Yesterday’s address by Carl Schramm at the National Press Club included both good and bad news.  He presented further evidence of entrepreneurship as the catalyst for a vibrant US economy.  He also shared a poll suggesting entrepreneurs have an increasingly dim view of our country’s future competitiveness. I had the privilege of working my youth away caring for · Read More · Read More

Most are familiar with the revolution of microenterprise and microlending spreading through-out the developing world. Grameen Bank, and it’s founder Muhammad Yunus were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for unleashing entrepreneurship in places never thought possible. Which lessons learned would be applicable across the US, across Washington state? There is a growing community · Read More · Read More

Originally published in John’s Journal: Research and Development by the University of Missouri. Copyright 2006, Curators of the University of Missouri. Public research universities are faced with the ongoing challenge of finding the best combination of funding sources to match their missions. The relative proportion of funding from the state, tuition and fees, services, gifts · Read More · Read More

Originally published in John’s Journal: Research and Development by the University of Missouri. Copyright 2006, Curators of the University of Missouri. Columbia is known traditionally as Missouri’s college town. Such towns are often affectionately seen by their states as quirky — or even a bit smug. But being quirky is suspiciously similar to being innovative. · Read More · Read More