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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Online learning just got easier
For some time IBSA, Inc. has been a provider of online training through a partnership with ed2go.com
With the increasingly volatile economy and mass layoffs from industries that may not come back, the time has come totake time to increase your capacity to enter new markets and industries. This is best done by obtaining the education and knowledge required for industries and thanks to the Internet, increasing your knowledge is only a click away. From health carecourses to starting a consulting business, from web design to grant writing,,, ed2go has laid out a great selection of courses that can help a person increase their understanding, knowledge and skill sets in a variety of specific occupations.
Around the latter part of 2008 we began to see a dramatic increase of new course registrants and because ed2go vets its instructors, we have had nothing but good reviews from those that have taken courses available. I am not an instructor, but that does not mean you can't be. They are always looking for professionals willing to be compensated to instruct a course they have or for an area that does not yet have one, so whether you are looking to learn or teach; there is a place for you.
Visit our online ed2go learning center to see if one of the courses is for you and prepare yourself for an exciting future. All courses include expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient. Time waits for no one.
IBSA Online Learning Center
www.ed2go.com/ibsaonline
IBSA, Inc. is a Kansas-based nonprofit organization providing job search assistance, employment training and small business support services since 1993. All online programs are available to those that have access to the Internet.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A New Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
Since 2003 the Public Forum Institute has carried out the National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship, including the weekly NDE-news that brings you the latest information, studies and policy developments relevant to the growing field of entrepreneurship.
Starting today, with a new administration settling in at the White House, we bring a new focus to that discussion--a Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship. I encourage you to read an update from Jonathan Ortmans, president of the Public Forum Institute, on this change and what it means.
As a subscriber, you will automatically continue to receive your weekly update, starting with today's forthcoming issue. I also encourage you to check out the Policy Forum and accompanying blog onentrepreneurship.org as we begin to expand the dialogue.
On a day when the eyes of the world watched Barack H. Obama become the 44th President of the United States, we are reminded of the global economic challenges ahead and the need for leaders everywhere to step forward and build a foundation for entrepreneurial growth.
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A Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
For the past five years, the National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship has helped expand the discourse about how to best to advance innovation and catalyze economic growth beyond "small business" to debates on science, technology, engineering and research. While we will continue to advance discussion driven by developments in the all-important innovation economy, the initiative will carry a new name -- the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship (PDE).
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The State of American Business
The US Chamber of Commerce has taken a look at "The State of American Business," and they don't like what they see. In a new report, the Chamber notes that tough times will likely persist far into 2009. Thus, major government investments are needed to help spur recovery. But, not surprisingly, the Chamber also cautions that stimulus plans must not increase taxes or place regulatory burdens on business. The report contains the Chamber's recommendations for economic stimulus, and also suggests that the Obama Administration combine stimulus with reform. As it promotes economic recovery, it should also focus on key areas such as health care reform, protection of intellectual property rights, and maintaining an open global trading system.
Access the January 2009 US Chamber of Commerce report, The State of American Business 2009
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Entrepreneurial Development in Texas
For the past several years, Momentum Texas, a Dallas-based economic development entity, has been involved in an effort to encourage entrepreneurship in five Texas cities: Abilene, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Lubbock, and Tyler. The Texas Entrepreneurship Initiative (TEI) sought to work with community leaders in each city to assist in the creation of more systematic network for local entrepreneurs. TEI's preliminary phase has just been completed, with each of the five cities undertaking a local assessment of existing support tools, and receiving training in how best to assist local entrepreneurs. All of the communities are now in the process of implementing various TEI-related recommendations. A recent report on the TEI detailed many of these innovative local practices, such as Tyler's business incubation program, networking programs led by the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Abilene Christian University's Springboard Challenge business plan competition open to students from six different colleges in the Abilene area.
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Startups Critical for Job Creation in U.S.
Startups Critical for Job Creation in U.S.
In the midst of record unemployment, a new Kauffman Foundation-funded U.S. Census Bureau study suggests that the answer to economic recovery lies within startup companies. The Business Dynamic Statistics (BDS) indicate that without job creation from new firms, the U.S. net employment growth rate is negative on average.
"Job growth is essential for our economy to rebound, and this study shows that new firms have historically been an important source of new jobs in the United States," said Robert E. Litan, vice president of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation, which funded the BDS. "Our research into the early years of business formation consistently shows how vital new firms are to our economy, and this data should give policymakers and budding entrepreneurs alike great hope for how we can solve our current crisis-create and grow jobs through entrepreneurship."
This report is the first of three study briefs to be released that highlight BDS data; the next reports will be released later in January and February 2009.
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