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DARPA’s Approach to Innovation
Marich Mark
2/24/2010
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PDE staff were on hand today for the Woodrow Wilson Center and MIT’s Innovation Policy Discussion Group meeting. Our report of the event—DARPA’s Approach to Innovation—follows:

Today, the Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Kaigham (Ken) J. Gabriel, offered insights into how...

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Senators Introduce "Start-Up Visa" Legislation
Marich Mark
2/25/2010
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On Wednesday, February 24, 2010, Senators John Kerry, D-Mass., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., introduced legislation to drive job creation and increase America's global competitiveness by helping immigrant entrepreneurs obtain visas to the U.S.

The “StartUp Visa Act of 2010” would allow an immigrant entrepreneur to receive...

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A Look at Innovation Daily (Week of Feb 20 to Feb 26)
Marich Mark
3/1/2010
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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 last week:

Five nations boosting their culture of innovation

(The Christian...

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Entrepreneurship, a Social Phenomenon
Marich Mark
3/1/2010
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Carl Schramm has new article explaining why “All Entrepreneurship is Social.” Writing for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Schramm explained the dangers of using the modifier social:

One danger, however, is that the use of the modifier social will diminish the contributions of regular entrepreneurs—that...

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New Online ‘Energy Innovation Network’
Marich Mark
3/1/2010
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The Kauffman Foundation has launched an online “Energy Innovation Network” to help close the gap between energy innovations and increasing consumer demand.

The clean energy industry is taking an ever-increasing role in jump-starting the economy and creating new jobs; more than $80 billion has already been...

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This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy (March 1-5, 2010)
Marich Mark
3/1/2010
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee - Subcommittee on Economic Policy - Hearing"Restoring Credit to Main Street: Proposals to Fix Small Business Borrowing and Lending Problems"9:30 a.m.538 Dirsken Senate Office Building[more info]                 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 House...

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New “Invest in America Alliance” to Support Start-ups and Create Jobs
Marich Mark
3/4/2010
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Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini announced that Intel will spearhead a $3.5 billion technology investment initiative in a speech titled "Rebuilding the Foundations of American Growth," delivered at The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

The Invest in America Alliance represents the venture capital industry’s commitment...

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Maximizing the Potential of University Inventions
Marich Mark
3/4/2010
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Robert Litan, vice-president of research and policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has a new article explaining why the federal government should require universities receiving research grants to allow faculty inventors the right to choose their licensing agent. In this article, Litan responds to...

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The ARPA-E Innovation Summit
Marich Mark
3/4/2010
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From March 1st-3rd, policymakers, thought leaders, award winners and investors gathered in Washington, DC for the first ARPA-E Innovation Summit.

Secretary Chu announced that the third round of ARPA-E funding of $100 million will be made available to accelerate innovation in three new areas for...

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A Look at Innovation Daily (March 1-7, 2010)
Marich Mark
3/8/2010
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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 last week:    And Google Begat... (from BusinessWeek) Why CEOs Don't Get Innovation...

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