The collaborative & inspirational MBA environment of Johnson proves ideal for unique needs of future entrepreneurs ITHACA, N.Y., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week may be Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), but at Cornell University, every week is entrepreneurship week. Johnson at Cornell University, along with its partners at the university, have embraced the clear need of the economy to grow entrepreneurs and innovators - and therefore to create jobs and opportunities -- by targeting its most entrepreneurial students and expanding their skill base. Through a series of events and specific opportunities, Johnson is not only helping students hone their pitches, products and ideas, but is directly addressing the needs of the entrepreneurial spirit itself to thrive and to f...
According to Ronald Cook, professor and chair of the Department of Entrepreneurial Studies and Strategy at Rider University, the current economic situation has also shaped the way in which businesses consider entrepreneurs in terms of employment. The presentation will provide information on business loan programs and technical assistance programs offered by the Small Business Administration. "Because the job market has been so dismal, more and more people are considering self-employment by opening a business," says Vincent D'Elia, regional director of the SBDC at Bergen Community College.
At one of the events commemorating Veterans Day, President Obama told servicemen and women "your country will be here for you" -- especially if you're a veteran who might start a business and hire people. To ignite the entrepreneurial spirit within returning vets, the Obama administration has put money into new and expanded programs that support and fund veteran entrepreneurship and have a new focus on women.
While efforts at understanding how the entrepreneurial spirit is awakened (e.g., unwrapping the cognitive "black box") have been productive in the new venture context, it remains largely unexplored in a corporate setting. This study extends previous research by investigating the relationship between organizational antecedents and perceptions of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of entrepreneurial activity. In a field study of organizations consistent with a corporate entrepreneurial archetype typology, we found that (1) individual work discretion and time availability impacted entrepreneurial self-efficacy and (2) individual interest in work innovation influenced perceived desirability of innovative behaviors.
Small business, Marcella Hurley says, is the engine of economic growth. And as the director of the Colorado Springs Small Business Development Center, she's doing her part to make sure that engine stays fueled.
''God gave us this great and good land, but it's up to us to make it flourish - to preserve its freedom, to see it grow and become a nation of greatness." Ronald Reagan expressed these words of responsibility in 1986. Twenty-five years later, how is our nation doing? Not well at all, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO just released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook, and the picture it paints is very different from the one President Reagan envisioned. Instead of economic growth, our nation is burdened by government growth - with an adverse impact that millions of American families and working people know only too well.
An illustration of a Christopher Columbus sailing ship serves as the company's logo with an accompanying slogan of "Twenty-First Century Explorers." The group is comprised of geophysicist Richard W. Beardsley (exploration), Shawn E. Casey (land and corporate acquisitions), petroleum engineer Ray Prudnick (operations), Certified Public Accountant Mark Chandler (chief financial officer), James H. Dissen (corporate development) and attorney James A. Jarrell (general counsel).
With this upbringing, it's not surprising that, when Putnam talked about why her father never really thought about her pursuing a career in television - or seemingly any other field, for that matter - and instead encouraged her to learn typing and shorthand so that she would have something to fall back on if her husband didn't support her appropriately, she did so with scholarly references indicating that such thinking prevailed in the early '60s. In recent years, the company, which Putnam and others often refer to as the new Package Machinery, has been manufacturing new machines, an operation that had been growing steadily until the Great Recession hit, forcing many business owners to delay new purchases.
The 2006 award winners are all graduates of DEI's Presidential Award-winning entrepreneurial training and technical assistance programs. The award winners are Rene Blount, Your Way Transportation; Jeff Duperon, TNE International, LLC; and Sharon McGhee, Unique Catering. The 10th Annual Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards will also mark the first time the Leona M. Gainer Memorial Fund's Fortitude Award will be presented. The LMG Fortitude Award will honor DEI clients who have overcome significant personal challenges, yet continue to keep putting one foot in front of the other. DEI's founder, [Cathy McClelland], established the fund in 2005 in honor of her mother's life. The institute is pleased to bestow the inaugural LMG Fortitude Award on Kenneth and Theresa Martin of Martin Fine Art Gallery...
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