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What It Takes to Boost Your Entrepreneurial Capacity
My friend Dave Aune and I just finished teaching a 10-week experimental course at the Center for Employment Training (CET) in San Jose. The CET offers...
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Growing Our Startups: Lessons from the Kauffman Growth Index
The Kauffman Foundation just released its 2017 Growth Entrepreneurship Index, and if you look carefully the news is promising. Kauffman’s Growth index...
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Entrepreneurs Innovating Workforce Development
When we talk about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, we usually mean those innovative firms that are turning new technology...
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Underdog Entrepreneurs: Beating the Odds
Much of the research on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship focuses on the personal characteristics and experiences that motivate one to start and...
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Three Megatrends of Entrepreneurship: Good News and Bad News
A few weeks ago, the Kauffman Foundation released a new report on the State of Entrepreneurship in the United States. The report includes reasons to be...
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Putting Everyday Entrepreneurs in The Spotlight
There is a brouhaha brewing among the people who study entrepreneurship. On one side are the scholars who focus on the innovative, technology-based ventures...
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Helping New Entrepreneurs Overcome Fear
Fear is a powerful emotion that protects us from danger or an imminent threat. It can be triggered by something occurring now or by uncertainty about...
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How to Create a Job
Last fall I attended the Give2Asia Ignite + Inspire Gala in San Francisco. The keynote speaker was Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel...
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Shifting into High Gear for California Startups
Entrepreneurship in the U.S. needs a reboot. Recent research shows that business dynamism (the process by which firms are born, fail, expand, contract...
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What is an Inspirational Entrepreneur?
There are many different kinds of entrepreneurs. We usually hear about those who have made the most money, invented the most innovative product...
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7 Reasons People Become Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is an important part of Santa Clara University's Strategic Plan. Campus programs are creating an entrepreneurial mindset...