Interesting articles on entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, economic development, and other related topics, as well as the legal, political and economic policies that affect them. http://www.tec.uiuc.edu/ Technology Entrepreneur Center at the University of Illinois While many small business owners pride themselves on a “one-man-band” approach, learning to delegate becomes an essential management tool as small companies begin to grow. If the company founder is answering his/her own phone, regularly missing scheduled appointments, spending less and less time with family and loved ones, and, ultimately, turning down new business out of fear that the staff bench isn’t deep enough to support new clients, it might be time to consider new options. http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071211005016&newsLang=en Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST And while investing in a venture, investors put a premium on quality of the entrepreneur and the core team. Said Mr Rekhi, "In a new venture, I always look ... http://www.mbauniverse.com/innerPage.php?id=ne&pageId=793 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST Tech is back, all right. Even in this choppy market the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite leads other market indexes nicely. But the way to make money on tech stocks is to find the small ones with the big futures. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/1210/124.html?partner=smallbusiness_newsletter Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST Rich Karlgaard gives advice on giving good speeches. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/1210/037.html?partner=smallbusiness_newsletter Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST A sampling of ideas from the next generation of consumers--and entrepreneurs. http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/07/merck-qualcomm-intel-ent-tech-cx_nc_1207bizdontexist.html?partner=smallbusiness_newsletter Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST Electric sports cars. Solar power. Space travel. Finally, an entrepreneur who's not afraid to think really, really big. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20071201/entrepreneur-of-the-year-elon-musk.html Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST The developing countries, including India, which have proposed an amendment to the accord on trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPs), to incorporate a bio-piracy prevention clause, can draw satisfaction from the endorsement that their move is receiving from different quarters, though final acceptance is not yet a given. The latest to back the move at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Council’s recent meeting in Geneva was the group of least developed countries. This support, of course, is not without reason. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=305707 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST Ask successful entrepreneurs the best advice they ever got, and what may be most surprising is how quickly they come up with an answer and how specific it is. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/business/smallbusiness/27toolkit.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=smallbusiness&adxnnlx=1196281845-YHEuFtBSAYTxPPCK5Bsptg Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST Its environmental ranking of Sony, Nintendo and other electronics makers raises consumer awareness—but does it factor into buying decisions? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/tc20071127_012063.htm Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST China's Internet start-ups are primed to keep growing, nourished by plentiful capital and a huge pool of engineering talent, leaders of top U.S. Web companies said Tuesday. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/27/asia/AS-GEN-China-Technology.php#end_copy Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST