Weekly Update, Issue 28, April 27, 2010
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Kauffman Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
New Standard Licensing Agreement Expedites University Startups, According to Kauffman Foundation Paper
A new white paper from the Kauffman Foundation outlines the success of the Carolina Express License Agreement, a standard licensing agreement set forth by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that commercializes academic discoveries and promises to ease the formation of new companies. Accelerating the process by which university researchers license innovations to startup companies, the paper explains, is the key to economic growth and job creation. Learn more about the agreement>>
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Online Learning Opportunity for Entrepreneurs - Scholarship for first 250 Qualified Applicants
Do you have a friend or colleague who could benefit from a course dedicated entirely to becoming an entrepreneur? If so, tell them about Mindset: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial IQ, an online course that gets straight to the heart of what it takes to be an entrepreneur. The self-paced program presents, among other written content elements, video interviews with successful entrepreneurs like Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder. The Mindset course is an offering from the Kauffman Foundation and the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (ELI). Best of all, thanks to a grant from the Kauffman Foundation, the online course is being offered free to the first 250 qualified applicants. Apply for Mindset today>>
SHARE THIS STAT - The Build a Stronger America member poll indicates that at a total of 91 percent, most of you, our Build a Stronger America members, believe the idea of the United States government providing tax credits for businesses investing in research and development could be a significant policy initiative to facilitate job creation.
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