Entrepreneurship is a mindset lost in rural economic development planning. This thinking must be inculcated in K12. We don't need to fund more technology, we need to fund in-school Programs that will expose young people to the entrepreneurial world and make starting a business in a rural community a viable option. We have been piloting such a concept in rural west Tennessee and the response of young high school young people has shown that this is a major untapped resource for economic development.
A new plant creates jobs. A local entrepreneur creates lasting local wealth.
Fund real feet-on-the-street that can create the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Paul Van Hoesen
Director
cTechnology, Inc.
www.cTechnology.org
Paul Van Hoesen
of TN
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May 21, 2009 11:26:28 AM
information distribution
You are correct that we have "video-on-demand" and high speed Internet, but this is mostly a benefit of living in a city or town, not for those in rural areas. I cannot genuinely run an online business from my home in rural Iowa because the technology is undependable at best and simply ineffective at worst. If supporting entrepreneurial efforts under this bill related to "information distribution" means that rural Americans can actually join the technologically advanced areas of Anytown, USA, then I say it's a tremendous opportunity for those who are still left out of these advancements.
gjsample
of IA
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May 20, 2009 13:48:13 PM
entrepreneurial help
Here's one. Let's turn back time to when an entrepreneur could get a patent and not have to mortgage his house (Thanks Clinton, you Rhodes Scholar gubber). Clinton made it so that only the rich could get a patent and, I'll tell you something else: there is no way in hell that a patent examiner (short of an Einstein) can read today's patent applications and determine if there is any validity to it. The language is so ridiculous that it could only be fodder for a lawyer. Try reading one someday.
Give us back the cheaper patent (screw the provisional) and make the language English just like in contracts.
Matt Bandyk, a reporter for U.S. News, explores capitalism from where it all begins, with the entrepreneur, whose risk taking and experimentation provide the roots from which the rest of the economy grows. As much courage as it takes to create one's own business, even the entrepreneur needs some help, and this blog will look at news, trends, and practical advice for starting and running a small business.
Paul Van Hoesen of TN @ May 21, 2009 11:26:28 AM
gjsample of IA @ May 20, 2009 13:48:13 PM
callejero of NJ @ May 20, 2009 13:14:50 PM
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