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Business startups are key to job creation in the U.S.

In the midst of record unemployment, a new Kauffman Foundation-funded U.S. Census Bureau study reports that startup companies are a major contributor to job creation.

Entrepreneurs insulated from roiling financial markets

The meltdown of the financial and political systems in the United States was the backdrop for a meeting of 250 enthusiastic believers in the power of entrepreneurship at Discovery World last week. More than half of the participants in the kickoff ceremony for BizStarts Milwaukee were entrepreneurs. About a dozen were the great entrepreneurs of the last generation, some of whom are still doing deals. The rest were the entrepreneurs of the 21st century. any of them are relieved they have a large portion of their funds invested in local companies, where they have some control over outcomes.

Entrepreneurship Remains Strong in 2008 with Increasing Business Startups

New business formation increased in 2008 but, in what may be a potential harbinger of the current economic recession, U.S. entrepreneurship rates increased for the lowest-income-potential and middle-income-potential types of businesses from 2007 to 2008; it decreased for the highest-income-potential types of businesses.

Fastfacts - entrepreneurship and the economy

Seventy-nine percent of Americans say entrepreneurs are critically important to job creation, ranking higher than big business, scientists, and government.

Governor's Business Plan Contest open for 2009 entries

The Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest - the nation's first statewide, tech-based business plan competition - is accepting entries online for the 2009 competition. Entries will be accepted Friday through 5 p.m. Jan. 31, 2009. The contest's Grand Prize is worth $50,000 in cash and services.

Incentives are a boon to Wisconsin, but we could use a lot more.

Calling all entrepreneurs and early-stage investors: Some $10 million in 2008 investment tax credits are still available for new Wisconsin companies.

Mentors are key to start-ups

In eight years as master mentor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sherwin Greenblatt has learned a few things about creating a hotbed for start-up businesses.

New Effort To Help Entrepreneurs

Milwaukee rates near the bottom when it comes to starting up new businesses, but a new effort, BizStarts Milwaukee, could change that, and that effort is Positively Milwaukee.

Prodesse - Develops Test for Swine Flu

Prodesse has developed a test that has successfully detected swine flu in specimens that were not revealed by other rapid tests.

Reversing the brain drain: How can Wisconsin attract and retain more college grads?”

The Oct. 16 Minneapolis event is a response to a Wisconsin Alumni Association and Competitive Wisconsin Inc. survey that found 58 percent of the 2,600 UW graduates responding from Chicago, the Twin Cities, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., would consider making career moves to Wisconsin.

State angel network investments rose 28 percent in ’08

Wisconsin angel networks and funds posted a 28 percent increase in early stage investments in 2008, reaching more than $15 million invested in 53 deals. Recently released data showed that angel investing was down 26 percent nationally for the same year compared to 2007.

Wisconsin Partners for National Entrepreneurship Week 2009

The third annual recognition of National Entrepreneurship Week (NEW) occurs February 21 through February 28, 2009. This week is a celebration of American entrepreneurs and the educational programs currently preparing youth to develop a passion toward entrepreneurship as a viable career option sponsored by the National Consortium for Education Excellence.