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    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is seeking experts on high-growth entrepreneurship policy to contribute to the creation of a global policy roadmap for advancing entrepreneurship. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts for papers to be considered for presentation at a roundtable discussion at the Kauffman-sponsored Global Entrepreneurship Congress, March 11-12, 2012, in Liverpool, UK.

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    The insightful home of the current and future state of healthcare entrepreneurship. Learn and contribute information about policy, peers, competitor innovations and the issues changing healthcare entrepreneurship.

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    Entrepreneurs have led the U.S. out of every recession of the last 100 years. Get your FREE E=R decal today and spread the word that entrepreneurs will lead the economic recovery.

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Kauffman Scholar Debuts Blog on Wired.com
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Making a List
Dec. 16
Introducing the Bipartisan Startup Act
Dec. 9
New in the Sketchbook Series: Money Game
Dec. 2
A World United by Entrepreneurship
Nov. 14
Latest Policy Blog: Bills Passed House Offering More Money
Nov. 9

Featured Articles

"What's In Your Head?" Founder Interviews from Inc. 500|5000 2011
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The Case for the Startup Act: Visual Explanations
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Start-Up Chile. Seeking to fund 1,000 startups by 2014.
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The Icehouse Entrepreneurship Program
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Nature or nurture? Decoding the DNA of the entrepreneur
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Entrepreneurial IQ Scholarship Opportunity
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What Entrepreneurs Do
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Events

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Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Entrepreneurship Summit 2012 IIT Bombay
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Entrepreneurship summit
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Small Business Boot Camp an Entrepreneur Revolution Tour 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Global Entrepreneurship Training
Monday, February 13, 2012
The Executive Program in Innovation

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In The News

UK government to 'catapult' businesses into digital age
1/27/2012 1:03:54 PM
Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced plans to fund a Digital Economy "Catapult" centre to help drive innovation and adoption of new technologies by UK businesses.
One-Percenters Want to Buy the Corner Bakery
1/27/2012 11:50:19 AM
Smarting from poor returns in the markets, ultrawealthy individuals plan to increase their investments in small businesses.
'Student loans' for entrepreneurs: The case for and against
1/25/2012 3:54:18 AM
The government is considering introducing a student-loan style system of funding for young entrepreneurs. Two business owners put the case for and against.
For Successful Innovation, Sell Imperfect Products
1/26/2012 12:08:15 AM
Many companies waste millions on R&D, while early-stage marketing can prove a more cost-effective way of developing new products.
Startup incubator just for teens is picking its next class
1/25/2012 1:01:33 PM
The Teens In Tech incubator started last year as a way for ambitious, bright teenagers to accelerate their business and app ideas.
Has the Recession Doomed Cleantech Startups?
1/25/2012 4:09:03 AM
It hasn't sounded very promising for cleantech startups lately. As even the big guys fail and falter (think Evergreen Solar's bankruptcy or Vestas' lay-offs), one begins to wonder whether the little guys can weather the economic storm of this recession, not to mention Congress' generally allergic reaction to any sort of federal renewable energy standards or goals.
Innovative drug approvals up sharply in 2011, gov't increasingly funds infectious disease R&D
1/25/2012 6:36:46 AM
The pharmaceutical industry won approval to market a record number of new drugs for rare diseases last year, as a combination of scientific innovation and business opportunity spurred new treatments for diseases long-ignored by drug companies.
Angel Investing Jumps With State Tax Credit
1/23/2012 6:45:22 AM
The state's urgent need to nurture and keep homegrown startup firms, long a weak area of economic development here, is showing some signs of progress with aggressive policies that started in 2010.

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