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The Economic Power of University Spin-offs
Marich Mark
2/8/2010
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According to Krisztina Holly, vice provost for innovation at the University of Southern California and former founding executive director of MIT's Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, “an opportunity to solve our job crisis lies right under our noses.”

In an opinion piece for CNN, Holly explained:...

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Race and Entrepreneurial Success
Marich Mark
2/10/2010
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Why do Asian American-owned businesses do well in comparison to white-owned businesses, and why do African American-owned firms do poorly in relation to both? Economics professor Robert W. Fairlie and Kauffman senior research fellow Alicia M. Robb explore these issues in Race and Entrepreneurial Success:...

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Lack of Female Entrepreneurs: A Societal Failure
Marich Mark
2/10/2010
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Summary:

Vivek Wadhwa recently discussed why women are so poorly represented in tech and other high-growth businesses in Boy's Club: The Dearth of Female Entrepreneurs.

Wadhwa argues that the lack of female entrepreneurs is a societal failure, citing evidence that men and women entrepreneurs are similar in...

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Highlights from House Science and Technology Agenda
Marich Mark
2/10/2010
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On January 19, Rep. Bart Gordon announced the 2010 legislative agenda for the House Committee on Science and Technology. Innovation and energy and STEM education lead the priorities list.As part of its effort to maintain U.S. competitiveness through innovation, the Committee plans to work on...

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This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
Marich Mark
2/15/2010
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The recurring snowstorms last week and the President's Day work period combined for a quiet couple weeks on Capitol Hill -- no relevant hearings or meetings are currently scheduled. 

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A Look at Innovation Daily
Marich Mark
2/15/2010
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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:

How Colleges Can Better Nurture Startups

(from ReadWriteStart)

New Tools for...

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The Untapped Potential of Research Universities
Ortmans Jonathan
2/15/2010
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Summary:

Everyone surely owns an innovative product that has its roots in a university lab, or knows someone that has benefited from the presence of start-ups that formed through the dissemination of knowledge and technologies from the university to the marketplace. Universities have been the lifeblood...

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Skepticism about Obama’s Small Business Lending Plan
Marich Mark
2/15/2010
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Summary:

An article in today’s Washington Independent, “Obama’s Small Business Lending

Plan Meets Skepticism,” lays out concerns with the President’s plan to make $30 billion in repaid TARP funds available for

small banks to lend to small businesses.

“There’s little indication

that these banks need the money — or that...

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Multiagency Initiative to Create Energy-Related Regional Innovation Cluster
Marich Mark
2/15/2010
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Seven federal agencies will

work together to leverage funding and resources to promote regional growth

through an

Energy Regional Innovation

Cluster (E-RIC).

The E-RIC will work to

disseminate new technologies into the local marketplace and share best practices

with the public and private sectors. The cluster...

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Manhattan Links Scientists, Entrepreneurs and Investors
Marich Mark
2/17/2010
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In his State of the Borough Speech, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer outlined a plan to diversify the city's economy and spark new job growth in the tech sector.

Stringer announced the creation of an “intermediary” that will foster linkages between scientists, entrepreneurs and investors....

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