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Newsroom: National News Archive 2005
October 30 - November
5, 2005
Innovation And Your Business
WebProNews - Lexington, KY
Innovation occurs even in the most backward societies and in the
hardest of times. It is thus, too often, taken for granted. But the
intensity, extent, and practicality...
Entrepreneurs Critical Piece of Economic Picture
Accountingweb.com -
Indianapolis, IN
... Moutray was announcing the release of a report, "Global
Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Policy," which stemmed from
discussions at the International...
Entrepreneurship about taking risks
Bismarck Tribune - ND, USA
... Year of the Entrepreneur activities. He is one of five people
awarded the university's first Entrepreneurship Awards. He spoke to
a...
Women still not venturing far in one of valley's key industries
San Jose Mercury News -
United States
... Still, the comments made by Hershey and others reflect recent
studies, by such groups as the Kauffman Foundation, which have found
the industry still...
Officials Vow to Protect Intellectual Property
WOAI - San Antonio, TX
...Failure to protect that intellectual property threatens to
destroy that productivity increase." Senator John Cornyn (R-Tx)
echoed that, saying 'innovation' not natural resources...
Land of opportunity
MSNBC - USA
... said Adams, the former director of the Center for Urban
Entrepreneurship at Boston's Pioneer Institute. He said the study
should convince policy makers to...
Wisconsin
scientists to be recognized for innovative biofuel ...
WTN News - Madison, WI
... finance, health and medicine, information technology, law,
marketing communications, materials, media/journalism, policy,
social entrepreneurship, and space. ...
Let's boost our entrepreneurship rating
Des Moines Business Record
- Des Moines, IA
By Kathryn Dickel. We should not be embarrassed about seeing Iowa
listed 50th in the recent national ranking from Entrepreneurship
magazine...
Business dreams get a kick-start
DetNews.com - Detroit, MI
... own businesses. The campaign informs students about
entrepreneurship classes at Livingston County high schools and WCC.
LESA and...
Silicon Valley humming again
San Francisco Chronicle -
United States
... "But the good news is that the economy is rebounding. The worst
is over. Silicon Valley remains the leading innovation economy of
the country...
IU alum puts state's biotech dream closer to reality
Indianapolis Star - United
States
... It came from the Web site. Walshok instead will describe the
reason San Diego's "innovation economy," works. "It's not
deal-driven," she said...
WCC begins entrepreneur program
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,
MI
... With that in mind, Washtenaw Community College kicked off a new
program on entrepreneurship last week that is open to students from
the five Livingston County ...
November 6 - 12, 2005
Entrepreneurship, not spending caps, will help budget
Allentown Morning Call -
Allentown, PA
...Thinking differently would include setting productivity targets,
practicing innovation, and creating a venue for the elimination of
spending that has outlived...
Maine proposes smart, public-private investment in R&D
Central Maine Morning
Sentinel - Augusta, ME
...the plan is a sound strategy that seeks to diversify and boost
the state's economy by making Maine a bigger player in science,
technology and innovation...
Old Problems, New solutions
San Jose Mercury News -
United States
The Tech Awards honor the use of technology to solve some of the
planet's most basic problems. The winners, each of whom received a
$50,000 cash award, were chosen...
Ernst & Young LLP to Host 19th Annual Awards Program Honoring the
Nation's Leading Entrepreneurs
Yahoo! News (press release)
- USA
... address. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program is
nationally sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The
...
NFTE CEO
Urges United Nations to Support Youth Entrepreneurship Training
PrimeZone (press release) -
Los Angeles, CA
7, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The CEO of the National Foundation for
Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), an international nonprofit
organization that teaches ...
ASU team makes bank
ASU Web Devil - Tempe, AZ
... student, and Hasan Davulcu, an assistant computing science and
engineering professor, won $20,000 through the Technology
Entrepreneurship Challenge for their ...
No, it's no fun, but yes, you need a business plan
Tallahassee.com -
Tallahassee, FL
... Jerry Osteryoung is director of the entrepreneurship program in
the College of Business at Florida State University and is executive
director of FSU's Jim ...
Businesses prove grant program works
The Southern -
Carbondale, IL
Three local businesses are proving that one state grant program is
working as intended: that is. promoting innovation and
entrepreneurship...
Plan calls for doubling development spending
MaineToday.com -
Portland, ME
... average. Many economic development experts believe that 3
percent level is ideal to grow an innovation-based economy. In
addition ...
Sprint to look for venture partners
Kansas City Star - MO
... Lauer will lead the company's innovation initiative. ...
Sprint's involvement could be a notable catalyst for the region's
economy, said Tracy Taylor ...
November 13 - 19, 2005
Silicon Valley's Call: Smarten Up, America!
BusinessWeek - USA
An all-star cast of tech execs is demanding a raft of changes in
government and social policies to spur innovation in the U.S....
Kauffman Foundation Launches New Web Site for Growth-Oriented...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Today, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation unveiled Kauffman
eVenturing(TM) (www.eVenturing.org), a new Web site dedicated to
serving the needs of growth ...
Problem: Good Jobs Are Scarce. Solution: Become Your Own Boss.
New York Times - United
States
... "Entrepreneurship is about organization, not lone-wolf
operators," said Christine Beckman ... But Mr. Stennett saw
opportunity in a federal policy encouraging small ...
Democrats unveil 'innovation agenda'
ZDNet - USA
... they will not add to the deficit but instead will grow our
economy.". ... Congress--by either political party--to ensure
continued investment in innovation for the ...
Immigrants Fueling Job Growth in US Inner Cities, Study Finds ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA
... Through cutting edge research with world-class partners like the
Boston Consulting Group, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and
PricewaterhouseCoopers and ...
Entrepreneurship: Is it in your blood?
Michigan Journal
(subscription) - Detroit,MI,USA
... from others.". There are other risks- and sacrifices that
entrepreneurship poses. Mazur often spends his nights working.
"Recreation ...
New clinic to provide business and legal consultation
Seattle University -
Seattle,WA,USA
... individuals pursuing the "American Dream" will have the benefit
of free business and legal advice through Seattle University's new
Entrepreneurship Clinic...
Social Entrepreneurship Courses Offered for Spring
Stern Opportunity
(subscription) - New York, NY
Check out the exciting offerings in Social Entrepreneurship that
qualify for many different specializations. Students with interests
...
SBA and Veterans Groups Unite to Conduct First-Ever Live Outreach...
PR Newswire (press release)
- New York, NY
For the first-time ever, Veteran-owned small business owners will be
able to participate in a live interactive webcast that will provide
training and raise awareness of federal contract assistance...
November 20 - 26, 2005
Seventeen Workers and $60 Million in Sales
Inc.com - New York, NY
... businesses obsolete. Carl Schramm is CEO of the Ewing Marion
Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. Robert Litan is a vice president
there...
Search engines fuel progress
Kansas City Star - MO
... month away. The forum, financed by Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation in Kansas City and the Danforth Foundation in St. Louis,
gives ...
Angel investors crucial for new businesses
Web Devil - USA
Prabhdeep Singh, an ASU graduate research associate and CEO of
Usuggest.com, recently won $20,000 from the Technology
Entrepreneurship Challenge...
Princeton University's Engineering School and Jumpstart NJ Angel
Network Announce Public Lecture Series on Technology
Entrepreneurship
PR Newswire (press release)
- New York, NY
...Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) has
partnered with...
WCU BOOK REVIEW: Author finds innovation at the intersection of
ideas
Asheville Citizen-Times -
NC,USA
...This is recommended reading for all those interested in the
dynamics of entrepreneurship, innovation or any aspect of personal
or institutional creativity...
Home Depot's Arthur Blank Named Overall Ernst & Young Entrepreneur
Of The Year
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY
...Blank is also the owner and chief executive officer of the
Atlanta Falcons NFL team and the Georgia Force arena football team.
"Arthur Blank exemplifies...
What's it take to turn a gritty town into a pearl?
TheNewsTribune.com
(subscription) - Tacoma, WA
...If we believe researcher and author Richard Florida – and I do –
Tacoma has the natural grit to become a pearl of the future, a haven
for what Florida calls the “creative class” in a “creative
economy."...
Research magnet
Providence Journal
(subscription) - Providence, RI
... development officials see them as a way to reposition the
state's economy, said Saul Kaplan, deputy director of business
development and innovation for...
Minority Angel Investor Network Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
PrimeZone (press release) -
Los Angeles, CA
... In April 2005, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation awarded MAIN
a $75,000 grant to develop a national model for establishing and
growing similar minority ...
Entrepreneur event draws A-list crowd to the valley
The Desert Sun - Palm
Springs, CA
... Also on the roster are Carl J. Schramm, president and CEO of the
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; and Pat Croce, an entrepreneur and
former owner of the NBA's ...
Fresno's Brain Drain Has Left the Town Smarting
ktla 5 - Los Angeles, CA,
... Timothy M. Stearns, director of the Lyles Center for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship at Cal State Fresno, remembers back to the
1960s, when the city made the ...
Vilsack wants panel to foster innovation
Quad City Times -
Davenport, IA
Gov. Tom Vilsack said Thursday he will appoint a commission to help
businesses be more creative. “Innovation is the key folks. We have
got to step up our game,” he said...
Strategy focuses on innovation at summit
St. Cloud Times - St.
Cloud, MN
The St. Cloud areas strategic plan for prosperity positions the
community to foster new wealth in an increasingly competitive global
marketplace, an economic development...
November 27 - December 3, 2005
Women
Enterpreneurs Vital for African Development: ADB, ILO
AllAfrica.com -
Washington,USA
Fostering women entrepreneurship in Africa is crucial for the
development of the continent, the African Development Bank said on
Wednesday...
California, There They Go?
CalTrade Report - Los
Angeles, CA
... Instead, the paper said, they argue that policies that promote
new business formation and help existing businesses survive "would
be far more effective at ...
Dr. K's Prescription for Understanding the Key Elements of Growth
Inside INdiana Business
(press release) - Indianapolis, IN
By Dr. Donald F. Kuratko, Executive Director of Indiana University
Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Five key
managerial ...
Ground-breaking study to target investment gap hindering minority
...
uwnews.org - WA
... venture capitalists. Their study is the first of its kind
sponsored by the center, an arm of the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation. "We ...
Technology-based jobs decline in state
Cherry Hill Courier Post -
Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey has lost its once-dominant share of scientific and
high-technology jobs and must invest and develop policies if it
wants to catch up with other states...
NYU
gets $735,000 grant to teach entrepreneurs
NewYorkBusiness.com - New
York
The three-year grant, awarded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation, will fund expansion of Stern's Berkley Center for
Entrepreneurial Studies. ...
College students' innovation creating the future of smaller ...
Blackanthem.com - Clinton
Township, MI
Kirtland Air Force Base program promotes imaginative and progressive
approaches to spacecraft design, development, and flight...
Baylor Business School Honors FastTrac Grads
Baylor University Magazine
- Waco, TX
... at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will honor its 19th
class of graduates from the FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training
Program...
UF students try to use PC, business skills to go from dorm room to
...
Gainesville Sun -
Gainesville, FL
... the Texas student who founded Dell Computer Corporation at the
age of 19, said Arnold Heggestad, director of UF's Center of
Entrepreneurship & Innovation...
All Shook Up
Entrepreneur - USA
... Ed Roberts, chair of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Entrepreneurship Center and ... you find you're being impacted by a
disruptive innovation, you first ...
Big wins,
entrepreneurial spirit are driving HSY&R
MSNBC - USA
...Innovation, founding partner Wyatt Haskell says, is key...
Entrepreneurship, not natural resources, yield intellectual
property, he says, and Haskell Slaughter...
Many Web sites can help new and established businesses
Daily Breeze - Torrance, CA
... This site is the latest creation of the Kansas City-based
Kauffman Foundation, a private, nonpartisan group whose mission is
to advance entrepreneurship in ...
Math + science = innovation, but US lags in the equation
Boston Globe - United
States
...the issue that has risen to the top of the corporate complaint
agenda this fall is the wilting of American education in math and
science...
Innovation meets the marketplace
Atlanta Journal
Constitution (subscription) - GA
...brings together graduate students from the engineering, business
and law fields to check out the challenges of ushering new
technology into the commercial realm...
GOP touts vision for state's economy
Green Bay Press Gazette -
Green Bay, WI
...say they have a vision for transforming Wisconsin's economic
future by placing value on science, innovation and research and
development...
Venture fund creates jobs
The News Journal -
Wilmington, DE
When Delaware Innovation Fund opened for business in 1995, the sweet
smell of future success came with the faint aroma of bagel...
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