Austin, Texas is known for its vibrant and unique culture. Texas’s capital city embraces all types of personalities and characters: from politicians working at the Texas Capitol to students at The University of Texas to interesting personalities you can meet on world-renowned Sixth Street. One more thing to add to Austin’s lively list of charm [...]

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In light of the most recent Children’s Business Fair, my awareness for other, much larger ways for children and adolescents to get involved with entrepreneurship has increased tremendously. There are so many good programs out there that engage young, budding entrepreneurs to take control and make their dreams come true.
I came across this NYTimes.com article [...]

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Never fear, help is here.
The U.S. Commerce Department is doing two things to aid aspiring entrepreneurs of today: the creation of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the Department of Commerce and the launch of a National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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I recently read that a US version of the hit Brit series, Dragon’s Den, is in the works.  In the show, to be called Shark Tank, budding entrepreneurs will get three minutes to pitch for investment from five multi-millionaires willing to invest their own, hard-earned cash.
“Even in these harsh economic times, people with big ideas [...]

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