Newsroom: National News Archive 2004

October 3 - October 9 

National Launch of Urban Entrepreneur Partnership
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA
WHAT: Join the National Urban League, White House National Economic Council, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Business Roundtable for the launch of a new... <MORE>

May: Fox Valley Tech turns to entrepreneurship
Wisbusiness.com - Madison,WI
It is preparing to hire someone to start up a "virtual" Center for Entrepreneurship, which will help people take their ideas and turn them into job creating... <MORE>

New WFU entrepreneur office sets goals
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC
... It was founded in December when the university was named one of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's eight Kauffman campuses for entrepreneurship nationwide... <MORE>

Ball State reaches out
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN
The influence will continue to grow through the university's commitment to helping build communities and expand entrepreneurship opportunities, said Jo Ann M... <MORE>

Young entrepreneurs take over renovated university dormitory for...
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR
... After sitting empty for 10 years, the newly renovated Oregon State University landmark reopened this fall as the home of the Austin Entrepreneurship Program, a... <MORE>

Entrepreneurship: Forget IQ and EQ. Best entrepreneurs have high BQ
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA
I've met very smart people with advanced degrees who thought they were brilliant entrepreneurs. Most of them failed. I've met street savvy businesspeople without a single degree who succeeded... Why? <MORE>

Improving Your Chances, by Degree
BusinessWeek - New York,NY
I knew all the standard reasons why an aspiring entrepreneur should pursue an MBA, but two less obvious ones have done the most to help my business blossom... <MORE>

Space for entrepreneurs
Ames Tribune - Ames,IA
... mentality. She is one of 30 students who are the first residents of ISU's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Learning Community. The... 
<MORE>

Does Venture Capital Offer Lessons for Nonprofit Capitalization?
Always On - USA
... There are no hard and proven answers, but clearly more needs to be done to engage the venture capital firms and the broader financial services industry... <MORE>

October 10-16

National Launch of Urban Entrepreneur Partnership...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA
...The White House and the National Urban League (NUL) developed this historic public-private collaboration with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the... <MORE>

Higher Education Makes Entrepreneurship a Priority
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN
... Entrepreneurship is becoming an economic priority, but we still have significant work to do to take advantage of the dynamic growth opportunities that come by... <MORE>

Venture Capital Returns Outperformed NASDAQ, S&P...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Venture capital performance surpassed both the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 as measured at the close of the second quarter of 2004 ... <MORE>

Program for small manufacturers gets money to continue services
Buffalo Business First - Buffalo,NY
...The Bush administration recently transferred an additional $8.5 million into MEP's account. This money will enable MEP centers to keep providing services... <MORE>

South Dakota Rated Friendliest State for Entrepreneurship
Inc.com - New York,NY
... A ranking released last week by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC), a small business advocacy group, rated South Dakota as the state with the... <MORE>

4-H program teaches entrepreneurship
Miller Press - Miller,SD
... The curriculum suggests that an adult helper or guide help introduce the youth to the exciting world of entrepreneurship... <MORE>

Group plans study of policy effects on small business
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago,IL
... Susan Gates, a Rand economist for nine years, is the director of the center, which is supported by the Rand Corp. and the Kauffman Foundation... <MORE>

Entrepreneurship Class Based on Apprentice?
Wharton Journal - Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
... In his opinion, a class inspired by The Donald's hit show The Apprentice would teach the grand elements of entrepreneurship... 
<MORE>

Entrepreneurship with a silver lining
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL
... While Hanson and many other 50-plus business owners turned to entrepreneurship out of financial necessity, still others did it out of an emotional need... <MORE>

Two UW grads are 24 and already in charge
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA
... are opportunities for young entrepreneurs to study at least 1,500 colleges and universities, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit... <MORE>

Tech office helps inventors, launches start-ups
The Michigan Daily - Ann Arbor,MI
... with the University to help them get their innovations patented, the office's Business Formation Development Staff has helped launch 13 new start-up... <MORE>

New Survey Ranks States' Support Of Small Business
PCT Online - USA
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC) (formerly the Small Business Survival Committee) released its rankings of the states according to their... <MORE>

Startup 'boot camp' begins
Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse,NY
... sold out, and we're real happy with the diversified group we have," said Nola Miyasaki, director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship, which organizes... <MORE>

InfoTech Demonstrates the Best of Tech, Entrepreneurship
Local Tech Wire - Fort Mill,SC
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK -- How good was the technology and the spirit of entrepreneurship on display at InfoTech 2004 on Friday... 
<MORE>

New Mexico VCs form state trade association
MSNBC - USA
A consortium of the state's venture capital and private equity firms has announced the formation of the New Mexico Venture Capital Association (NMVCA)... <MORE>

In search of 'angels'
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ
... So-called angel financing, eclipsed for a time in the 1990s by venture capital, again is on the lips and agendas of those promoting the growth of early-stage... <MORE>

October 17-23

Innovators Find Alternative To Venture Capital
Washington Post - Washington,DC
... gave speeches to business school students about how to find funding, he used to focus about 80 percent of his talk on the art of landing venture capital... <MORE>

Venture capital flowing again
Pioneer Press (subscription) - St. Paul,MN
... early-stage financings nearly doubled to $45.6 million in the first half of this year, according to a survey by the National Venture Capital Association and... <MORE>

Purdue to Dedicate Center For Entrepreneurship
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, the first building completed in Discovery Park, will be dedicated at 1... <MORE>

Two New Groups To Help Drive Entrepreneurship in NC
Local Tech Wire - Fort Mill,SC
...The Foundation is to assist in research and education related to entrepreneurship and innovation. "North Carolina's future ability... 
<MORE>

Center teaches how to be an entrepreneur
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ
...The center's eight-week certificate in Small Business Entrepreneurship is believed to be the only one of its kind, Monreal said... <MORE>

Unprecedented National Partnership Launched to Encourage Minority Entrepreneurship...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC
...other Administration officials, today announced five pilot cities of a groundbreaking national partnership to encourage minority entrepreneurship and business... <MORE>

Louisiana Business: Venture Capital, Saints Special, Supply chain...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA
...Capital investors and economic development movers & shakers will convene at the annual Louisiana Purchase Venture Capital Forum, October 26 & 27 in Baton Rouge... <MORE>

National Venture Capital Association Reacts to FASB Delay...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... to delay the mandate for private companies to expense employee stock options is lacking and incomplete, according the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA ... <MORE>

'It's one thing to launch, it's another to sustain'
Portland Press Herald - Portland,ME
Recognizing and jumping on a business opportunity is a key trait of the entrepreneur... But having a handle on marketing, business goals, cash flow and other business basics is the key... <MORE>

Lack of taxes makes state great for small businesses, survey says
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN
Tennessee has been given the rank of 16th best small business climate in the United States by the Washington, DC-based Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council... <MORE>

New groups boost minority businesses
The Capital Times - Madison,WI
... is working to organize an African-American and Black Business Association under... used the opportunity to make a pitch for formation of a new Department of ... <MORE>

Startups offer taste of entrepreneurship
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN
...have enough money to get started or the credit to borrow from financial institutions, said Michael Molchan, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the... <MORE>

New national program aimed at minority businesses in Kansas City
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO
... Among the chief sponsors of the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership is Kansas City's Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which will spend $2.3 million over the next... <MORE>

Kauffman joins minority entrepreneurship program
Kansas City Business Journal - Kansas City,MO
... Kauffman Foundation is teaming up with the federal government and two national nonprofits on a pilot program intended to encourage minority entrepreneurship... <MORE>

October 24-30  

Venture capital flat from a year ago
CNN - USA
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - US venture capital investing dipped in the seasonally soft third quarter but was flat from the year-ago period, with investments of... <MORE>

Alabama scores high in attracting small business
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL
...The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a nonpartisan Washington group, studied how public policy affected small businesses and entrepreneurs in each... <MORE>

Susan Preston, entrepreneur, on how to set up angel networks
WTN News - Madison,WI
...Preston said that the Kauffman Foundation's Angel Capital Association (ACA) has only begun to collect information about angel investment networks... <MORE>

UM branch to get a $10M gift
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL
...CarePlus Health Plans, is donating $10 million over several years to help fund what is to be known as the Miguel B. Fernandez Family Entrepreneurship Building... <MORE>

Machine shop bounces back from recession
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN
...The Indiana University Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation annually awards the honor to privately owned businesses that have at least $500,000... <MORE>

Looking for Entrepreneurship U.? Check Out UNC Chapel Hill...
Local Tech Wire - Fort Mill,SC
... "UNC Chapel Hill offers an undergraduate business degree with a concentration in entrepreneurship and, next fall, will allow students in its Colleges of Arts ... <MORE>

Students of Enterprise
Entrepreneur - USA
... some form of entrepreneurship training is available at more than 1,500 colleges and universities nationwide, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation... <MORE>

Q3 venture capital investment down 4%, survey says
CBS MarketWatch - USA
LONDON (CBS.MW) -- US venture capital investment and number of deals were down 4 percent with $4.56 billion invested in 467 deals in typical third quarter slow... <MORE>

The 25 Most Entrepreneurial Campuses
Forbes - USA
... a growing number of colleges and universities are tailoring their undergraduate business curricula to encourage young entrepreneurs, providing the training and guidance they need to start their own businesses ... <MORE>

10 Semi-finalists announced in Olin Cup Entrepreneurship ...
Washington University in St. Louis (press release) - Saint Louis
... new initiatives at Washington University resulting from a multi-year cross campus effort that is supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Bob and ... <MORE>

Grief led FSU grad to entrepreneurship
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL
By Atsuko Ota. A personal experience changed the career of Renee Wood, from social worker to founder and owner of the Comfort Company ... <MORE>

LSU named 3rd most entrepreneurial campus in nation
BizNewOrleans.com - Metairie,LA
BATON ROUGE -- The EJ Ourso College of Business Administration's entrepreneurship programs and LSU rank third in the nation on a list of the "most ... <MORE>

Development at heart of agency
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA
... A In the last three years, we've been involved in micro-enterprise development, training in technical assistance, entrepreneurship training and loan programs ... <MORE>

Venture Capital: Investors made it a sizzling summer
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA
The summer months are supposed to be a time of rest and relaxation for venture capital firms. But venture capitalists picked up ... <MORE>

UND makes list of best schools for entrepreneurs
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND
... business consulting. Five years ago, UND started an entrepreneurship major and developed a minor for students in other majors. "We ... <MORE>

An entrepreneurial welcome
OSU Daily Barometer - Corvallis,OR
... repairs. Now, the building has just undergone a $20 million renovation to become the home of the Austin Entrepreneurship Program. ... <MORE>

NEWSROOM

NDE-news

EntreFacts

Main

News Archive

Media contact:

Mark Marich

mark@pfidc.org

202-467-2776