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Top 5 myths about starting a business
More Americans became entrepreneurs in the past two years than at any other time in the past 15 years, according to the Kauffman Foundation. But if you’re considering leaving your day job to take the leap into entrepreneurship, first learn the facts behind these Top 5 myths about starting a business:
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The Entrepreneurial Mind
Bloggers' outlook for economy? Glum.
A survey of economic bloggers reveals pessimism about the economy. The number of respondents predicting job growth fell by 20 percent in a quarter.
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A recovery? Small businesses aren't so sure.
Two years into the recovery, the outlook among small businesses is gloomy. Will it be self-fulfilling?
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The Entrepreneurial Mind
Recovery's not enough. Rekindle America's entrepreneurial fires.
America needs a long-term plan to rekindle its entrepreneurial spirit and spur new ventures.
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Freelance jobs: Half of all new jobs in recovery?
Freelance jobs are up 52 percent at Elance. The number of entrepreneurs are at a 15-year high. But the growth in freelance jobs mean less security for the workforce.
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China's Tsinghua University aims for global clout of a Harvard or Oxford
Some scholars say China's Tsinghua University, which is marking its 100th anniversary, will be in the global Top 10 universities within a generation. But the political constraints imposed by a one-party state pose a significant challenge.
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Top 5 myths about starting a business
More Americans became entrepreneurs in the past two years than at any other time in the past 15 years, according to the Kauffman Foundation. But if you’re considering leaving your day job to take the leap into entrepreneurship, first learn the facts behind these Top 5 myths about starting a business:
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Obama's plan to win 2012 presidential election takes shape
President Obama's State of the Union, along with the speeches that have followed, point to a blend of Kennedy vision and Reagan optimism to 'win the future' and fend off GOP challengers in the 2012 presidential election.
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Growthology
Rewriting the history of small business: What you didn't know
The standard narrative is too simplistic about the role, origins, and impact of entrepreneurship. But the closer you look, the fuzzier it gets, finds guest blogger Dane Stangler.
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How retirement is being reinvented worldwide
People are working longer – out of necessity and choice – as the world undergoes one of the biggest demographic shifts in history.
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Growthology
West Point graduates: Why our best officers are leaving early
The U.S. military claims to support independent thinking and entrepreneurship among officers, but a survey of 250 West Point graduates suggests that conformity, not merit, is rewarded.
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Surprise! Women started more firms than men.
Before the recession, women were starting twice as many firms as men. Now, they may do even better.
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Growthology
The morality of underwater mortgages
Tim Kane recently appeared on the Nightly Business Report, discussing the millions of 'underwater mortgages' – where people owe more money than their homes are worth.
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The Entrepreneurial Mind
World entrepreneurship: We're number 3?!
A new study shows that the US trails behind Denmark and Canada among countries whose cultures support entrepreneurship.
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The Reformed Broker
ETFs: my love/hate relationship with Exchange Traded Funds
ETFs, aka Exchange Traded Funds, track a commodity or basket of assets much like an index fund, but trade like stocks. Though useful, might ETFs be a bit poisonous for markets?
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The Entrepreneurial Mind
Eye of the hurricane
Is the current economic optimism evidence that blue skies are finally stretching out before us – or just the eye of the hurricane? If the storm that is the great recession is not yet over, when will the back side of the eye wall hit, and how hard?
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Donald Marron
Cloudy economic predictions
A word-cloud illustrates just how uncertain economists are about economic prospects for the U.S.
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What's the best way to create more jobs?
With unemployment still hovering near 10 percent, politicians are scrambling to push policies they think will create jobs.
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New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top
Harvard snagged the No. 1 spot in a new world university ranking that puts the United States at the head of the pack in higher education excellence.
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The New Economy
Unemployment report missing a surge in freelance jobs?
Unemployment is stuck at 9.5 percent. But online sites report big growth in freelance jobs, despite stubbornly high unemployment.
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Growthology
Why US entrepreneurs are repressed
The economy naturally wants to create jobs, but in too many cases the government says those jobs are illegal. The reigning philosophy says that workers need protected, whether or not they want to be.
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Growthology
Remember America, the immigrant nation?
Now President Obama has signed the healthcare reform bill, let's talk immigration.
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How America can create jobs
The nation's entrepreneurial prowess may be the best hope to stem 9.7 percent unemployment. Companies from a laser-tech firm to a baby-sitting network are harnessing new ideas – and helping reinvent the economy.
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Blueprint for honing America's entrepreneurial edge
It should boost R&D spending, improve the education system, and lure the brightest immigrants.
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Candidates now focus on financial crisis
Obama and McCain hope to jump-start the economy, but their plans clearly differ.
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