Minor Ondernemen

Video door Edo van Santen.nl voor Talk&Do.TV

Het wordt steeds normaler om op jonge leeftijd ondernemer te worden. Toch doen onderwijsinstellingen en autoriteiten als de KvK nog maar weinig om het starten van een bedrijf te stimuleren, merken jonge ondernemers in Nederland. Dit blijkt uit het afstudeeronderzoek van de Rotterdamse student Daan Koek.

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The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars bailing out troubled companies. Is it time for Uncle Sam to invest in new entrepreneurial firms as well? Professor Josh Lernermakes the case for limited government involvement in his book Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do about It. Key concepts include:

• Government support for entrepreneurial ventures could spur economic growth and support the struggling venture capital industry.
• For every successful public intervention there are many failed efforts, wasting billions in taxpayer dollars.
• Government can help in two ways: ensure that the economic environment is conducive to entrepreneurial activity, and provide direct investments.
• The Obama administration’s track record on these matters is mixed.
• Academic literature in this area is comparatively sparse.

Read more: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6318.html

October 2009 | As the future is uncertain, and the past is, well, the past, instant-gratification seeking consumers are embracing the ‘now’ with more passion than ever before. And despite this trend’s seemingly ephemeral character, it is rich in solid, applicable trend examples.

Check: http://trendwatching.com/briefing/ for further information and other trends

Interview Ritzo ten Cate over ondernemen en ondernemerschap

Een eigen bedrijf is ook een carriere optie!

Whatever the headlines predict these days, there may still be good news for entrepreneurs. Many successful products, services, and pivotal ideas have been launched during an economic lull, according to Bhaskar Chakravorti, a senior lecturer of business administration at Harvard Business School, citing the examples of Motorola, Southwest Airlines, Revlon cosmetics, Hewlett-Packard, and MTV.

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6118.html