Newsroom: National News Archive 2006

July 2 - 8, 2006

MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: Kauffman Web site offers tips on when to...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By DIANE STAFFORD. The Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation has put on its eVenturing Web site a new series of advice articles directed to the entrepreneur. ...

Energized Demographic in a Slow Economy
HispanicBusiness.com - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
... The index, developed by the Kauffman Foundation, reports than an average of 550,000 new businesses are created in the US each month. ...

Inc.com Kicks Off Search for Best Young Entrepreneurs
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
In an effort to promote youth entrepreneurship, Inc.com this week kicked off a contest to find the nation's best lemonade stand. ...

More retirees opting to launch startups
CNNMoney.com - USA
... released in May by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which promotes entrepreneurship. ... work in retirement, according to Sara Rix, senior policy adviser at ...

Envirofit honored for global impact
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA
... "We're humbled and honored by the Stanford Social Innovation Review's inclusion ... technology drastically reduces air pollution and improves fuel economy and tri ...

IU sets record for number of licensing disclosures
Indiana Daily Student - USA
... to them." He also noted the work of Clinical Director for Life Sciences Initiatives at the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Robert McDonald ...

Foundation to give $35 million to encourage entrepreneurs
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the second time in three years, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is offering selected US colleges and universities millions of ...

Entrepreneurship education pushed
Chicago Tribune - United States
... its second Kauffman Campuses Initiative with a $35 million commitment to colleges and universities throughout the country to improve entrepreneurship education ...

July 9 - 15, 2006

Harrisburg U illustrates 21st century schooling
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA
... successfully in the 21st century economy. Findings from a national study, Tapping America's Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative, indicate that ...

Bush urges more funds for research
Houston Chronicle - United States
... initiative to boost US competitiveness in the global marketplace through innovation. ... and helping to keep America competitive in the global economy," Bush said ...

Incubators offer starting point
The Central New York Business Journal - Syracuse,NY,USA
... (Another incubator, the South Side Innovation Center at ... s former incubator mission was helpful because his background was in engineering, not entrepreneurship. ...

Innovation in learning pays off for Beaverton
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Public Charter High School in Portland, which aims to engage underachieving students through developing leadership skills ...

Study: South Falls Short in Innovation
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
... states are falling short when it comes to education and entrepreneurship, and the ... The non-partisan public policy think tank, based in Research Triangle Park, NC ...

July 16 - 22, 2006

A new study shows that immigrants start new businesses at a higher ...
Tucson Weekly - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Bustling entrepreneurship among immigrants doesn't surprise many in the business community. ... researcher at the UA's Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy. ...

Partnership fosters innovations
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... here.". The program teaches students more than just the science of drugs and polymers; they're also learning entrepreneurship. USM ...

Company guiding tech start-ups toward success
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
... organizations and projects that exemplify the business, economy and technological achievements of the federal Small Business Innovation Research program. ...

Classrooms need to improve science education
Indianapolis Star - United States
... and the foundation of a knowledge-based, innovation-driven economy. ... to "strengthen education, promote research and development and encourage entrepreneurship.". ...

Angel investments up 60% in 3 years
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
... from an estimated 150 in 2002 to 250 last year, according to an analysis by the Angel Capital Education Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. ...

Measuring the Tech Economy in Hawaii
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
... economic pillars that sustain Hawaii’s economy, so called high technology “innovation industries” represent 17 percent of the economy behind defense...

Clough Invited to G8 Summit Symposium
Georgia Tech News Room - Atlanta,GA,USA
... States in the G8 Business and University Leaders Symposium on Innovation,” said Clough. ... our views on topics so vital to the future of the global economy...

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