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Newsroom: National News Archive 2005
July 31 - August 6, 2005
Students get hands-on business lesson
Macomb Daily - Mount
Clemens, MI
... Macomb Community College -- which next year will start offering
an entrepreneurship certificate -- and the Macomb Intermediate
School District have partnered...
Bankruptcy and Business
HispanicBusiness.com -
Santa Barbara, CA
... But a study released in June from the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation estimates the true number of business bankruptcies at
260,000 to 315,000...
Expensing of Stock Options Doesn't Reflect Economic Reality
Inside INdiana Business
(press release) - Indianapolis,IN
... s entrepreneurs. The BioCrossroads life sciences initiative is
focused on new business formation in the biotech sector. And many
...
Facing an
innovation deficit
FCW.com - USA
...to host an innovation summit this fall. They will try to reach a
consensus on dealing with what they view as an R&D deficit that
could weaken the US economy...
Kauffman Foundation adds math, science to priority list
Kansas City Business
Journal - Kansas City, MO
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation will pump tens of millions of
dollars during the next decade into improving the math and science
achievement of area...
Laundry owners find it rough
Toledo Blade - Toledo, OH
Inger and Ron Murdock took entrepreneurship classes, so they knew
that running their own small business wouldn't be easy. But...
Beyond New and Improved: New Frontiers of Design Innovation
GreenBiz - Washington, DC
Ten years ago, as the US economy headed into the thick of global
competition ... the next 10 years, I think we'll harness the power
of design innovation to make...
Minority business booming
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,
AZ
... poor management skills and limited access to government and
corporate contracts, according to a recent report by the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas ...
Business blog raises profile of Belmont
Dickson Herald - Dickson,
TN
... named, has helped raise the profile of Belmont's
entrepreneurship program, he said. Cornwall's audience ranges from
students to professors to policy-makers to ...
Entrepreneurs in training
Baltimore Sun - United
States
... He was one of 17 high school students who for the past three
weeks participated in the Hinman's Campus Entrepreneurship
Opportunities Program at the University ...
Snowe Introduces Bill Allowing Interest on Businesses Checking...
U.S. Newswire (press
release) - Washington, DC
... July 29 /US Newswire/ -- US Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine),
chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, today announced she is ...
State can foster an entrepreneurial economy
Albany Times Union -
Albany, NY
... Our approach relies on four primary principles: support for
entrepreneurship and innovation; a focus on workforce development;
investment in broadband ...
What goes up comes down in innovation
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort
Lauderdale, FL
... I was a NASA engineer, this would be about the time I'd be
reaching for an economy-size pack ... "Nanotech is at the top of the
global innovation agenda," Matthew ...
He's got a big box business
Long Beach Press-Telegram -
Long Beach, CA
... moving, or the expense of purchasing new ones, he paired
environmentalism and entrepreneurship with his ... Citing company
policy, Metro did release sales figures. ...
August 7-13, 2005
License to Thrive
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
... This is about accelerating innovation," says Jeff ... ventures,
partnerships, and licensing, says Kaihan Krippendorff, a professor
of entrepreneurship at Florida...
Fed raises key rate 25 basis points to 3-1/2 percent
FinFacts Ireland - Ireland
... difficult, because the pace of productivity growth depends
heavily on the pace of technological innovation. "Over the past
decade, the US economy has benefited...
Innovation -- Top Down or Bottom Up?
Fast Company - USA
... Education, immigration reform, R&D spending strategy are issues
that any country/economy must grapple with to solve the economic
impact question of innovation...
There is an abundance of ideas in the valley.
San Jose Mercury News -
United States
...a new Internet revolution or bubble appears as remote as the
prospect of a business wrapping its identity around a sock puppet...
Targacept chief, Babcock teacher write about business-innovation
strategies
Winston-Salem Journal -
Winston-Salem, NC
... Center for Entrepreneurship at the Babcock school, published an
article in the Harvard Business Review on spinouts, with a focus on
Targacept. Innovation...
Aiding entrepreneurs
Charlottesville Daily
Progress - Charlottesville, VA
...“It’s a mindset, it’s innovation, it’s intelligent risks, it’s
clearly about leadership,” Lansing said. “It’s the willingness to
allow for mistakes and failure...
Let's clear path for minority businesses
USA Today - USA
... A study by the non-partisan Kauffman Foundation, which promotes
US entrepreneurship, suggests that minority businesses won't grow as
rapidly as they are ...
The Entrepreneurial Nest: Stanford Business School Research Examines
Who will Stay or Leave
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA
... Similarly, studies of entrepreneurship must be equally
inclusive. But finding data to build such a study has been very
difficult. ...
Students Compete for
Entrepreneurship “World Cup”
High school students from
ten countries will compete as part of the Students for the
Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) World Cup in San
Mateo, California...
August 14-20, 2005
Health insurance costs dog would-be entrepreneurs
USA Today - USA
... As health costs soar, more would-be entrepreneurs are reluctant
to quit Corporate America and its blue-chip benefits to start
businesses, entrepreneurship experts say...
Defining San Diego's Future in a Flat World
Voice of San Diego - San Diego,
CA
... wake of a basic shift in the structure of the world economy,
cities across ... this new global age where the Internet, knowledge
creation and innovation are key...
Startup disaster uplifts careers
Seattle Times - United
States
... Hanna concentrated on entrepreneurship and innovation while
getting her MBA, but in heading up fund raising for Northwest
Environment Watch, her dot-com ...
FastTrac program gets $80,000 grant
Mason City Globe Gazette -
Mason City, IA
...Grant funds will be used to provide entrepreneurship education
and support to help rural Iowans start new businesses or grow
existing businesses through FastTrac classes statewide...
Why Minorities Consider Becoming Entrepreneurs
Fortune - USA
... The 2002 study, called The Entrepreneur Next Door, published by
the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which promotes entrepreneurial
scholarship, showed that ...
Ivory tower innovators
MSNBC - USA
Commercializing academic research to boost economic development is a
worthy goal, but one beset with obstacles and difficulties. Along
with the rest of the nation...
Minority business enterprises continue to gain momentum
Richmond Times Dispatch -
Richmond,VA,USA
... Several years ago the Kauffman Foundation sponsored a study,
"The Entrepreneur Next Door, Characteristics of Individuals Starting
Companies in America," that ...
Minority businesses on the rise
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Milwaukee,WI,USA
...The latest census figures show a rise in the number of
black-owned businesses during the most recent economic downturn.
Historically, the owners of companies started in hard times...
Tabling
patents
Standard-Examiner
(subscription) - Ogden, UT
... "We take something that seemingly has no room for innovation,
and with ... in the Top of Utah that are playing an integral role as
the state economy evolves toward ...
Instilling entrepreneurship among the youth
Saipan Tribune - West
Orange, NJ
The Northern Marianas College's Small Business Development Center
will be conducting a series of trainings on teaching youth
entrepreneurship to a select group ...
SBA Hosts Live Web Chat on Small Business and Health Care
PR Newswire (press release)
- New York, NY
...The live, interactive SBA Web chat will engage business owners
and aspiring entrepreneurs in a national dialogue about health care
and small business...
SEC Seeks Public Input on Sarbanes-Oxley
Inc.com - New York, NY
...The Securities Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on
Smaller Public Companies is seeking public input on the impact of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on smaller-sized businesses...
August 21 - 27, 2005
The
Three Ways of Great Leaders
Fast Company - USA
In a new study, some leading business thinkers identify the
attributes of great leadership -- and nominate the best bosses of
the 20th century...
Research Not Being Applied to Innovations
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
Universities are not applying their research on industrial
innovations to their full potential, claims a study from the
Kauffman Foundation...
Drop in international students threatens US Research
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des
Moines, IA
... these bright international students to sustain progress in
research. Research drives innovation, and innovation drives our
economy...
Big on small business
New Bern Sun Journal - New
Bern, NC
... dream. Craven Community College is offering a 16-week Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation course on entrepreneurship training.
The...
City
testing downtown "hot spot"
WVLT - Knoxville, TN
... Director Tim Siglin of the Kingsport Office of Small Business
Development and Entrepreneurship first suggested Wi-Fi in the
downtown area...
Answer Central: Why minorities consider becoming entrepreneurs
SouthCoastToday.com - New
Bedford, MA
...If minorities don't think their contributions are being
adequately recognized, that may prod them to start their own
businesses. "If you're an entrepreneur then you can control your
destiny...
Sun rises on open DRM
CNETNews.com
A fully open source and patent-free copy-restriction technology has
been launched by Sun, as a way of bypassing 'the tollgates to
digital rights'...
Center to link academic research, markets
Boston Globe - United
States
... warns of an ''innovation backlog" -- of promising research
projects that don't enter the market -- slowing expansion of the
nation's high-tech economy...
Technology
Transfer bill can boost state's competitiveness
Waterbury Republican
American - Waterbury, CT
... in which new and emerging businesses can thrive and boost our
state's economy... We can only hope that when fully implemented,
this innovation network bill will ...
Illinois could use a few good Edisons
Chicago Tribune - United
States
... "It suggests that [Illinois] is not keeping pace in the
innovation economy.". It's not that Illinois has a dearth of
inventive companies...
New chief repositions Thunderbird
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,
AZ
In his first year leading the world's top international management
school, Angel Cabrera found himself with several challenges,
including declining enrollment and...
Director chosen for entrepreneurship center
Ball State Daily News -
Muncie,IN,USA
The Midwest Entrepreneurship Education Center is located in Ball
State University's Miller College of Business, but the new director
of the program said he ...
Women Face Obstacles In Venture-Cap Industry
Hartford Courant - United
States
... The study was conducted by The Diana Project, which is
associated with the Kauffman Foundation, a group that fosters
entrepreneurship...
Back To School For Small Businesses
Forbes - USA
For many small-business owners, schools cranking out M.B.A.s are
hopelessly removed from the nits and grits of making a profit. The
University of St. Thomas College of Business...
August 28 - September 3, 2005
Getting Help From
Colleges and Universities
MSNBC - USA
... Almost every reputable business school has an entrepreneurship
program these days, and one of the most practical ways for a student
to get some useful training...
Taking Care of Business
San Francisco Chronicle -
United States
The United States patent system is in crisis. Patents fuel
innovation, and innovation drives the economy, but the engine of
innovation is broken...
Patents
and the Innovation Economy
Local Tech Wire - Fort
Mill, SC
... The innovation economy demands that business leaders turn ideas
into assets. Patents protect key sources of differentiation and ...
The entrepreneurship engine
Naples Daily News
(subscription) - Naples, FL
... own business. Now, thanks to the explosion of the Internet, the
barriers to entrepreneurship have fallen still further. That is...
Falling Flat -- and Riding High
BusinessWeek - USA
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and StairCycle inventor
Craig Ridenhour discuss inspiration, obesity, and Yahoo!'s Think Big
contest...
Biomed Rounds: How much collaboration can Cambridge institutions
handle?
Boston Mass High Tech - MA
... the aforementioned think tank, recently assembled some of the
top minds in the region to discuss ways to sustain the Massachusetts
innovation economy...
The Young and the Restless
Savannah Business Report -
Savannah,GA
... They are also well-educated and come equipped with the latest
skill sets needed in an innovation economy, says Chris Miller,
director of The Creative Coast ...
Entrepreneurship puts on a Chicago face
Chicago Sun-Times - United
States
... I think it's time we defined the Chicago School of
Entrepreneurship. There's something brewing here in
entrepreneurship. It begs to be codified and documented...
Call Them Irreplaceable
BusinessWeek - USA
What if something happens to one of the top people on whom your
outfit depends? That's where "key person" insurance comes in...
Why Don't Minority Businesses Expand?
Fortune - USA
...Group and co-author of a recent study, The New Agenda for
Minority Business Development, which was commissioned by the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation...
Money Search Can Get Creative
HispanicBusiness.com -
Santa Barbara,CA,USA
...in fact, entrepreneurs can have access to 85 different sources of
capital. Most people wouldn't believe the unusual ways and means
people find to fund their businesses...
Lack of rural service stifles economic growth, CEO says
Rocky Mountain News -
Denver, CO
...The U.S. could learn from the explosive growth in places such as
South Korea, India and China, and the smaller success stories in
such remote areas as the Arctic Circle and...
Cautionary Tales - Plus Encouragement - from Three Veteran
Entrepreneurs
informIT - Old Tappan, NY
While a bold idea, unflagging determination and patient financial
backers are all crucial to successful start-ups, entrepreneurs must
also focus on...
Inside Entrepreneurship: How to protect business idea from others
Seattle Post Intelligencer
- USA
During the earliest days of business building, entrepreneurs know
they are vulnerable. They've heard the stories. Yes, there is
competition everywhere, but nothing is worse...
Needs + Solutions = Innovation
BusinessWeek - USA
Here's a simple equation that leads to new thinking and novel
products. But it's a formula that too few companies have grasped...
IU's
Kelley School of Business and School of Medicine collaborate on
entrepreneurial...
Indiana University (press release) - Bloomington, IN
... have a new resource readily available to them in downtown
Indianapolis -- on-site assistance from IU's Johnson Center for
Entrepreneurship and Innovation...
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