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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’ve read hundreds of books over my entrepreneurial career, a large number of them biographies and autobiographies on famous entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Ray Croc, Howard Schultz and many others. Reading all these books had a powerful cumulative effect that helped reprogram me into an unreasonable thinker. Promoting Disruption.

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5 EO Australia Women Share How To Make Entrepreneurship More Inclusive

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Empower Girls To Reach Their Full Potential Entrepreneurship is a vital driver of innovation, job creation, and economic growth. By fostering early exposure and education about entrepreneurship and other career paths, Franc.World is paving the way for an inclusive landscape where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed.

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What Does Social Entrepreneurship Look Like?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa ranks among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB/ “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.

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Starting a SPARK

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa ranks among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB/ “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.

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Innovation Policy and the Economy: Some New Research

EntreWorks Consulting

The essay reviews various causal factors for this “spatial mismatch,” and addresses potential policy solutions, such as creation of new “entrepreneur friendly zones,” providing more education support to residents in distressed areas, targeting grants and research funds to these regions, and so on. EntreWorks Blog.

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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Ian Hathaway

No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History. This post summarizes the parts of his book that deal with U.S. Innovation and entrepreneurship policy experts view the expansion of this program as a key lever for improving economic growth.