Newsroom: National News Archive 2004

July 4-10 

New college program will focus on black entrepreneurship
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
... A study in 2002 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City found that blacks with graduate training are two to three times more likely than whites ... <MORE>

Ford Motor Company Fund President, Sandra Ulsh to Chair National Youth...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA
...USHCC Foundation) has named Sandra Ulsh, President of Ford Motor Company Fund, honorary chair of the National Youth Entrepreneurship "BizFest."  <MORE>

An Investor's 'Gong Show' for Billion-Dollar Dreamers
New York Times - Menlo Park,CA
...a company that would mass-produce flying cars with retractable wings, was among the lucky finalists in the "Pitch Tim Draper on Your Billion Dollar Idea" contest, held Wednesday... <MORE>

It's tough being your own boss
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO
... skills that an entrepreneur needs,” he said. “Entrepreneurship is a state of mind. It's a willingness to seize opportunity and... <MORE>

Women-Led firms get just a sliver of venture financing
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL
Lee Jones, chief executive of the medical device company, remembers how difficult it was to raise venture capital to develop her idea... <MORE>

Inspiring future social entrepreneurs
Boston Globe - Boston,MA
... then that since the 1990s, Boston's legacy of active citizenship and innovation has led our city to become the capital of social entrepreneurship in America... <MORE>

July 11-17

My Recipe for a Financial Partnership
BusinessWeek - USA
Thinking about rapid expansion? You know you can't do it without the resources of a particular type of "partner," namely an investor... But are investors "partners"?... <MORE>

Waldport Chamber seeks volunteers to teach entrepreneurship
Newport News Times - Newport,OR
The Waldport Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications from volunteers willing to serve as instructors for two entrepreneurship training programs... <MORE>

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education
The Industry Standard - San Francisco,CA
Notes from a session on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education with Professors Tom Byers and Bob Sutton of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program... <MORE>

New college program will focus on black entrepreneurship
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO
... With the help of Ford Motor Co., an academic program focusing solely on black entrepreneurship will examine this trend and will explore circumstances faced by ... <MORE>

Dream is diverse, Cisneros tells KC
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO
Immigrants are the fastest-growing segment of American small-business owners, said the former president of Univision...  <MORE>

Venture Capital: Financings slowing for summer after setting hot ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA
VentureWire, an industry newsletter that tracks venture capital activity, reported only two new financings in the country yesterday... <MORE>

Making a 'Case' for Oklahoma Entrepreneurship
Alva Review Courier - Alva,OK
What started as a small home based business with a few sales on the internet has now grown to the point of being out of room. In November of 2002, D.C. Case opened a production line... <MORE>

Center will aid regional business
Freeport Journal Standard - Freeport,IL
... Daviess. Stephenson and Ogle are among the counties served by the Rock River Valley Entrepreneurship Center in Rockford. Funding... <MORE>

July 18-24

Fact Sheet: Encouraging Minority Entrepreneurship
Whitehouse.gov (press release) - USA
President Bush today announced a new initiative to expand business ownership and entrepreneurship among minorities. The Administration ... <MORE>

BU entrepreneurship center getting $250,000 state grant
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL
PEORIA - Bradley University received $250,000 from the state Wednesday in an effort to promote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the area... <MORE>

Women Knit Own Venture-Capital Networks
Women's Enews - New York,NY
... As a first-time entrepreneur, Chase was unfamiliar with the world of venture capital but knew this type of high finance was her only option if she wanted to... <MORE>

TEI, PEN joining to create new entrepreneurial organization
Triad Business Journal - Greensboro,NC
Triad business leaders announced the formation of the Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network, a new organization designed to nurture new companies from their... <MORE>

NewBiz: Does innovation fuel start-ups? Survey says...
Reuters - USA
... The findings, released this week in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, are part of an annual assessment of entrepreneurship as it relates to economic growth... <MORE>

Bill Introduced to Expand Cash Accounting for Small Businesses
Inc.com - New York,NY
... the accounting burden faced by small businesses, Senator Olympia J. Snowe, chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced a... <MORE>

Venture capital fares well
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA
Companies funded with venture capital fared better during the recent business downturn than did the rest of the US economy, a new study suggests... <MORE>

Teachers learning entrepreneurship
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC
... lesson Tuesday: how to inspire their students to become successful business owners, as the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship launched its first... <MORE>

US Entrepreneurial Activity Increased in 2003 but Job Growth Lags...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
These are the findings of the 2003 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), according to researchers at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, who compiled the data... <MORE>

Boston's history of entrepreneurship
Boston Globe - Boston,MA
Boston and Silicon Valley are widely recognized as the two leading regions for innovation-based entrepreneurship. But while... <MORE>

Why Venture Funds Don't Want Your Cash
Ocala Star-Banner - Ocala,FL
The partners at Sevin Rosen, a top venture capital firm, were braced for the worst last November, when they began passing the word that they wanted to raise a... <MORE>

Entrepreneurship program arrives in SC
The State - Columbia,SC
CHARLESTON, SC - It took 17 years, but a program to teach low-income students about entrepreneurship so they can carve a better future has finally arrived in... <MORE>

Rep. Osborne Encourages Entrepreneurship Education
Southwest Nebraska News - NE
... and approved by the subcommittee would allow vocational and technical education programs to provide for activities to support entrepreneurship education and... <MORE>

No use opposing offshoring
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA
... study sponsored by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, the Bay Area Economic Forum and the Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship... <MORE>

A strong advocate for state VC fund
Chicago Sun Times - Chicago,IL
... $200 million Illinois Opportunity Fund, Illinois runs the risk of "losing ground" to neighboring states, almost all of whom have embraced venture capital as a ... <MORE>

July 25-31 

New Trend in Business Education with Residential, Experiential Learning...
Newswise (press release) - USA
Venture@MooreHouse is an innovative residential learning experience in which students live together and operate a business in a corporate setting. The highly successful... <MORE>

Entrepreneurship Alive and Well in the San Francisco Bay Area
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB)  -- Take a laid off Pastor, and a former dot-commer. Give them the challenge of creating a business that incorporates social responsibility, environmental... <MORE>

Fund for Our Economic Future Creates a NEO Economy
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
As the first step in a strategy designed to spark business development and new high-wage-earning job opportunities in Northeast Ohio, the Fund for Our Economic Future... <MORE>

Be Your Own Boss
U.S. News & World Report
Mary Kittrelle never expected to start her own business... Kittrelle watched as classmate after classmate chased new ideas and made pitches to venture capitalists... <MORE>

Venture capital funding on upswing
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA
Venture capital investment in upstart companies continues to pick up speed, with deals nationally breaking $5 billion for the third consecutive quarter... <MORE>

Start-up resources abound here
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY
... For a wide range of information about starting a company, entrepreneurs should also look to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a national philanthropy... <MORE>

Venture Capital: Investors set to place bets on a telecom(!)
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA
... Once garnering 17 percent of all venture capital dollars, the sector slipped in recent years as investors reacted to a meltdown that is often described as... <MORE>

Entrepreneurship: Why entrepreneurs and venture capitalists often clash
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA
... Jack Roseman, who taught entrepreneurship for 13 years at Carnegie Mellon University, is director of The Roseman Institute, a subsidiary of Buchanan Ingersoll... <MORE>

US Entrepreneurship Levels Up, but Funding Levels Are Down
Newswise (press release) - USA
... study on entrepreneurial activity around the globe. The study was sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City... <MORE>

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