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Our daughter just left us for two and a-half years to join the Peace Corp and is now working in Rwanda. Like me, she is working in entrepreneurship. We had a recent conversation about exporting products from a Rwandan women-owned co-op to the U.S. I found myself in a shop on King Street in Alexand ... more»
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| Maria Meyers
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Driving back to Regan National airport I noticed that some presidents get a highway named after them (George Washington Memorial Highway), some just a grove (Lyndon B. Johnson Grove), some a tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery (William H. Taft), and some a whole airport.
How will you be ... more»
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| Maria Meyers
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On my way to the airport this morning, I saw the billboards celebrating the 100th anniversary of Rockhurst University and the 100th year of Tivol. This year is Hallmark’s 100th birthday as well. Kansas City must have been a rocking place in 1910.
I’ve run across a couple of areas of the coun ... more»
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| Maria Meyers
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This past week I was lucky – my world came to me.
Once a year, SourceLinkers convene from across the nation in Kansas City to rejuvenate, improve the system and share stories. Today I don’t have to travel as the SourceLink network has landed in Kansas City for our annual conference.
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| Maria Meyers
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The Midwest is well known as fly-over space for venture capitalists, so several groups in the Midwest are looking at how to turn on the spigot. It appears to be a chicken and egg dilemma: what comes first, the venture capital or the deal?
The Kansas Bioscience Authority (KBA) has decided to a ... more»
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Innovation Led Economic Development is often associated with getting technology out of universities or building life sciences or technology firms. These firms can require significant funding, and generally give away equity to get it.
Players in this space include:
Universities
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It is interesting that the Thursday 5 p.m. flight out of Washington D.C. always carries a number of congressmen and senators back to their home territory. Perhaps it is the perfect time for some to educate and lobby. A captive audience for sure.
I spent yesterday at the U.S. Small Business Ad ... more»
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| Maria Meyers
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Thank you President Lincoln!
I bet Abraham Lincoln had no idea when he signed into law the Morrill Act that the land-grant universities established as a result would have such a profound impact on our present economy.
For the many years that I’ve been part of the University of Missour ... more»
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December 2, 2009
This week I got to spend some time in Boston, MA working with Babson College and a group from Saudi Arabia that is trying to inspire entrepreneurship in that country. Stay tuned for more on this discussion in a later post.
I had the opportunity to meet a number of new ... more»
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| Maria Meyers
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I’ve been honored to spend time at the Edward Lowe Foundation in Cassopolis, MI. An operating foundation, this organization does not give out grants, instead uses its funds to maintain the grounds of a retreat center handed down from the man who created Kitty Litter. As part of the center, a large ... more»
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