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2012 GEDI | Perspectives from the Americas
As part of the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index launch, we are holding an event at the Heritage Foundation (5 January 2011 — register here). As special focus of the event will be Latin America. Please take a look at our special report for the event, The 2012 Global [...]
Continue reading...Video Interview With Zoltan Acs on Vimeo | Global Entrepreneurship
Interview With Zoltan Acs, Ph.D from GEDI on Vimeo. via Interview With Zoltan Acs, Ph.D on Vimeo. FacebookPrintEmail
Continue reading...Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Development in Chile | One VC’s Experience
- Posted on December 29, 2011
- in Countries, Entrepreneurial Aspirations
- by admin
Israeli investor and entrepreneur Arnon Kohavi moved to Santiago Chile for 6 months and considered the feasibility of created a venture capital fun there. Fascinating interview by Anna Heim exploring Kohavi’s Chilean experience from The Next Web: AH: Why had you decided to move to Chile in the first place? [...]
Continue reading...Cairo-based Accelerator Flat6 Labs launches with 5 Startups
- Posted on October 21, 2011
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The latest trend in entrepreneurship funding and education is the accelerator (see YCombinator, TechStars, and Excelerate Labs). Just read about a new accelerator in Egypt. From TheNextWeb: The startup world in Egypt is beginning to thrive, at the creativity stage, but how many of them survive and become a success [...]
Continue reading...Where’s Britain’s Bill Gates? | The GEDI Might Know the Answer | The Economist
- Posted on September 29, 2011
- in Countries, Entrepreneurial Aspirations, Research
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The Economist wonders why there are few high-impact entrepreneurs in Britain: Britain has no digital equivalent of the 18th-century industrial innovators who turned technology into commercial leadership. Its more recent prowess in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology has not been emulated in the digital sphere. David Cameron’s government should ponder this failure [...]
Continue reading...Zoltan on Reinventing University Education
From Zoltan’s summer in Europe. A video interview on reinventing university education with Andrew Keen. FacebookPrintEmail
Continue reading...Zoltan on Blasingame’s Show: Can Entrepreneuship Save Europe?
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Continue reading...Can Entrepreneurs Save Greece?
- Posted on May 9, 2011
- in Countries, Entrepreneurial Aspirations, GEDIndex
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In the wake of the S&P credit downgrade to Greece — many questions about the country and the Euros are being posed. In light of this, we thought it would make sense to look into how entrepreneurial Greece is and whether entrepreneurship might help policy makers and investors involved with [...]
Continue reading...Global Youth Revolt Amid Transition | Tapscott | The Guardian
Don Tapscott has a great article in The Guardian arguing that across the globe, old institutions have failed and importantly, left global youth without opportunity. The move from the industrial age (Fordist) to the entrepreneurial age is a transition most governments are not equipped to manage. From Tapscott: A common [...]
Continue reading...Why Singapore Lags on Venture Capital
Jo-Ann Huang of ChannelNewsAsia.com looks into the 2011 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) and wonders why Singaporean venture capital lags that of other nations. From Huang: However, when it comes to availability of venture capital, Singapore falls behind Hong Kong, Australia and the US. On a scale of 1.0, [...]
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