Entrepreneurship Magazine, in conjunction with The Princeton Review, will be releasing its list of the top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs in the country in their October issue, and Simmons College is on the list. Simmons College is one of only two New England colleges listed. View the full list here.
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Entrepreneur Magazine: Simmons College SOM Entrepreneurship Program “One of Nation’s Best”
Posted in Academics, Entrepreneurship, Lists, tagged Entrepreneurship, MBA programs, simmons college on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Small Businesses Are America’s Innovators
Posted in Entrepreneurship on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The United States Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy today released a report titled “Small Businesses Are America’s Innovators.” From the press release:
Small businesses are the innovators of the American economy as they obtain many more patents per employee than larger firms, according to a study released today by the Office of Advocacy [...]
The “Brain Waste” of College-Educated Immigrants in the US Labor Market
Posted in Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Migration Policy Institute released “Uneven Progress: The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States”, a report that states 1 in 5 college-educated immigrants in the US labor market are stuck in unskilled jobs or, worse, are unemployed. From the press release:
The report, Uneven [...]
US Small Business Administration Working Paper
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Women in Business on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chad Moutray of the Office of Advocacy for the US Small Business Administration (SBA) has released his working paper, “Looking Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Owners”. Most interesting to our community is the opportunity of “promoting entrepreneurship among women.”
The five challenges he sees are:
(1) strengthening the overall economy, (2) taxes and [...]
Which States Are Best for Business?
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Lists on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan research organization, has released its 2009 State Business Tax Climate Index. The index ranks states based on different taxes levied on businesses and their impact. From the news release:
Wyoming has the best, and New Jersey has the worst, tax systems when it comes to “business friendliness,” according to the Tax [...]
Business @ Work
Posted in Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been enjoying looking through the newest issue of BusinessWeek, where readers have collaborated with the editors and writers to contribute to the magazine’s special report “Business @ Work”. Using LinkedIn, an online poll called YouGov, and a pollster firm, the magazine created an interesting section that culls the collective wisdom. As the report shows, [...]
The Undefeated Dabbawala System
Posted in Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Investing on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Much has been made in recent years of the Dabbawalas, the Indian lunch deliverymen who have a nearly impeccable record of delivering over 170,000 lunches in Mumbai daily. While traveling in Canada this past week, I had my first brush with dabbawalas as a documentary was airing on television, and then the next day [...]
Interested in eCommerce?
Posted in Entrepreneurship on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re interested in eCommerce, I’d highly suggest checking out the Pew Internet’s research paper “The Internet and Consumer Choice: Online Americans use different search and purchase strategies for different goods”. The research looks at consumer online habits that affect their purchases, based on three products: music, cell phones, and houses. There’s many other reports [...]
