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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. The dearth of trained computer science and engineering is crippling the growth of many Innovation Economy companies.

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Welcoming Bobby Schnabel Back to CU Boulder

Feld Thoughts

Bobby Schnabel has returned to CU Boulder as the College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty director for entrepreneurial leadership , external chair of computer science, and campus thought-leader on computing. While you may not know Bobby, this is a huge add for CU Boulder and the Boulder Startup Community.

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Don’t miss celebrating these seasonal events for mission-driven organizations

Board Effect

Seasonal events invigorate communities by livening things up and creating a sense of belonging. Public gatherings provide opportunities for people in the community to connect and share common interests. Most boards are deeply connected to the communities they serve, and a seasonal event can spark community engagement.

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Austin’s Entrepreneurial Landscape

Austin Startup

City leadership is actively championing the development of later stage funding sources, and the city’s culture lends itself to supporting that. Austin is a melting pot where musicians, artists, professors, engineers, entrepreneurs and moguls live in harmony. versus $10M+). However, Austin is well poised to catch up quickly.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

When you support that platform with inspirational and informative subject matter that helps guide people along the way, and then offer them a community of service providers who can help round out their team—well, that’s the ticket. And this was at a prestigious engineering school. That’s massive. 9) Horrible Experience.

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Paying Lip Service to Developing Entrepreneurs

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

That in turn would refresh our economy, create wealth, jobs, and stable communities. in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. They have an admirable initiative to inspire entrepreneurialism in engineering and technology students. That is not good.

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Be Careful What You Wish For…

Pascal's View

Certainly the ‘High Frequency Trading’ community of dark pools and hedge funds that currently account for 70% of daily trading activity in the U.S. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997. don’t like this report. And then there are those who look at the broken U.S.