Newsroom: National News Archive 2006

September 3 - 9, 2006

Dorm Room Titans
Forbes - USA
... Its 96 students live in one dorm and take classes geared toward entrepreneurship. ... we have to use our best competitive edge, and that's innovation," she says...

An expanding vision
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The Kauffman Foundation, with its emphasis on entrepreneurship, is a force in the global economy... “We are at the epicenter of entrepreneurship,” he said. ...

The Winners Are...
Wall Street Journal - USA
... company is considering its defense but "is confident in the innovation behind the... of people world-wide," says Pedro Nueno, professor of entrepreneurship...

Event seeks ideas to improve local economy
Huron Daily Tribune - Bad Axe,MI,USA
... To gather as many ideas as possible, the two entities are getting together to host an “Innovation Jam” online via the Tribune’s website...

Investing in change
Worcester Telegram (subscription) - Worcester,MA,USA
...are starting businesses at tremendous rates,” said Maggie Kenefake, manager of growth entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City...

Rockwell thrives by adapting to change
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... Wisconsin economy, Duderstadt said, because they inject a pool of international engineers and managers into the state. "The people that drive innovation are...

Cradle of innovation
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... saving devices. Others have been at it for years, decades even, struggling to emerge from the shadow of a petroleum economy. Aronsson...

EvCC teaches real-life business
The Herald - Everett,WA,USA
... perspective. Looking at problems from multiple perspectives is what creates innovation, and innovation spawns entrepreneurship...

September 10 - 16, 2006

Kauffman, others open New Orleans office
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
An entrepreneur partnership co-founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has opened an office in New Orleans, the first of three planned offices in the ...

US Teens Win Global Entrepreneurship Contest
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
For a group of students in California, this year will be a chance to boast about their entrepreneurship skills. Although some had ...

University joins EntrepreneurshipWeek USA
Arizona State University - Tempe,USA
... where the focus will be on the importance of policy to the ... Additionally, the House of Representatives noted the importance of entrepreneurship education...

SDSU Growth Partnership breaks ground on South Dakota’s first ...
South Dakota State University - Brookings,SD,USA
... to move from land-grant university scientists, industry and entrepreneurs into the regional economy. The master plan for the 125-acre Innovation Campus at SDSU ...

Governor Discusses Plan To Stimulate Oregon's Economy
MedfordNews.com - Medford,OR,USA
... Its mission is to identify Oregon's top innovation-driven industries, establish Oregon's niche in the global economy, and maximize the state's competitive ...

Students test investment skills with real money
Bismarck Tribune - ND, USA
... Bruce Gjovig, director of the University of North Dakota Center for Innovation. ... founded in 1997 to focus his philanthropic efforts on entrepreneurship in his ...

Guardian Celebrates Young Hispanic Innovation
HispanicBusiness.com - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
... The national competition awards 15 young people, drawn from 500 entrants nominated for their entrepreneurship and community service...

Startups move from the fringes
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
... leaving his day job for the uncertainties of entrepreneurship, David Henderson ... concluded that their prime innovation — miniaturized ceramic motors no larger...

September 17 - 30, 2006

Out of the Red: New grads are already gurus at e-commerce
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... One day last September, West was going to Introduction to Entrepreneurship in Germany, a prerequisite to a two-week class trip to the country where he was...

Hitting The Books
BusinessWeek - USA
... an emphasis in entrepreneurship may be the way to go. Those degrees are also attractive to big employers looking for executives to drive internal innovation...

Helping the little guy
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
... The Ewing M. Kauffman Foundation, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Kansas City, Mo., has studied and promoted the model for angel investment groups...

Emerging Markets Are Magnet for Research and Development
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
... faster in emerging countries," said Merrilea Mayo, of the National Academies, a sponsor of the survey, along with the EM Kauffman Foundation, Georgia Tech ...

Model for Rebound?
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
... institute aims to transform an old economy that relied on textiles, furniture and tobacco into a diverse economy that relies on research and innovation and...

To prosper, Ohio needs innovation
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... George Zeller, an economic research analyst with the Center for Community Solutions in Cleveland, studies Ohio's economy for a living. ...

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