business formation News Archive - 09-Nov-2007

Ghana: Arthur K on Job Creation (AllAfrica.com)
At the beginning of this campaign, I pledged that this will be a campaign of ideas that will propose substantive solutions to the problems of our nation.

In Global Entrepreneurship, One Small Initiative Can Make One Huge Difference (Knowledge at Wharton)
Entrepreneurs love to grumble about the roadblocks and delays created by bureaucrats. Government officials, they say, are slow, bumbling and concerned only about hewing to their rules and clocking out at 4:55 p.m. But in a study of global entrepreneurship, Raffi Amit and Mauro Guillen, both Wharton management professors, have found that a simple, if smart, bureaucratic initiative mattered ...

Tuesday Toastmasters Akron 151... (Akron Beacon Journal)
Tuesday Toastmasters Akron 151 ? 6:30-8 p.m., St. Thomas Hospital, 444 N. Main St., Akron. Information: Paul, 330-794-2605, or Randy/Ben, 330-929-7700. Wadsworth Toastmasters ? 7 p.m., Wadsworth Main Library, 132 Broad St. Information: Carol at 330-336-8000. International Referral Network ? Greater Akron Chapter ? 7:30 a.m., Panera Bread, 689 Howe Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. Free. Information: ...

Food Incubator founder focuses on local impact (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Question: What is the Northern Colorado Food Incubator?

SMBs in Brazil to Spend US$30B on IT and Telecom This Year (Cellular-News.com)
Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) in Brazil are on track to spend up to US$30 billion on IT and telecom this year, up some 11% over last year.

AMI-Partners: SMBs in Brazil to Spend US$30B on IT and Telecom This Year (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Small and medium businesses in Brazil are on track to spend up to US$30 billion on IT and telecom this year, up some 11% over last year. The bulk of all IT and telecom spending will be toward telecom, according to the latest study by New York-based Access Markets International Partners, Inc.

Small-business sector picking up the pace (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Wisconsin added about 2,300 businesses with employees in 2006 - strong growth compared with recent years, and strong relative to growth rates in states across the Northeast and Midwest, according to federal data released last week.

Midwest Health Care Startups Attract Record-breaking $1 Billion in Venture Investments through Third Quarter of 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CLEVELAND----Midwest health care startups reported a record-breaking $1 billion in total investments for 104 companies through the third quarter of 2007, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report.

 

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