It’s always difficult to keep an upbeat view during hard times, and to remember that there are always opportunities for those who look close enough. Still, without those doggedly incurable optimists, we would still be plodding along without the benefits of some iconic inventions. A list of Recession Inventions: Success Stories in Bad Times, was [...]
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I had a slightly disturbing talk with an entrepreneur at a smartups.org meeting last Thursday night. Smart-ups is a local group getting entrepreneurs together in the Eugene-Corvallis area in Oregon. This man will probably make it. There was nothing dumb or naive about him, and he was old enough to know better. But the underlying [...]
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Are you a student or recent graduate building a business around a new technology or invention? Take a look at the National College Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) at nciia.org. Pay special attention to NCIIA’s 2009 Venture Well program, because it’s about finding mentors and money. It’s also about doing some good. Specifically: “…designed to [...]
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