1997 Government Leadership 
David Teten
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. We also do a lot of cross-sector collaborations: bringing in for-profit, government, nonprofits, etc. Startup America is an example.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
JULY 2, 2019
Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. Most government agencies and many large corporations have procurement programs that allot a percentage of their contracts to women-owned small businesses.
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Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Sadly, this diversity is not present in the job market, politics, in leadership positions in general.It
Pascal's View
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
These valid observations may be drawn from primary research sources such as the work published by the National Academies, whose most recent report, Assessing the Impact of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment , was released several months ago.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.
Hearpreneur
AUGUST 19, 2015
Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. I had previously worked at an executive level in the government, specialising in international relations. We really started our company because of our shared love for adventure and the outdoors.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. We hear lots of talk from government officials about developing entrepreneurs. Let’s challenge government officials who spout rhetoric about personal responsibility but don’t support small business.
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