No one will deny that the American and global economies have been in an extended slump. The question is what will lead us out of the doldrums? Right now the big argument seems to be between advocates of clean energy …
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Posted in Blog, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Investment, Reflections & Takeaways, Research & Data, Research & Development
Tagged economic development, economic gardening, economics, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, innovation, investment, research, startup
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Utah made headlines by generating more startups in 2009 than MIT on ¼ of their budget. Interest and activity in university spinoffs continues to grow. A number of new initiatives have launched recently to promote the commercialization of university technology …
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Tagged Auburn Business Incubator, Center forRecearch Commercialization, CMU, development, Entrepreneurs, Greenlighting Startups, MIT, Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund, research, startup, Texas, university, Utah
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As President Obama shines the spotlight on entrepreneurship through the StartUp America Partnership and communities throughout the country work to reinvent their economies there are some models that should be noted. In this post I would like to highlight the …
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Tagged EntrepreneurCenter, investment, Michael Burcham, Nashville, Network, startup, Startup America, Tennessee
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Rob May recently moved his startup, Backupify, to Boston. We’ve heard this story in Pittsburgh before, only this time the startup left Louisville, not Pittsburgh. We often get caught up in the “one that got away” — the idea of big city investors poaching our startups because they don’t like to travel, or small town entrepreneurs lured to the bright lights of big city opportunity.
This is not just another story of the small town losing a hard-earned startup to the big City. Actually, that is the story, but the lesson of Backupify and the insights from May are more important for the future of entrepreneurship in so-called second- and third- tier cities.
Posted in Blog, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Pittsburgh
Tagged Backupify, employment, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial City, innovation, jobs, Pittsburgh, Relocation, startup
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As we struggle with the lingering effects of the recession, it’s hard to see the silver lining in our economic forecast. Despite the statistical end to the recession, many economists don’t believe that we will recover to 2007 employment levels for another two to three years. The big question is: where will this growth come from?
The short answer? Entrepreneurs.
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Pittsburgh, Science & Technology
Tagged Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial City, information, Innovation Works, Pittsburgh, PopCity, startup, technology
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