Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 3/1/10

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Posted by: Thom Ruhe 3/12/2010 8:55 AM | Comments (0)

Entrepreneurial Approach Pays Off For Hurt Locker

By the ‘conventional wisdom’ that has prevailed in Hollywood over the last decade, The Hurt Locker should have been (quietly) happy to merely have been nominated for several Oscars and serve as grist for the mill that would have recognized the mega-production that is Avatar. After all,... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 3/09/2010 2:22 PM | Comments (1)

Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 3/1/10

The startup veteran Linda Chamberlain has been named the Director of GVSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  It will provide support services, mentoring and resources for high-growth entrepreneurs in West Michigan. The DreamIt Startup Incubator helps individuals take th... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 3/05/2010 6:20 AM | Comments (0)

Fool me once, shame on you … Fool me twice, I’m an idiot!

In my past companies while interviewing prospective new employees, when I get to the topic of our corporate culture, I was fond of saying that we encourage an entrepreneurial environment that respects the intellectual contribution of others, encourages rigorous debate, and is open to intelligent r... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 3/02/2010 8:06 AM | Comments (2)

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)

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)

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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