Today marked the official launch of the fifth annual Global Entrepreneurship Week, powered by the Kauffman Foundation. This year, there are about 129 countries participating in GEW by hosting more than 30,000 events worldwide. In our little neck of the woods, the home of the Foundation of Entrepreneurship, there was plenty of buzz and excitement. […]
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Honoring Our Heroes
Last year, my company, Kauffman FastTrac, was awarded a sizeable grant to train U.S. military veterans to become entrepreneurs in 2012. At the time that we were made aware of the funding, I felt very proud to have won the grant and was eager to implement our plan for which we expected to create special […]
Plant Seeds Elsewhere
Yesterday, we focused on the importance of deepening one’s roots, of establishing community in one’s community, of “growing where you are planted.” Today, let’s take it a step further and talk about planting seeds elsewhere. The idea here, of course, is to think outside the “four walls” of your own community and look beyond our […]