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iStart Launches New Profiles Features

iStart, the leading online community for business competitions, has added some valuable functionality that makes it even easier for aspiring entrepreneurs to tell the story of their great idea.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on August 15, 2011
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The Best Healthcare Innovations for the Future... Do You Know One that Should Make the List?

A recent eMed blog highlighted a few noteworthy nominees for the Cleveland Clinic's best healthcare innovations of 2012. What new healthcare technology would you like to see make next year's list?

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on July 12, 2011
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What Would You Do with a Gig?

Kansas City will soon receive internet connectivity that will be one hundred times faster than anywhere else in the world. What should they do with it?

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Posted by: Cameron Cushman
on June 22, 2011
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Policy Forum Blog: What a Difference a Statistic Can Make

The latest Policy Forum blog post: Jonathan Ortmans shows the impact one data point has "awakened Democrats and Republicans alike and provided a new strategy for all Americans seeking to create jobs and restore what many Americans perceive as lost U.S. economic competitiveness."

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on June 07, 2011
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An eMed Blog: Landing Seed Money - Five Tips

Check out this blog on Entrepreneurship.org's newest resource: eMed Blog. Brian O'Connell offers five tips to healthcare entrepreneurs looking for venture capital.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on May 26, 2011
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Think you have a great idea for a new co? Then go find talent to join you.

There is a myth out there about the sole entrepreneur who has the idea, starts the company and gets rich.  While there might be cases where this does happen – more frequently there is a team...

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Posted by: Lesa Mitchell
on May 23, 2011
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Black Innovators and Entrepreneurship

Startup America Partnership CEO Scott Case was asked about women entrepreneurs’ lack of access to venture capital. Case said one challenge facing both women and minority entrepreneurs is “they’re not visible to us.” As a result, Faye Anderson launches "The Innovators" website.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on May 19, 2011
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Necessity is the Mother of Invention and Father of Entrepreneurship

I recently attended the 39th Annual Induction Ceremony for the National Inventors Hall of Fame. As it has been in years past, it was awe-inspiring and of significant historical interest.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on May 10, 2011
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Startup America Focuses on Midwest Manufacturing

The White House’s Startup America initiative shines a welcome light on the innovative, next-generation Midwest manufactures that are redefining manufacturing.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on March 3, 2011
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An Entrepreneurial Win for the Future

President Obama and his cabinet secretaries visited Northeast Ohio to talk about issues, opportunities, and new ideas around entrepreneurship.

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
on February 24, 2011
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