Expand Your Mind: Jobs and Entrepreneurs
by Miki Saxon
Lots of talk out there that small biz and startups are the best job engine, but is that true?
But research published last month by three economists, working with more recent and detailed data sets than before, has found that once the age of the businesses is taken into account, there is no difference in the job-producing performance of small companies and big ones.
Intel’s Andy Grove doesn’t buy the small biz story, either.
The former Intel chief says “job-centric” leadership and incentives are needed to expand U.S. domestic employment again.
It’s innovation, no matter where it’s done, and MAP (more on this Monday) that drives jobs.
So what’s up in innovation? Here’s a global look at what’s hot.
Each year the World Economic Forum recognizes small companies whose innovations could help change the world. This year’s crop is the most diverse ever.
Next is a truly fascinating glimpse of how a repositioned process could turn manufacturing on its head, since off shoring would offer no gains, just higher costs.
Advocates of the technology say that by doing away with manual labor, 3-D printing could revamp the economics of manufacturing and revive American industry as creativity and ingenuity replace labor costs as the main concern around a variety of goods.
There is an abundance of information that addresses questions on what entrepreneurism really involves and what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
MIT hosted Startup Bootcamp to provide a diverse group of lessons to hopeful founders and those teetering on the edge of jumping into a startup.
If this intrigues you, be sure to read Jason Baptiste’s summary on StartUps.com.
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