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This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy (May 3-7, 2010)
Marich Mark
5/3/2010
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010House Small Business Committee - Hearing“Tax Initiatives that Promote Small Business Growth”The Committee will analyze how targeted tax provisions aimed at small firms can maintain the economic recovery and encourage small business expansion.2360 Rayburn House Office Building 1:00 PM[more info]  Wednesday, May...

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A Look at Innovation Daily (April 26 - May 2, 2010)
Marich Mark
5/3/2010
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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: 10 Awesome companies built by teens (from American Express OPEN forum) Fixing Detroit: A...

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Patent Backlog Stifling Job Creation
Marich Mark
5/4/2010
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The director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), David Kappos, said at the annual trade show of the Biotechnology Industry Organization earlier this week that he thinks the USPTO is hampering the creation of millions of potential jobs because of its inability to...

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The Presidential Summit's Report Card
Marich Mark
5/4/2010
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Tim Kane, blogger for growthology.org and Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, has graded the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, separating his report into the following aspects:Title: A - “They could have had a summit on "Development" or on "Peace" which would have been instantly forgettable...

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States Providing Funding / Incentives for Entrepreneurs
Marich Mark
5/5/2010
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[HT to Innovation Daily]  A recent piece on Forbes.com, “States that Truly Bet on Small Business," offers a glimpse at a Spinal Tap-esque list (it goes to 11) of states that strongly promote entrepreneurship through funding programs. Which states -- and programs -- make the list? Ohio: Ohio Third...

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Economic Bloggers Have Mixed View
Marich Mark
5/7/2010
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The nation's leading economics bloggers have a more balanced outlook than last quarter, according to a new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey. Anticipating positive movement in the gross domestic product and other key indicators, 59 percent of economics bloggers who responded to the second Kauffman...

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America’s Organic Startup Culture
Ortmans Jonathan
5/10/2010
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Having focused last month on efforts to further entrepreneurship abroad leading up to the global Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, this week I wanted to focus squarely on the United States ahead of next month's Global Entrepreneurship Week Partners Forum convened at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City.  Who are some of the leading players in 2010 driving America's startup culture and how does Global Entrepreneurship Week each November enable them to combine voices in underscoring to the American people how entrepreneurs built America?

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Entrepreneurs as Senate Candidates
Cushman Cameron
5/10/2010
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So who will fill these empty Senate seats? Will the American people choose the real job creators in our economy to get our country hiring again? I thought I’d profile a couple of candidates with backgrounds in innovative high-growth companies that are running for office...

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This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy (May 10-14, 2010)
Marich Mark
5/10/2010
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WEDNESDAY, May 12, 2010

House Small Business Committee - Hearing

“Small Businesses and Broadband: An Engine for Economic Growth and Job Creation”

The

Committee will hear from small businesses on how broadband is helping to grow the

economy and create new jobs.

2360 Rayburn House Office Building

1:00 PM

[more info]

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A Look at Innovation Daily (May 3-9, 2010)
Marich Mark
5/10/2010
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Summary:

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:

Fast Cities of 2010

(from Fast Company)

Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2010

(from Business Week)

US Tech Innovation...

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