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$20,000 funding opportunity for developing sustainable solutions

Posted by Anonymous on November 24, 2010 at 3:25 PM MST
Check out this funding opportunity to help bring your innovative and sustainable business solution to realization. Prize amounts range from $5,000 to $20,000.
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ASU celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week

Posted by Anonymous on November 15, 2010 at 3:29 PM MST
ASU student David Metoyer
ASU student David Metoyer listens to a presentation during the Innovation Challenge Writing Workshop, one of 18 events taking place at ASU during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Arizona State University’s rich embrace of innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit come full circle next week as the University and community partners dive into a worldwide initiative to inspire the next generation of great thinkers and doers during Read The Rest

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My Story: Graduate student plays key role in shaping the Teachers College-entrepreneurship connection

Posted by Anonymous on November 12, 2010 at 4:46 PM MST
Stephanie Garcia is a Masters of Education student at Arizona State University.
Stephanie Garcia is a Masters of Education student at Arizona State University. She is currently working on a project to implement entrepreneurial-infused curriculum into the the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, developing it from the ground up. Photo by Kyle Patton
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear Kris Ewing deliver a five-minute power talk about Jane Fonda’s workout videos. Dr. Ewing is an associate clinical professor and the coordinator for the Higher and Postsecondary Education Program in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
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ASU alum, co-creator of revolutionary micro finance model talks social entrepreneurship

Posted by Anonymous on November 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM MST
ASU alum George
ASU alum George "Bucky" Glickley sits with villagers from Giyani of Limpopo, South Africa. Glickley is the co-creator of The MicroConsignment Model, a system built to help impoverished regions develop economically.

Listen to George “Bucky” Glickley's story below:

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Emerging program delivers free advice to ASU entrepreneurs

Posted by Anonymous on November 12, 2010 at 4:27 PM MST
Like many entrepreneurs, Conrad Ottey Jr. is full of ideas. The second-year ASU master’s student has plans ranging from a sports website for people who don’t understand sports to an online platform that will connect students to guerilla advertisers looking to pay them to place ads on their vehicles.
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Professor takes aim at world hunger with algae

Posted by Anonymous on November 12, 2010 at 4:27 PM MST
In 1966 Mark Edwards gave up on trying to kill algae.
 
Enrolled in the Annapolis Naval Academy, one of his jobs was trying to scrape it off the bottom of the boats each day.

“I failed miserably,” he says. “And I just fell in love with this little guy who could just beat my brain.”

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ASU celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week, hosts renowned speakers, ninjas

Posted by Anonymous on November 12, 2010 at 4:26 PM MST

Arizona State University’s rich embrace of innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit come full circle next week as the University and community partners dive into a worldwide initiative to inspire the next generation of great thinkers and doers during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

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