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- Ben Franklin Client Saladax Receives CLIA Laboratory Certification
- Ben Franklin Client Egg Zack Named Top Marketing Tool for Small Businesses
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- Venture News from PR Newswire
- Follett Launches $50 Million Education-Focused Venture Fund
- CLEAResult, a Leader in Energy Efficiency, Announces Investment Partnership with General Atlantic
- Digital Media Experts Fund The Nimia Marketplace
- Alion Energy Lowers Cost of Solar with Robotic Installation and Cleaning Technology
- Local Leaders Leading the Way in 'Future of Work'
- Amedra Pharmaceuticals Markets Adrenaclick® Auto-Injector
- Daily Dutch Innovation Website Presents Centuries Of Start-Up Culture In Holland
- Madrona Promotes Julie Sandler To Principal
- Allied Wallet Happily Announces a New American Express Certification
- Circular Energy Secures $2.7m In Series A Funding
- News from the Venture World
- Forget the coasts. These VC funds are pouring millions into the Midwest June 19, 2013
- Fab nabs $150 million in new funding as part of Series D round June 19, 2013
- Silicon Valley's Hottest Matchmaker June 19, 2013
- Corporate VC Managers Counter Fred Wilson's ?Patronizing? Attack June 19, 2013
- CTIA official leaves to head up venture capital group June 18, 2013
- Venture News from BizJournals
- CBO: Immigration reform would help federal budget
- Regions among top 25 auto lenders in the 1Q
- President Obama ‘basically fired Ben Bernanke’... Carl Icahn raises Dell stake, urges tender offer... Uncertainty at Fed over stimulus, leadership
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- City borrows $2.5 million to clean up Arcade Building
- Fifth Third ups dividend
- Jacksonville Bank, CBC National improve Bauer star ratings in Q1
- Benchmark buys senior community out of bankruptcy as bondholders get a serious shave
- Wells Fargo nabs Bay State adviser in national money-manager hunt
- Fifth Third Bank to increase stock dividend
Category Archives: Economic History Perspsective
Even In the Beginning, Entrepreneurs Created Jobs
I’m going to get right to the point of this blog post. Sometimes, shocking information is best delivered in a no-nonsense, unapologetic manner. So, I’m just going to hit you with this right now and I just don’t want you … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Quarks…the Elementary Particle of the American Economy
Some of you may have recently read about the Higgs boson particle and how its potentially confirmed existence would explain how anything with mass (ie, everything that exists) is built. Some of you may have also recently read about how … Continue reading
American Independence…The Greatest Entrepreneurial Venture Ever (reprise)
I want you to think about something. It is July, 1774. You own about 600 acres of farmland. You essentially run a medium -sized agricultural business and employ some 60 people. You have 4 children and a pregnant wife. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic history, Independence, Parliament
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Entrepreneurship…Highway of the Future!
I’d like to suggest a new way for governments to look at seed stage technology company funding. I’d like to suggest that state governments in particular think about funding seed stage tech companies in the same way that they … Continue reading
Will We Survive the Flip-Flop Economy?
I had a terrible vision of America’s future over the weekend. All I did was visit BJ’s Wholesale Club, and there it was. Suddenly solidified proof that America may never be competitive again on the world economic stage. I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged BJ's, competitiveness, Defiance, flip-flop
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Ladies and Gentlemen…the Next President of the United States…Alexander Hamilton!
I woke up this morning from a dream which was set in the late 1700′s. I believe it was 1796, because I was presenting to an enormous room full of people and the banners hanging declared “Welcome to the Federalist … Continue reading →