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What's Your Excuse?
Ruhe Thom
8/17/2011
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We recently hosted the inaugural class for the Ice House Entrepreneurship Education Program. The program coincidentally started just as the debt ceiling debacle was playing out in Washington. There was a shared moment of awareness that maybe those we feel should be making the economic ecosystem a better place for entrepreneurs were in fact incapable of doing so, and even doing things that were self-destructive; a reality driven home by the subsequent credit downgrade by S&P.

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What the "new age of health care" means for life science entrepreneurs
Christina Sherwood
5/2/2013
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David Ewing Duncan, director of the Center for Life Science Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, published an "old-fashioned call to arms and action plan for a new age of health care." The Personalized Health Manifesto was developed with the participation of about three dozen life science leaders in science, medicine, business, and more.

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What kind of co-founder gets the biggest stake in the company?
Seper Chris
6/23/2012
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Dividing up equity is one of the issues that co-founders face. Read more for guidance on how to split equity among founding partners.

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What do aspiring entrepreneurs really want?
OConnell Brian
11/30/2011
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A top-ranked business school has taken a look at the wish list of aspiring entrepreneurs. What tops that list might surprise you.

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What Goes Global Grows Global
Ruhe Thom
3/30/2012
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Global Entrepreneurship Week is an annual weeklong, worldwide series of events that educates literally millions of people about entrepreneurship and innovation. The Kauffman Foundation rounded up some GEW-related stats to see just how global this week truly is.

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What Goes Global Grows Global
Ruhe Thom
3/30/2012
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Global Entrepreneurship Week is an annual weeklong, worldwide series of events that educates literally millions of people about entrepreneurship and innovation. The Kauffman Foundation rounded up some GEW-related stats to see just how global this week truly is.

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Welcome to the New Entrepreneurship.org
Ruhe Thom
8/6/2010
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We are very excited to roll out the new and improved Entrepreneurship.org this week. Not only does the new website have a new look, it also has many innovative features to help you during every stage of the entrepreneurial process.

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Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: What the ‘cost disease’ means for entrepreneurs
Christina Sherwood
4/11/2013
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It’s well known -- and deeply concerning -- that the cost of health care in the United States is exploding. A Kauffman Foundation-funded book, The Cost Disease: Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't, explores the cause of this problem and provides an explanation.

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Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: The role of academia in drug development
Christina Sherwood
4/4/2013
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A Kauffman Foundation town hall meeting explored how the government, nonprofits and academic institutions could help enhance drug development and bring more effective drugs to market.

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Weekly Wisdom from Kauffman: The 'friendliest' places to start your company
Christina Sherwood
4/18/2013
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The Silicon Valley might not be the "friendliest" place to start your life science or digital health company. A small business survey released this month by the Kauffman Foundation and Thumbtack.com gave Austin, Virginia Beach, and Houston top honors as the friendliest cities for small businesses.

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