Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 2-22-10

Wade Roush discusses the idea behind AccelGolf, a mobile app developed by mCaddie which is one of nine startups that graduated from the TechStars Startup Boot Camp. To try and strengthen the links between local and national enterprises, and expand the program, The National Business Awards (NB... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/26/2010 7:37 AM | Comments (0)

Part One: John Osher's Startup Mistakes in Research and Strategy

This is the first in a four part series.  Gary Schoeniger discusses his interview with one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs John Osher and the 17 mistakes that startups make. For our purposes we will be breaking the mistakes out into different posts each week. Below is Part On... [More]
Posted by: Gary Schoeniger 2/24/2010 6:02 AM | Comments (2)

Leveraging Broadband to Power Growth

Last week the FCC unveiled recommendations for using broadband to advance key national priorities. The plan, which can be read here, identifies the top priorities as: • Creating jobs and economic opportunity • Improving healthcare and controlling costs • Provi... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/20/2010 10:09 AM | Comments (12)

Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 2/15/2010

According to a survey done by the UK Business Barometer and UK Business Advisers Barometer Small Businesses are frustrated with the portrayal of TV entrepreneurs.  Most feel that they don’t properly illustrate the real-life challenges that face entrepreneurs. Job Searches can be stre... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/19/2010 8:59 AM | Comments (2)

The Courage to Think Big

In a recent interview, 28 year-old  Denuo Source founder Rahul Chowdhury described how business school gave him the courage to think big;“At the end of the day no matter what you do - you start a small little shop on the corner of Michigan Avenue selling newspapers, it still takes ... [More]
Posted by: Gary Schoeniger 2/17/2010 8:00 AM | Comments (3)

New Voices and New Ideas

This week I am happy to introduce a new voice that will be contributing posts for e360; Gary Schoeniger, founder of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative. Gary has been a long-time advocate for entrepreneurs and educator of the youth in his community, that demonstrate an interest in entrepreneuria... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/16/2010 2:53 AM | Comments (2)

Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 2/8/2010

Amy Wilkinson discusses President Obama’s plans for small business that includes increased funding as well as tax incentives for small business.  This could be the jump start that entrepreneurs are looking for. Biz World takes a look at the rise of young generation entrepreneurs. ... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/12/2010 8:34 AM | Comments (2)

New Decade New Hope

Now that I have stopped writing 2009 on checks and other documents, I feel ready to reflect on the New Year, and new decade. Mercifully, the passing of last year capped a decade marked by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, intelligence failings that led to an intractable war, a disputed presidential elec... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/07/2010 4:35 PM | Comments (9)

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