From the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship Blog

Kauffman Foundation introduces iStart
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced recently it is launching iStart, a Web-based platform that helps organizations simplify how they market and administer business plan competitions worldwide. As the first customizable platform to provide this service, iStart makes it easy to administer business plan competitions and provides a single resource for every aspect of what can be a complex undertaking. [More]

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Revived
The U.S. Department of Energy announced recently plans to reestablished SEAB under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Serving as an independent advisory committee to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the twelve-member board is comprised of scientists, business executives, academics and former government officials. [More]

Betting on Entrepreneurial Growth
Cities and states focused on attracting big box stores and corporate behemoths like Dell Computers are going about it all wrong. Vivek Wadhwa suggests providing entrepreneurs with "incentives (tax breaks and seed financing); education; and infrastructure" as well as targeting public policy at all levels toward startups. Wadhwa suggests providing entrepreneurs with "incentives (tax breaks and seed financing); education; and infrastructure" as well as targeting public policy at all levels toward startups.. [More]

A Look Back at Innovation Daily
Each day, Innovation Daily checks the pulse of global innovation -- courtesy of Innovation America and its founder, Rich Bendis. Here, we take a look at a handful of relevant stories it compiled from the last week. [More]

This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
There are no hearings scheduled for this week as the House and Senate are in recess for their Summer Work Periods. Both are scheduled to reconvene on September 13, 2010. [More]