’s key government agencies are involved, and the initiatives include programs related to housing, health care, workforce development, and education, among others. But, the plan’s primary goals for 2005 are to invest in people and in business, and to improve Wisconsin’s business climate. Among the newly announced programs are:
To view Grow Wisconsin:
The 2005 Agenda, visit |
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Responding to Katrina and Rita: More Help for Small Business
Congress has spent the last
two weeks looking at dozens of new initiatives to assist small business
owners hurt by hurricane Katrina, and now hurricane Rita. Their work is
not yet done, but it’s clear that billions will be devoted to
reconstruction. And, small business owners will not be left out of the
mix. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has been leading this charge. Her
amendment to the FY 2005 Commerce-State-Justice appropriations bill,
which has been passed in the Senate, includes an additional $595 million
in support for hurricane victims. She has also introduced a
free-standing bill (identical to her amendment), the Small Business,
Homeowners and Renters Disaster Relief Act of 2005 (S. 1724). Among
other things, the plan increases the maximum size of Small Business
Administration (SBA) disaster loans from $1.5 million to $10 million,
permits a 12-month deferral of loan payments, and expands funds for
various SBA programs, including small business development centers, the
7(a) loan program, and the 504 loan program. While this plan is not the
last word, most observers expect some version of this proposal to be
enacted into law. |
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Entrepreneur Magazine: Best Places for Business
Entrepreneur Magazine
is out with its annual list of best cities and towns for entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneur’s rankings are based on measures of new business formation
and business growth. The top five large cities are Phoenix (AZ),
Charlotte (NC), Raleigh-Durham (NC), Las Vegas (NV), and Indianapolis
(IN). Filling out the top five for midsize cities are El Paso (TX),
Tuscon (AZ), Birmingham (AL), Charleston (SC), and Mobile (AL). |
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Last week, we noted the
Wall Street Journal’s annual ranking of the best business schools. A
new ranking methodology from Washington Monthly offers an
interesting and different twist on how to look at America’s best
colleges and universities. Instead of assessing schools based on SAT
scores and other traditional measures, Washington Monthly opted
to examine schools based on their positive contributions to our society.
Their rankings are based on three measures: 1) Community service (e.g.
number of students enrolled in ROTC or participating in community
service projects), 2) Research (e.g. total R&D spending, and number of
science and engineering Ph.Ds), and 3) Social Mobility (e.g. school’s
performance in attracting and graduating low-income students). Many of
the big research universities continue to score well on these new
measures. The top five schools are (in order): Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, University of California-Los Angeles, University of
California-Berkeley, Cornell, and Stanford. Wellesley, Wesleyan, and
Bryn Mawr rank as the top liberal arts colleges. |
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National Economic Development Awards Show Potential of Entrepreneurship Last week, the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) presented awards to some of the nation’s most innovative economic development initiatives. These programs covered a lot of regions and programs, but several of the winners had a strong emphasis on promoting entrepreneurship.
To view the full list of the 2005 Economic Development Administration Excellence in Economic Development Award winners, visit http://www.eda.gov/NewsEvents/ExcellenceAwards.xml |
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