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Inspiring, connecting, mentoring & engaging you, the young at heart! Think big, turn your ideas into reality, make your mark!
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Monday, November 16 at 10:00am
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Why Should Complexity Imply Fragility?
Last week historian Bryan Ward-Perkins authored an interesting Financial Times op-ed in which he compared the present recession to the post-Roman Empire economy in the British Isles. Conditions then, needless to say, were "extremely bleak." Part of the reason for... La...st week historian Bryan Ward-Perkins authored an interesting Financial Times op-ed in which he compared the present recession to the post-Roman Empire economy in the British Isles....
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-29 03:00:01 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy: No Hearings
As Congress prepares for the holiday, no relevant hearings or meetings have been scheduled. Posted: 2009-12-21 11:04:00Read Full Article Author:
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-22 05:59:59 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Legislation to Develop Science Parks Advances
Last week, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unanimously passed the Building a Stronger America Act which promises to spur innovation and economic development through the development of science parks. The Act allows the Secretary of Commerce ...to guarantee up to 80 percent of loans exceeding $10 million for the construction of science parks, which seek to encourage new startup businesses, generate student interest in science and technology fields, and encourage relationships...
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-22 05:00:00 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010
Creating an open, competitive licensing system for university innovators (scroll to the bottom of the page for the headline, then click on to the next page for the description) is one of Harvard Business Review’s “Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010.” This solution was deve...loped by researchers at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Current restrictions imposed by U.S. research universities on the ways their faculty can commercialize federally funded discoveries are slowing the diffusion of new technologies, according...
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-22 04:00:00 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz OECD Scoreboard Focuses on Innovation
The complete OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 is now available free online. Scoreboard’s more than 200 internationally comparable quality indicators provide data and analysis about trends shaping science and innovation, and answer important policy q...uestions such as: What impact has the crisis had on innovation and spending on research and development? How can innovation help to solve environmental and social threats?...
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-22 04:00:00 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Pessimism Over Economy Continues
Last week, we reported on the results from DISCOVER Small Business Watch survey which indicated small business confidence in the economy is still weak. The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ (NFIB) latest Small Business Optimism Index shows similar results.... The Index decreased 0.8 points from October to 88.3 in November....
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:48 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Bailout Funds for Small Businesses
In a speech at the Brookings Institution last Tuesday, President Obama proposed creating incentives for small businesses to hire more workers as part of recent efforts to boost job creation. "There is only so much government can do," Obama said. "Job creation will ul...timately depend on the real job creators: businesses across America....
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:48 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Innovation and Entrepreneurship: What Drives Them
Robert Litan, Vice President for Research at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution explains why entrepreneurship is so important and how it can be promoted in an article for Foreign Policy Research Inst...itute (FPRI) titled Innovation and the World Economy....
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:48 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz U.S. Prioritizes Green Tech Patents
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced last week that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has put in place a new pilot program that will fast-track the review of green technology patents. To be eligible for the expedited review, the patents must materi...ally contribute to environmental quality, discovering or developing renewable energy resources, improving energy efficiency or reducing greenhouse gas emissions....
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:48 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
Thursday December 17, 2009 Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship - Committee Hearing Mark Up of "The Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act of 2009" and "The Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2009" 12:00 pm Russell Sen...ate Office Building, Room 485 [more info] Posted: 2009-12-14 06:35:00Read Full Article Author:
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:48 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz A Reflection on the Jobs Summit
After attending the White House Jobs Summit last week, Kauffman Foundation President and CEO Carl Schramm said he felt that positive discussion took place at the event. In an interview with Fox, he discusses the possibility on tangible results from the gathering of expe...rts. Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com Posted: 2009-12-11 05:02:00Read Full Article Author:
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:48 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Field of Dreams is an Awesome Baseball Movie, not an Economic Development Strategy
By some estimates, the United States currently has vacant office space running into the hundreds of millions of square feet: law offices, Fortune 500 companies, cookie-cutter glass boxes constructed on sandpiles of debt, etc. And, as discussed previously, commercial rea...l... By some estimates, the United States currently has vacant office space running into the hundreds of millions of square feet: law offices, Fortune 500 companies, cookie-cutter glass boxes constructed on sandpiles of...
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:42 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Kauffman's Hottest Research Topics in 2009: Entrepreneurship, Jobs and Recovery Top the List
The most popular studies emanating from the nation's largest funder of entrepreneurial research are largely related to the top story of the year: the economy. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has compiled its most in-demand research for 2009—research that was mentio...ned in news stories generating more than 5 billion media impressions. Posted: 2009-12-16 03:14:20Read Full Article Author:...
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:47 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Kauffman Foundation Experts' Solution for University Technology Licensing Reform Named to List ...
Creating an open, competitive licensing system for university innovators is one of Harvard Business Review's "Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010" and the brainchild of researchers at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The free agency solution is one of the 10 ideas that... HBR says "will make the world better." Posted: 2009-12-17 07:33:54Read Full Article Author:...
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:47 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Innovate to Educate
President Obama recently announced that the U.S. government is committed to restoring the nation's leadership in educating children in math and science, and launched a new “Educate to Innovate” campaign. The campaign will bring together teachers, parents, businesses and... the media to promote math and science learning. The effort promises to test and launch new ideas to improve math and science education outcomes, and most importantly, our children’s interest in these...
Source:Kauffman News
Published:2009-12-19 07:32:48 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Why the Media Doesn't Understand the Tea Party
If you added up all the words in the MSM about the Tea Party phenomenon, the snark would outweigh the insights by a 2-1 or maybe 3-1 ratio. The Tea Party is not some right wing extreme within the Republican... If you added up all the words in the MSM about the Tea Part...y phenomenon, the snark would outweigh the insights by a 2-1 or maybe 3-1 ratio. The Tea Party is...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-11 07:00:10 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Small Business Size Standards Under Revision
After 25 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering revising the definitions of “small business”. The current broad definition of small business covers businesses with 500 or fewer employees, but the exact definition depends on the type of ind...ustry. Comments for the three specific size standard proposals are due on December 21, 2009: - Proposed Size Standard for Accommodation and Food Service Industries - Proposed Size Standard for Retail Trade - ...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-08 23:00:45 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz A Job Creator's Visa
The idea of an entrepreneur’s or start-up visa that grants high-skilled immigrants the right to stay if they start job-generating businesses is gaining traction. Last Wednesday, a Wall Street Journal article laid out the case for it and the next day it was discussed ...both at a meeting I attended on how to boost innovation in the U.S and at the President’s Jobs Summit as a way to create jobs. The need for action is...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-08 00:00:21 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz The Week Ahead in Entrepreneurship Policy
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Economic Policy Subcommittee - Hearing "Weathering the Storm: Creating Jobs in the Recession" 03:00 pm Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm 538 [more info] Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 Senate Commerce, Scie...nce, and Transportation - Hearing "Research Parks and Job Creation: Innovation Through Cooperation" 02:30 pm Senate Russel Office Building, Rm 253 [more info] Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 Joint Economic Committee - Hearing "Hearings to examine the challenge of creating...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-07 22:00:16 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Carl Schramm Gives His Perspective Post Jobs Summit
After attending the Obama Jobs Summit, Kauffman Foundation President and CEO Carl Schramm told Fox Business that he felt positive discussion took place among the participants in the event. Posted: 2009-12-04 11:35:16Read Full Article Author:...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-05 08:00:19 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz 2010 Association of University Technology Managers Conference
Posted: 2009-12-08 09:00:00Read Full Article Author:...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-05 01:00:27 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz The Obama Jobs Summit and the Entrepreneurship Strategy
At yesterday’s White House “Jobs Summit”, Kauffman Foundation president and CEO Carl Schramm laid out five strategies to boost entrepreneurship and create jobs. Schramm, an economist, author on entrepreneurship and former entrepreneur, joined about 130 business leaders,... economists and CEOs from across the United States to identify ways the government can stimulate job growth. A recent Kauffman Foundation study shows that, in 2008 and most of 2009, firm foundation declined."With unemployment at...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 22:00:56 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Small Businesses’ Views on Health Care
A Dallas Morning News article recently argued that in Texas, where fewer than 50 percent of private-sector employers offer health insurance, some small firms say they would be more competitive if they dropped coverage and paid the fine that is stipulated in the House bi...ll. In other words, the fee would cost less than paying premiums....
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 21:00:26 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Leaders in the Philippines Look to the U.S. in New Tech Transfer Initiatives
A new Tech Transfer bill that models the US system is under consideration in the Philippines, where only an estimated 10 percent of university-research output is being transferred into industries. The Technology Transfer Act borrows heavily from the US Bayh-Dole Act. ...Philippine Senator Angara, co-sponsor of the Tech Transfer bill, recently expressed his views on the new bill: “As countries progress from agricultural economies to technological ones, it becomes crucial for them...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 21:00:26 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Schramm Discusses Jobs Creation on CNBC
Kauffman Foundation President and CEO Carl Schramm talked about his proposals to boost entrepreneurship on CNBC's Street Signs prior to participating in President Obama's Jobs Summit. Posted: 2009-12-03 12:43:20Read Full Article Author:...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 09:00:10 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Recovery Act Funds for Small Business Clean Energy Innovation
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that more than $18 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will support small business’s ability to compete in the clean energy economy. These funds will target clean energy R&D, with an emphas...is on near-term commercialization and job creation. In the first phase of funding, 125 grants of up to $150,000 each will be awarded to 107 small advanced technology firms across...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 02:00:22 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Small Business Confidence Declines
According to the latest DISCOVER Small Business Watch survey, economic confidence among America's small business owners plummeted in November, as more owners cited serious concerns about cash flow and declining economic conditions. Here are a few findings: • 52 per...cent of owners say they have experienced cash flow issues in the past 90 days, up from 44 percent in October. • 53 percent of small business owners see conditions getting worse in the...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 02:00:22 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Innovation in Singapore
Singapore does well on the many global innovation rankings (e.g., it beat US and others to first place on one international innovation index by the Boston Consulting Group ), but the Singapore Competitiveness Report 2009 released by the Asia Competitiveness Institute at... the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy points out some weaknesses in the country’s innovation ecosystem....
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 02:00:22 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz 9 - 2009-12-03 12:00:15 -
I just updated my twitter account. TimmerKane. http://twitter.com/TimmerKane Thanks to the founder of Sprouter.com, Sarah Prevette, one of speaker's at Canada's Global Entrep Week event who showed me how to tweet. Funny thing about twitter -- two of the folks... I just... updated my twitter account. TimmerKane. http://twitter.com/TimmerKane Thanks to the founder of Sprouter.com, Sarah Prevette, one of speaker's at Canada's Global Entrep Week event who showed me how to tweet. Funny thing about...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-04 02:00:15 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Worried about COBRA Measures
Posted: 2009-12-03 02:00:00Read Full Article Author:...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-03 23:00:14 GMT
Global Entrepreneurship Week Oz Entrepreneur Expert Carl Schramm to Attend Obama Jobs Summit
Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has been invited by President Barack Obama to participate in the White House forum on jobs and economic growth on Thursday, December 3. Posted: 2009-12-01 14:24:32Read Full Article Author:...
Source:Kauffman News
Posted:2009-12-02 23:00:39 GMT
