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What is an Entrepreneur? Babson College Wants Your Definition

February 6, 2012
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  According to Howard Stevenson, a professor at Harvard Business School, the definition of entrepreneurship is as follows, “’Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.’” That definition is quoted by Stevenson from the book, Breakthrough Entrepreneurship, which was written by Jon Burgstone and Bill Murphy Jr. Burgstone, a teacher and...
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Free Entrepreneur Classes Being Offered Online by Universities

November 18, 2011
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    With the number of jobs available still at frighteningly low levels, many people are choosing to become entrepreneurs, building their own businesses and working for themselves. These men and women can no longer afford to wait for the job market to pick up in order for them to support their families. Most of these...
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Entrepreneur-Funded Student Loan Initiative Improves on Obama’s “Pay as You Earn” Plan

October 27, 2011
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Obama’s Plan, Is It Enough? A new plan was proposed on Wednesday by American president Barack Hussein Obama, which will potentially help to make is easier for students to achieve a higher education. The plan works by allowing students who are in college to consolidate their loans as well as make their monthly payments much lower. As ‘Huffington...
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Steve Jobs and Apple: How They Transformed the Education Industry

October 16, 2011
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Of all the various ways people can sum up the pervasiveness of the influence that Steve Jobs’ life has done and the magnitude of the void that Steve Jobs’ death has left, education is one more that can be added on the list. In a period where the education system is volatile, marred with...
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‘Princeton Review’ and ‘Entrepreneur Magazine’ Announce Top 50 Entrepreneurship Schools

October 6, 2011
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  A report from ‘MarketWatch’ reveals that the top twenty five undergraduate and twenty five graduate entrepreneurship programs in America have been determined from a yearly survey which is done by ‘The Princeton Review’ and ‘Entrepreneur Magazine’. There were more than two thousand programs under scrutiny by the survey, with the University of Houston ranking...
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Industry Insight: Profitable Industries for New Entrepreneurs

October 3, 2011
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The current economic slump is affecting people’s confidence to venture into any kind of business. However, like in any other challenges, there are opportunities present, and it is just a matter of knowing where to look for them. While some industries have seen better times, there are still some industries seeing unprecedented growth and...
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Biotechnology: Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

September 30, 2011
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Just like any groundbreaking industry, the past of biotechnology has been marred with unrealistic expectations. Although each of the recent biotechnology startups seems to be an improvement from their past counterparts, these companies still appear to lean towards the tendency to overvalue their revenue projections and undervalue the breakeven time. They appear as if...
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Recession Brings Rise in Number of Student Entrepreneurs

September 29, 2011
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A report from ‘OregonLive.com’ shares that the state of Oregon has been seeing a rash of student entrepreneurs popping up at campuses all over, in hopes of creating their own job market. With the state of the economy, complete with pay cuts and lay-offs, these kids are tapping into their own strengths in order...
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More Educators Doing More Entrepreneurship

September 21, 2011
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More and more it seems that educators are focusing on entrepreneurship in the business courses and curriculum http://www.binghamton.edu/inside/index.php/inside/story/four-professors-to-incorporate-entrepreneurship-into-courses. Universities around the country are getting more involved in entrepreneurship as the economy continue to change.
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Ever Learning!

August 12, 2011
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Welcome to Entrepreneur Week Education Entrepreneur Blog Site.   Business Entrepreneurs are often the lifeblood of their communities: creating jobs; supporting other businesses; generating local tax revenues, supporting good causes, etc.  The complexity and change in the business arena requires new ways of doing things, new and different strategies, the ability to bring new knowledge,...
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