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Newsroom: National News Archive 2005
February
27 - March 5
Strengthening
America's Communities Initiative Telecast
Economic Development Administration
You are invited to attend this live session and engage in
discussions with key policy leaders on March 15, 2005... <MORE>
Dearth
of a Nation
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA
...columnists delivering ominous-sounding reports and editorials
about the threat to American innovation posed by a freshly
competitive world... "We no longer have a lock on technology...
<MORE>
Closing
The Entrepreneurial Gap By David Goodrich, President...
Inside INdiana Business (press release) -
Indianapolis,IN
... It's also critical that we promote entrepreneurship from within
our existing corporations, encouraging the spin-off of "orphan
technologies" into new... <MORE>
Free
Wheelchair Mission Founder Honored with Medallion for
Entrepreneurship Award
Business Wire (press release) - San
Francisco,CA
The Beta Gamma Sigma Award Recognizes Those Who Successfully Combine
Innovative Business Achievement with Service to Humanity... <MORE>
Street
presents blueprint for firing up city's business climate
Northeast Philadelphia News Gleaner -
Philadelphia,PA
While Philadelphia's past belongs to the manufacturing industry,
Mayor Street believes the city's future is tied to the
"knowledge industry."... <MORE>
Applicants
Nationwide Apply to Present Their Businesses to Prospective
Investors...
Business Wire (press release) - San
Francisco,CA
Applications Received from Record Number of States; Selected
Presenting Companies to Be Announced Mid-March... <MORE>
Reducing
Marginal Tax Rates Increases Entrepreneurship, Study Shows
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
Reducing marginal income tax rates on entrepreneurs increases
entrepreneurial entry, decreases exit from entrepreneurship, and
lengthens the duration of... <MORE>
Part
II: When will Gates be Open ?
Always On - USA
These tools, and the precedent they establish, will allow the
public- sector, small to medium enterprises and even large firms
worldwide to explore new business models and begin a new era... <MORE>
Entrepreneurship
Shows Potential for Native Economies Beyond Gaming
Civilrights.org (press release) -
Washington,DC
The report, Native Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities
for Rural Communities, looks at the current state of Native
non-gaming entrepreneurship and ... <MORE>
Civic
Innovation Lab Selects E City Founder John Zitzner to Receive
Funding...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
...E City, an after-school program that teaches entrepreneurship
skills and financial literacy... will use the Lab's funding and
mentorship to help create Entrepreneurship Academy, a new community
school... <MORE>
SBAM
report gives Michigan low marks
Crain's Detroit Business (subscription) -
Detroit,MI
...Michigan received a "C" in overall entrepreneurship,
which placed it in the median of the 50 states. However, it received
an "F" in "entrepreneurial dynamism... <MORE>
Babson
College and Instituto de Empresa Sign Strategic Alliance...
AScribe - USA
... de Empresa (Madrid) have signed a strategic alliance to jointly
develop teaching, research, and training programs in the fields of
entrepreneurship and family enterprising... <MORE>
The
Venture Capital Beggar's Banquet
Forbes - USA
Guy Kawasaki is an entrepreneur, author and chief executive ...Guy
will provide expert answers to all your questions about starting a
business... <MORE>
Asia
Business Conference 2005: Adding Value in Asia, From Outsourcing to
Innovation
Harbus Online - Cambridge,MA
The conference examined how Asia has evolved from a region that
started as a low-technology outsourcing movement to provider of the
most sophisticated and innovative products and... <MORE>
BizFest
expected to be success
Kansas City Dos Mundos - Kansas City,MO
... Lopez applauded forward-looking corporations such as Sprint,
Commerce Bank, Aquila, General Motors, and organizations like the
Kauffman Foundation and the... <MORE>
Government
should train workers, not fight outsourcing
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC
...jobs overseas is good for the economy. That's a controversial
statement, especially here in North Carolina. Why? A: Outsourcing is
essential for innovation... <MORE>
On
the Economy: Manufacturing still matters, and should matter, to
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA
... Moreover, many small local manufacturing firms are home to the
sort of innovation that always has been a hallmark of this region,
from its early days as an... <MORE>
Teen
entrepreneurs hope to link businesses with idle equipment
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN
A group of teenagers embarking on their own business landed a
five-figure foundation grant to help growing firms acquire equipment
left idle elsewhere. "We were very impressed with them,"
says... <MORE>
Now
It's Time To Get Your Hands Dirty
Forbes - USA
... A former copywriter at Commemorative Brands--vendor of college
and high school rings--she quit to enroll in the Acton MBA in
Entrepreneurship program, at an... <MORE>
Minority-Owned
Businesses Grow
Inc.com - New York,NY
The share of minority-owned businesses in the United States more
than doubled in the last twenty-years, but not all groups have fared
the same, reported the Small Business Administration... <MORE>
Professor
wants state to grasp Discovery Park's potential
Journal and Courier Online - Lafayette,IN
... Pekny professes his thoughts on "Discovery Park as an
Engine for Innovation."... Center, e-Enterprise Center and
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship... <MORE>
Is
Country Losing Competitive Edge In Technology Industry
Radio Free Europe - Prague,Czech Republic
For years, the United States has led the world's technology
industry... But that dominance is waning, according to a report...
<MORE>
TED Prize Winners Reveal Their World-Changing Wishes at TED 2005
Conference
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
Four months ago, three extraordinary individuals... were each
granted three wishes as winners of the inaugural TED Prize. They
were given time to formulate their wishes and strongly encouraged
to... <MORE>
March
6 - 12
Culture
change: Some to get overtime at Electronic Arts
San Jose Mercury News - USA
... and expectations,'' said John H. Freeman, a professor of
entrepreneurship and innovation at University of
California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business... <MORE>
US
Waterproofing President Named to Chicago-Area Entrepreneurship Hall
of Fame
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... has been named to the Chicago-area UIC Entrepreneurship Hall of
... or present growth in sales, generated employment, inspired
innovation, enhanced profitability... <MORE>
US
tech leaders warn of competitiveness risk
FinFacts Ireland - Ireland
...the group unveiled an Innovation Policy Agenda designed to
maintain U.S. global leadership through policies that encourage
entrepreneurship, job creation... <MORE>
Death
of the New Economy Teaches Lessons
WTOP - Washington,D.C.
"Everybody got one hell of an education after the Nasdaq hit
its high and the bubble burst," said Lincoln Anderson, chief
investment officer at LPL Financial Services... <MORE>
State
Initiatives in Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Win
National "Best Practices" Award
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO
Washington, DC - Four state initiatives spurring entrepreneurship
and economic growth, and demonstrating market-based results, have
won national "Best Practices... <MORE>
Ernst
& Young Seeks Northern California's Preeminent Entrepreneurs
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... through business, economic, or academic means are eligible for
the Supporter of Entrepreneurship award, presented by the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation... <MORE>
Entrepreneurship:
What Does It REALLY Mean?
WebProNews - Lexington,KY
In a world where ideas drive economies, it is no wonder that
innovation and entrepreneurship are often seen as inseparable
bedfellows... <MORE>
Spirit
of innovation survives the turmoil
San Jose Mercury News - USA
If the dot-com bust meant the end of innovation in Silicon Valley,
someone forgot to tell Paul Mercer... ``Bottom line for me, nothing
has changed,'' Mercer said... <MORE>
The
Center for Innovative Entrepreneurship Reports Entrepreneurial
Confidence Declined 3.6%...
Business Wire (press release) - San
Francisco,CA,USA
...reported today that entrepreneurial confidence declined 3.6% in
February, the second consecutive decline and third in the past four
months... <MORE>
Moneymakers:
Steven Currall
Houston Chronicle - USA
[The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship] helps
entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures in Houston through
education, collaboration and research... <MORE>
Contest
challenges teens to consider entrepreneurship
Kansas City Star - MO
...the real reward comes as girls consider the entrepreneurial path
as they are making plans for the future... <MORE>
More
Than 30 Million Women Worldwide Are Entrepreneurs
Newswise (press release) - USA
Forty-one percent of entrepreneurs are women, according to a
cross-national study of thirty-four countries... released today by
The Center For Women’s Leadership... <MORE>
Innovation
spurs US advantage
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN
... The report's central thesis -- that innovation has contributed
to a US advantage -- is a common theme in the Michiana area... <MORE>
The
Empathy Economy
BusinessWeek - USA
...Quality-management programs can't give you the kind of empathetic
connection to consumers that increasingly is the key to opening up
new business opportunities... <MORE>
Oak
Harbor DECA Honors Five Entrepreneurs
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton,OH
...This program is just one of many activities that the Oak Harbor
DECA members have participated in as part of their Entrepreneurship
Promotion Project... <MORE>
Proposed
Fund Could Result In Millions For Texas Economy
KCBD-TV - Lubbock,TX
...continue to foster technology innovation. Perry says each
technological innovation stands to benefit the Texas economy
drastically... <MORE>
SBA
to honor efforts to aid tech
IdahoStatesman.com - ID
... The SBA conference is sponsored by the US Small Business
Administration, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Council of
State Governments and the... <MORE>
Level
of venture capital investments rises, study finds
Houston Business Journal - Houston,TX
... Because of the increased level of early-stage venture-capital
investing, companies receiving first rounds of financing posted
their highest premoney valuations... <MORE>
Efforts
to Encourage Entrepreneurship Among Persons With Mental Illness
Psychiatric Services (subscription) - USA
...programs that can best facilitate self-employment of psychiatric
outpatients (1). For example, the University of Montana's Rural
Entrepreneurship and Self... <MORE>
Taxes
and Entrepreneurial Activity
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO
... The study was released at a panel discussion entitled "Tax
Policy and the Entrepreneurial Sector," sponsored by the Small
Business & Entrepreneurship Council... <MORE>
March
13 - 19
More
college students get start-up schooling
Marion Star - Marion,OH
SAN FRANCISCO -- As colleges expand entrepreneurship education, more
are giving hands-on schooling in the rarefied world of start-up
finance... <MORE>
Babcock's
Mandel named one of the best entrepreneurship program...
Triad Business Journal - Greensboro,NC
Stan Mandel, a Wake Forest University business professor, has been
named one of the top entrepreneurship program directors in the
nation by Entrepreneur ... <MORE>
Nation
must regain its edge in technical innovation
Seattle Times - USA
...At first glance, it might seem absurd to talk about the need for
innovation... Today, however, our speed of innovation is being
challenged... <MORE>
More
college students get start-up schooling
USA Today - USA
...The growth also comes when groups such as the Ewing Marion
Kauffman Foundation are trying to broaden diversity in the venture
industry... <MORE>
Tri-Valley
poised to be hub for innovation
Contra Costa Times - CA
The Tri-Valley can become a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurs,
if the region's business and political leaders play their cards
right... <MORE>
Outsourcing
Innovation
BusinessWeek - USA
...While the electronics sector is furthest down this road, the
search for offshore help with innovation is spreading to nearly
every corner of the economy... <MORE>
Knowledge
needs nurturing
Kansas City Star - MO
...innovation and creativity are said to be the qualities that will
differentiate businesses from their competitors. If you and your co-
workers don't have time to think, there's scant chance of
innovation... <MORE>
Whipper
Snippers
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND
...in part, because he wanted to get his sister involved in
entrepreneurship... Drew works as an entrepreneur consultant at the
Center for Innovation, helping other... <MORE>
Mulder:
Oregon has a chance to invest for its future
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR
...According to Pat Scruggs, the state innovation economy officer,
SB 838 "addresses the question: How are we commercializing the
research coming out of ONAMI and... <MORE>
Gurus
of entrepreneurship offer advice to startups
ZDNet - USA
...Garage Technology Ventures Managing Director Bill Reichert led a
discussion with a panel of notable startup veterans... <MORE>
Angel
networks investing in community's future
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI
...Nunemaker said he wouldn't have even been looking at EMSystem if
it weren't for a relatively new angel investing network that, in the
last two years, has become the biggest... <MORE>
Smaller
Businesses Called Key
Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC
Economic growth in the coming years is likely to be driven by
entrepreneurship and small businesses, according to the keynote
speaker at the first-ever Moore ... <MORE>
Venture
Capital: Downhill slide began 5 years ago
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... In that week alone, Paul Allen's online shopping site Mercata
raised $40 million in venture capital, HomeGrocer.com priced its IPO,
Ignition announced the ... <MORE>
...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA
The accomplishments of MacroArray Technologies, LLC, PartySpace.com,
Really Strategies, Inc. and Nucleonics, Inc. were all celebrated...
<MORE>
Government
doesn't have free money for entrepreneurs, says UMR Business Center
Waynesville Daily Guide - Waynesville,MO
"Unfortunately, there are some people who take advantage of
small- business owners by selling them books and directories
supposedly listing a myriad of grant programs... <MORE>
March
27 - April 2
Intel
backs Grokster in Supreme Court spat
Inquirer - UK
...result in timidity in innovation and would not serve the
copyright law's purpose of encouraging innovation for the benefit of
the public and US economy...
Teen
Fashion Moguls Gather In NYC April 26 For Business Expo and Awards
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles, CA
... and El Salvador, who will participate in a business expo and
awards program as part of the National Foundation for Teaching
Entrepreneurship's (NFTE) 11th...
Corzine
unveils plan to support and create research/ development ...
Newsday - Long Island,NY
... Street firm Goldman Sachs. "The Edison Innovation Fund will
create good jobs and keep New Jersey competitive in the new
economy...
GSB
survey studies entrepreneurship
Stanford Daily - USA
“Entrepreneurs must be jacks-of-all-trades,” Etemadi said. “I
cannot stress that enough. I followed no flowchart of things to
do...
Gov.
Blagojevich launces new web site to help entrepreneurs grow...
Illinois Government News Network - IL
CHICAGO - Continuing to deliver on his Opportunity Returns promise
to promote entrepreneurship and innovation, Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
Site
teaches lessons of entrepreneurship
Chicago Tribune
Seasoned entrepreneurs can share their time, insights and money with
the next generation at a website set up by the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation. The Giving Back to Entrepreneurship website shows
visitors how to get started...
FAMU
students make entrepreneurship finals
Miami Herald - FL
A pair of FAMU's MBA students will take their business plan to the
nation's capital to be judged in Ford Motor Co.'s HBCU Business
Classic...
World
Bank pres coming to Pine Ridge
Native Times - USA
... of economic hardship faced by indigenous peoples within US
borders, who could use support in building access to capital to
support entrepreneurship and address ...
New
products steeped in conventional ideas
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - USA
... two of five winners of Innovate Illinois awards, sponsored by
the entrepreneurship center with ... For Chicago-based Ineeka Inc.,
innovation boils down to a more ...
North
Carolina Technology Association to Host Press Conference...
Internet Telephony Magazine - Norwalk,CT
... Assembly WHY: Discuss the significance of leveraging North
Carolina's military assets and business entrepreneurship to create
jobs, innovation and research and ...
Purdue
ousts biz guru
Indianapolis Business Journal -
Indianapolis,IN
... opportunity," she said. Gateways was one part of Purdue's
much larger structure for new-business formation and incubation. The
process...
Ideas
& Events: Monmouth students have business singing
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ
... and four-year college in the United States, according to Paul
Magelli, scholar in residence at the Kansas City, Mo.-based Kauffman
Foundation, which studies ...
The
Coca-Cola Company announces changes to senior management and...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... execution with excellence; inspire and motivate; promote
entrepreneurship and accountability ... the close coordination of
the marketing, innovation and strategic ...
Babson
Named Top Entrepreneurship Program by Entrepreneur Magazine
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
WELLESLEY, Mass -- Entrepreneur magazine has named Babson College
the #1 national program for entrepreneurship. The magazine also
named Babson Entrepreneurship...
Big
companies should sometimes think small
Huntsville Times - Huntsville, AL
... To promote innovation and entrepreneurship big companies must
encourage everyone to think like innovators and entrepreneurs...
Bill
would help to build research parks
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL
...introduced a bill last week designed to create of innovation
centers, or university research parks, that match public research
with private businesses...
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