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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a report last year from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America shifted a few years ago to the Boomer age group, compared to Gen-X (1965 to1980) and Gen-Y (1981 to 1995). Supportive co-founder and executive positions. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

On Monday I was at the White House to help announce the Startup America Partnership. For an awesome description of Startup America, please read Aneesh Chopra’s (the United States CTO) post on TechCrunch titled Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship.

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How to pick a co-founder

venturehacks.com

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. One founder companies can work, against the odds (hello, Mark Zuckerberg).

Cofounder 101
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6 Ways You Can Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator, wrote an insightful essay, “ Two Kinds of Moderate ”: “There are two distinct ways to be politically moderate: on purpose and by accident. Here are some ways you can help Make America Functional Again. I don’t recall America turning socialist then. Five of the six ways cost nothing.

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How Non-Partisan Business Leaders Can Help Fix America

David Teten

The most impactful step you can take to help America more accurately reflect our citizens’ (and your company’s) political goals is to increase voting rates. National politics gets disproportionate media attention, particularly given the evisceration of America’s urban newspapers. That’s bad for America, and it’s bad for business.

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Startups Are Not Just The Realm Of Young Generations

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the most recent report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America shifted a few years ago to the Boomer age group, compared to Gen-X (1965 to1980) and Gen-Y (1981 to 1995). Supportive co-founder and executive positions. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service.

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Transformify Partners with Laboratoria to Empower Young Women and Girls in Latin America

Transformify

A great number of women in Latin America are unemployed or not employed officially, due to various reasons. Also, according to the UNDP report the women of Latin America and the Caribbean work three times more at home (unpaid work) than men. It is especially difficult for women living in poor rural areas.

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