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  • Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education: Open

    25 January 2010
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  • Table of contents:

    1. "THINK ENTREPRENEURS! A Call to Action"
    2. New Video Resources from SBA
    3. STATE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE US
    4. Advice to the President about the Economy
    5. PLAN NOW FOR A GREAT NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK 2010!

  • 1. "THINK ENTREPRENEURS! A Call to Action"


    JOBS...JOBS...JOBS....

    Just in time for supporting National Career and Technical Education Month and National Entrepreneurship Week - February 2010. . . . here is a great opportunity for entrepreneurship educators. http://www.entre-ed.org/_how/ccr/press2.pdf

    The U S Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) today has released the DOL Report on encouraging entrepreneurship for the unemployed! The Consortium conducted a yearlong study of how the Workforce Investment System addresses careers as an entrepreneur when helping the unemployed. The resulting report entitled "THINK ENTREPRENEURS! A Call to Action" with subtitle "Integrating Entrepreneurship in the Workforce Investment System" IS NOW AVAILABLE on the Consortium website in a special section focused on assisting job-seekers. http://www.entre-ed.org/_how/ccr/onestop.html

    Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary for ETA, announced the availability of the report as part of a Webinar on January 22 that featured Amy Rosen (President) and others talking about NFTE. Secretary Oakes said "This DOL Report is a terrific publication and encouraged everyone to take a look at it." Further she said, "ETA has not provided resources for entrepreneurship in the past, so she is delighted to get our report out. Workforce Investment Boards throughout the nation can partner with both in-school and out of school education and training programs to develop needed skills."

    Finally, Assistant Secretary Oates said she was very enthusiastic about this as a great beginning to get the word out. Possibilities are endless and she would be glad to be engaged in discussion of it.

    For more information about the Workforce Investment System: Visit www.careeronestop.org Call 1-877-US2-JOBS
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  • 2. New Video Resources from SBA

    The U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Postal Service bring you Delivering Success, a series of video interviews with successful entrepreneurs who share lessons learned about owning a business. Discover how these successful entrepreneurs met the challenges of business ownership. You can pick the topic that interests you or view the entire series in less than an hour. To learn more, go to http://www.sba.gov/tools/audiovideo/deliveringsuccess/ind...

    SBA and Dell present interviews with successful entrepreneurs and experts who know how to grow a business. Real stories and topic-specific advice will help you decide if your business is ready for growth. For more information, go to http://www.sba.gov/strategiesforgrowth/.

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  • 3. STATE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE US

    Did you participate in the webcast on the State of Entrepreneurship in the U.S. led by the Kauffman Foundation and held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., January 19? http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/entrepreneurs-expect-to-...

    Carl Schramm, along with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, entrepreneurs Reggie Aggarwal (Cvent) and Mary Naylor (VIPdesk), and educator Frank Douglas (Austen BioInnovation Institute), acknowledged the need to reduce the uncertainty facing entrepreneurs and offered fixes for policymakers to consider.

    According to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, keynote speaker, "There is simply no better vehicle for job creation than fostering entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs create approximately three million jobs a year. Over the last three decades, startups -- firms less than five years old -- have accounted for nearly ALL increased employment in the American private sector."

    "As America continues to work through this exceptionally trying recession, we can look back on our history and say with confidence that we will get through it – and when we do, entrepreneurs will be leading the charge."

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  • 4. Advice to the President about the Economy

    More (Steve) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
    New York Times: Published: January 23, 2010

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/opinion/24friedman.html?hp

    Friedman's advice to the President....." Obama should launch his own moon shot. What the country needs most now is not more government stimulus, but more stimulation. We need to get millions of American kids, not just the geniuses, excited about innovation and entrepreneurship again. We need to make 2010 what Obama should have made 2009: the year of innovation, the year of making our pie bigger, the year of “Start-Up America.”

    Check out this great article about the importance of entrepreneurship! NFTE is featured

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  • 5. PLAN NOW FOR A GREAT NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK 2010!

    Remember that February is also Career and Technical Education Month....a great partnership with National Entrepreneurship Week - 2010..

    Cheers,

    Cathy Ashmore, Executive Director, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
    Columbus, OH .... 614-486-6538 ....
    cashmore@entre-ed.org

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