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1. Rutgers and White House to host urban entrepreneurship summit in Newark
(Money/Economy)

Part of Obama effort to boost economy The Rutgers University Business School’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) is teaming up with the White House Business Council, ...

2. Small Business Lending Fund deadline spurs activity but not as much as expected
(Money/Economy)

... innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition to setting up credit programs such as the SBLF and two new SBA lending initiatives, it has passed a number of tax cuts for small businesses into law. The breaks ...

3. Let’s get real about education in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... entrepreneurship. They have been referred to as the “billionaire boys’ club,” and they are overwhelmingly white and male. That’s a story for another day, however. My venture into Sabrin-world was triggered ...

4. Why big banks are afraid of credit unions
(Money/Economy)

... step toward shaping a business environment where entrepreneurship is nurtured, not choked.” However, Udall’s proposed legislation has struck fear in the hearts of big banks. Why would giant lending ...

5. Washington’s small business policy needs clear direction
(Money/Economy)

... later, the White House announced the launch of the Startup America initiative, with its stated goals of promoting entrepreneurship, increasing the number of new firms creating economic growth, innovation ...

6. Gov. Christie’s N.J. budget address of 2011 (TEXT)
(N.J./State)

... will allow loss-netting and loss carry-forward relief, to be phased in over five years. Our current policy of restricting loss carry-forwards hurts small business, hurts entrepreneurship, and hurts New ...

7. Obama demonstrates his focus on small business expansion
(Money/Economy)

... details on how to boost small business expansion. However, less than one week later, the White House introduced Startup America, an initiative to inspire and accelerate entrepreneurship throughout the ...

8. Christie is Craptastic
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... if you are experiencing a heart attack; fire protection (already being instituted in several municipalities); etc. And you can forget about any type of consumer protections in this Brave New World...entrepreneurship ...

9. Obama names Jon Bon Jovi and New Jersey executive Michael Kempner to new advisory panel
(Entertainment/Movies)

... He is currently a member of various boards, including the Center for Food Action, the Network for Teacher Entrepreneurship, the North Jersey Community Bank, and the Governor's Advisory Council on Volunteerism ...

10. N.J. college students picking entrepreneurship over poor job market
(Money/Economy)

... them tools and training. Dubbed "The Sexy Side of Entrepreneurship," the September evening was aimed at curious skeptics who might think running a business is dull stuff. "We wanted to show there is ...

11. N.J. cancer survivor Martha Geaney brings ‘Spirit' to women in workplace
(Health/Healthquest)

... of the MBA in Innovation/Entrepreneurship Program, and is a guest lecturer for corporate seminars and workshops with a focus on women's leadership roles in the United States and in Ireland, where she frequently ...

12. Christie begins assault on N.J. pensions and benefits
(N.J./State)

... Index In 2009. New Jersey's Business Tax Index rating by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council for 2010 was the worst of all 50 states, and only surpassed by the District of Columbia. (Small ...

13. TVA and Roosevelt
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... administration, similar to the current one crowded out the power industry and potential entrepreneurship with the Tennessee Valley Authority. This seems similar to the Obama administration's campaign against ...

14. Big banks like Citigroup are still too big to fail after financial reform
(Money/Economy)

...  rather than to try to control them through regulation. Former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund and Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Simon Johnson agrees. In his recent book about ...

15. Obama's timid two-dimensional approach to banking reform won't work
(Money/Economy)

... and strongly restrict the activities in which they can engage rather than to try to control them. Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund and Professor of Entrepreneurship ...

16. Pashmina shawl produces one woman’s success story in India
(World/International)

... when she was only 19 years old. Yet, she says she learned enough to be able to have the confidence to pursue the path to entrepreneurship. When her business had grown big enough, she thought it was time ...

17. Christie's Red Tape Review panel recommends elimination or change of 16 ways state government operates
(N.J./State)

... a public policy climate ranked 50th for small business and entrepreneurship. A common source of frustration expressed by employers who seek to bring jobs and economic growth to New Jersey, or maintain ...

18. Christie announces three-pronged effort to bolster New Jersey business, increase jobs
(N.J./State)

... by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council is the worst of all 50 states, and only surpassed by the District of Columbia in hostility to small businesses. New Jersey remains at a regional disadvantage ...

19. Integrity Health founder Doug Forrester to speak on health care innovation
(Health/Healthquest)

... by ACG New Jersey at Bergen and Fairleigh Dickinson University's Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship. The discussion, which will take place at the Stony Hill Inn in Hackensack at 8:15 a.m., will focus ...

20. tax increase
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... bootstrapping themselves out of poverty by engaging in entrepreneurship and then he turns around and taxes the entrepreneurial spirit to death. For shame. It's time Christie climbed off his bully pulpit ...