Leading local businesses into the 21st Century: Brett Wiewiora and Onlyin…
Not everybody turns to entrepreneurship because of a business opportunity; some do their own thing because they are driven to do good, to make change, and starting and growing something new is often the best way to accomplish...
Finally finding where he should be, Phil Laboon founded Eyeflow
Some people are just born mavericks. They are not destined to work for others or to fulfill other people’s dreams. Maybe it’s not destiny but just sheer determination. Such a person is Phil Laboon, founder and CEO of Eyeflow...
Interactive Map: The United States of Venture Capital
Very interesting article with an interactive map showing financings around the country in the first half of 2011. Done by Venture Capital Dispatch, an inside look from VentureWire at high-tech start-ups and their investors, Wall...
Are millennials cut out for this job market?
Thoughtful article on CNN.com about whether the millennial generation is cut out for the highly competitive global job market. Author is Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a CNN.com contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist. The...
Product need drives Chris Carlson to entrepreneurship resulting in Gantto
Chris Carlson was not an entrepreneur in his comfortable corporate role. But necessity drove him to it. He needed something in his job at Hansen Medical that didn’t exist. And so he decided to build it himself. Well, not quite...
Women entrepreneurs: Who says we can’t
Why are so few women in technology? Why is it that for every 10 men that I interview for my blog, I struggle to find one technology-oriented entrepreneur who is female? “Maybe women are more risk adverse,” says Deanna Bennett, a...
Spurring innovation by fixing the US patent system
The key to US competitiveness on a global scale is innovation, right? That message is being said over and over again, so it must be right! Then why does the US patent system impede progress? The patent system has long been called...
NIELSEN OF THE DIGITAL AGE: ALEX WHITE AND NEXT BIG SOUND
Obsessed with understanding how bands become famous, Alex White started Next Big Sound to become the Nielsen ratings of the digital age – for music. Next Big Sound provides online music analytics to music industry professionals....
Krista Paul, Usingmiles.com
Krista Paul came up with a simple solution to a problem that she (and many others) had: using your frequent flyer miles up before they expire. What’s the problem? I don’t know about you, but many of us have several (frequent...
More on young entrepreneurs
I am not the only one focusing on young on up-and-coming entrepreneurs. While I am interested in entrepreneurship and innovation on and around college campuses, there are those who are focused on even younger entrepreneur-fry....