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Commerce Secretary Locke Announces New Commerce Initiatives to Foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship
WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today his plans to create a new Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the Department of Commerce and launch a National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Both substantial new initiatives will help leverage the entire federal government on behalf of promoting entrepreneurship in America. The new office is expected to announce additional initiatives in the coming months.
The new Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which will answer directly to the secretary, will be geared toward the first step in the business cycle: moving an idea from someone’s imagination, or from a research lab, into a business plan.
“We’re not lacking for groundbreaking ideas in this country; nor are we short on smart entrepreneurs willing to take risks,” Locke said at the Inc. 500/5000 Conference today. “What we need to do is get better at connecting the great ideas to the great company builders. And I think The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a big step in the right direction.”
The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will advise the Commerce Department on policy relating to building small businesses and help to keep the department engaged in a regular dialogue with the entrepreneurship and small business communities. The council is expected to be comprised of successful entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, non-profit leaders and other experts.
The Obama Administration is committed to helping America’s entrepreneurs succeed, evidenced by its efforts to free up credit markets, unprecedented investments in America’s physical and intellectual infrastructure, and variety of tax credits and other incentives to help foster promising industries like renewable energy and smart grid technologies.
Working toward the Obama Administration’s vision, the Department of Commerce will lead the effort to encourage high-growth entrepreneurship through these new initiatives, among others.
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The mission of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is to unleash and maximize the economic potential of new ideas by removing barriers to entrepreneurship and the development of high-growth and innovation-based businesses. The office will report directly to Locke and focus specifically on identifying issues and programs most important to entrepreneurs. Working closely with the White House and other federal agencies, this new office will drive policies that help entrepreneurs translate new ideas, products and services into economic growth. The office will focus on the following areas:
- Encouraging Entrepreneurs through Education, Training, and Mentoring
- Improving Access to Capital
- Accelerating Technology Commercialization of Federal R&D
- Strengthening Interagency Collaboration and Coordination
- Providing Data, Research, and Technical Resources for Entrepreneurs
- Exploring Policy Incentives to Support Entrepreneurs and Investors
National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will advise Locke and the administration on key issues relating to innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will include successful entrepreneurs, innovators, angel investors, venture capitalists, non-profit leaders and other experts who will identify and recommend solutions to issues critical to the creation and development of entrepreneurship ecosystems that will generate new businesses and jobs. It will also serve as a vehicle for ongoing dialogue with the entrepreneurship community and other stakeholders.http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/PressReleases_FactSheets/PROD01_008444
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Locke to Lead U.S. Delegation to Chile for the Americas Competitiveness Forum
Washington (Sept. 25)—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will travel to Santiago, Chile, September 27-29, to participate in the third Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF). The ACF brings together representatives from the public and private sectors to discuss ways to spark innovation, create jobs and expand trade among the countries of the Western Hemisphere. The U.S. Department of Commerce hosted the first two ACFs in Atlanta in 2007 and 2008. Secretary Locke will be joined by the Presidents of Chile and Guatemala, as well as ministers of trade and economy from throughout the region and senior representatives from business and academia. (More) (ACF Web site)
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Grants
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Economic Development Administration (EDA)
International Trade Administration (ITA)
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Resource and Capital Locator (Guests)
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Resource Name City State Zip Code Service Type [Advanced Technology Development Center] Atlanta GA 30318 Multiple Services [ATDC - Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications] Atlanta GA 30318 Multiple Services [Atlanta Business League] Atlanta GA 30314 Multiple Services [Atlanta Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce] Atlanta GA 30309 All Types of Services [Atlanta Public Schools Office of Contract Compliance] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [Atlanta Regional Electronic Commerce Research Ctr] Atlanta GA 30332 Multiple Services [Atlanta U.S. Export Assistance Center] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [Business Information Center (BIC)] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [BusinessNow] Atlanta GA 30316 Multiple Services [Center for International Business Education and Research] Atlanta GA 30332 Multiple Services [Center of International Standards and Quality] Atlanta GA 30332 International Trade Services [Cobb Chamber of Commerce] Atlanta GA 30009 Multiple Services [Consumer Protection Division] Atlanta GA 30334 Administrative Management [Contract Compliance Office] Atlanta GA 30307 Multiple Services [Department of Revenue] Atlanta GA 30345 Administrative Management [Economic Development Center] Atlanta GA 30314 All Types of Services [Enterprise Funding Corporation] Atlanta GA 30303 All Types of Services [First Stop Business Information Center] Atlanta GA 30334 Multiple Services [French- American Chamber of Commerce] Atlanta GA 30338 Multiple Services [Georgia Center for Nonprofits] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [Georgia Child Care Council] Atlanta GA 30329 Administrative Management [Georgia Department of Agriculture] Atlanta GA 30334 Administrative Management [Georgia Department of Community Affairs] Atlanta GA 30329 All Types of Services [Georgia Department of Industry Trade and Tourism] Atlanta GA 30303 International Trade Services [Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce] Atlanta GA 30329 Multiple Services [Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership] Atlanta GA 30332 Multiple Services [Georgia Micro Enterprise Network] Atlanta GA 30331 All Types of Services [Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education] Atlanta GA 30303 Marketing Development [Georgia Small Business Technical Assistance Program] Atlanta GA 30354 All Types of Services [Georgia State University SBDC] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [Georgia Statewide MBEC] Atlanta GA 30332 Multiple Services [Georgia Tech Electronic Commerce Resource Center] Atlanta GA 30332 Technology/Electronic Commerce [MBDA Atlanta Regional Office] Atlanta GA 30308 Multiple Services [NAACP] Atlanta GA 30310 Multiple Services [National 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business Association, Inc] Atlanta GA 30303 Administrative Management [National Association of Minority Contractors] Atlanta GA 30303 All Types of Services [Office of Regulatory Services] Atlanta GA 30303 Administrative Management [Office of Small and Minority Business] Atlanta GA 30334 Marketing Development [Quick Start] Atlanta GA 30345 Multiple Services [Secretary of State, Corporations Division] Atlanta GA 30334 Administrative Management [Service Corps of Retired Executives] Atlanta GA 30339 All Types of Services [Service Corps of Retired Executives] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [Southern Economic Development Council] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [Southern United States Trade Association] Atlanta GA 30334 International Trade Services [The Alliance for Work-Life Progress] Atlanta GA 30328 All Types of Services [The Business Growth Corporation of Georgia] Atlanta GA 30339 Multiple Services [The Business Growth Corporation of Georgia] Atlanta GA 30319 Financial Packaging [The Georgia Women's Business Council (GWBC)] Atlanta GA 30303 Multiple Services [The Governor's Small Business Center] Atlanta GA 30334 All Types of Services [The Resource Institute] Atlanta GA 30329 All Types of Services [Trademarks Section, Secretary of State] Atlanta GA 30334 Administrative Management [Women's Economic Development Agency] Atlanta GA 30308 Multiple Services [World Trade Center Atlanta] Atlanta GA 30308 International Trade Services [from Resource Locator - Atlanta, GA - 2009 ]
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The DoD SBIR & STTR Programs
The Department of Defense (DoD) SBIR and STTR programs fund a billion dollars each year in early-stage R&D projects at small technology companies — projects that serve a DoD need and have commercial applications.
- The SBIR Program provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding directly to small technology companies (or individual entrepreneurs who form a company).
- The STTR Program provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding directly to small companies working cooperatively with researchers at universities and other research institutions.
- Small companies retain the intellectual property rights to technologies they develop under these programs.
- Funding is awarded competitively, but the process is streamlined and user-friendly.
- Learn more by going to Overview and other sections. Also visit our Resource Center at www.dodsbir.net.
- August 3 , 2009: DoD SBIR National Beyond Phase II invitation from Undersecretary Carter.
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FREE On-Line Business Resources! « Advocate’s Studio
Did I say FREE? I most certainly did! PCWorld has a list of 19 free Web resources for real, honest-to-goodness business applications that you would otherwise have to, well, PAY for. To give a sense of the goodness of the goodies, there are suggestions for maknig FREE long distance calls, send and receive FREE faxes, videoconference for FREE, make FREE conference calls, use FREE directory assistance, automatically transcribe voice notes for FREE, turned scanned docs into text for FREE, get FREE copies of e-classics, send FREE text messages, store large files in the cloud for FREE, and download FREE mp-3s. The services highlighted in the article include: Talkster; Qipit, eFax Free and FaxZero; TokBox; Rondee; Google 411; reQall; OCR Terminal; Project Gutenberg; txtDrop and Krypton; Drop.io; and, for the free mp3s, try Amazon, Rhapsody, Elbows, RCRD LBL, Stereogum and Internet Archive.
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Business Development « Son of Five Rivers Blog
How to writing a Mission Statement that Works
Mission statements to me are like greeting cards from my lawyer who just signs his name underneath the generic message. It seems like an unneeded formality where no real thought or meaning was put behind it. Mission Statements just come across more as great vision statements rather than actually being mission driven. This crazy language is stamped all over the place, from business plans to brochures and websites. If it’s any consolation to people in the private sector, I’ve spent the last three years working for a non-profit organization (NGO) doing economic revitalization and I’ve noticed that NGO’s might just be the biggest culprits of bad Mission Statements. Most seem cheesy and sometimes just plain difficult to really comprehend.
It’s always difficult for me to think of bright intelligent people come up with such dry material. Have a look and compare the following 4 examples directly below and then compare it to the other examples further down to get gist of what I’m getting at.
Two are from real organizations and two are made up from the comic site Dilbert.com
“It is our job to continually foster world-class infrastructures as well as to quickly create principle-centered sources to meet our customer’s needs.” “Our challenge is to assertively network economically sound methods of empowerment so that we may continually negotiate performance-based infrastructures.” “To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities.” “Respect, integrity, communication, and excellence.” Numbers 1 & 2 are from the Dilbert website. Numbers 3 is the mission statement of the NGO the United Way, and number 4 believe it or not used to belong to the beloved Enron.
Now have a look at the phrase “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” (BHAG) which is a very interesting theory form the book Built to Last.
BHAG: “Clear and compelling it serves as a unifying focal point of effort, often creating immense team spirit. It has a clear finish line, so the organization can know when it has achieved the goal …. A BHAG should not be a sure bet… but the organization must believe ‘we can do it anyway.”
Now check these so out:
Microsoft: “A computer on every desk and in every home, all running Microsoft software.” The guys don’t want to just sell computer software, they wants their software on every computer, in every home. (I run Ubuntu an open source operating system based on a Linux platform so it’ll never really happen… we all know someone with a Mac computer as well. But its a nice goal for Microsoft to set as it easily and simply defines the standards and objectives for everyone in the organization)
BHAG’s can be used for products as well, like Amazons Kindle: “Every book ever printed, in any language, all available in less than 60 seconds.” Amazon not only wants you help you buy any book, it wants to help you do it in less than a minute.
Google’s mission statement is to “organize the world’s information” That’s as big as a Big Hairy Audacious Goal can get!
Google’s unofficial one is to “do no evil.” That’s just cool!
Even if you’re a grass routes organization starting out of someones living room, its important to have “Big Hairy Audacious Goals” (BHAG). It helps everyone know your groups direction and purpose. As the strategic planners and thinkers you have the important duty of laying a solid foundation for the future of the organization and guiding principles for any new faces joining the team.
Son of Five Rivers.
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More Free Business Resources | BusinessCast Podcast
Robert and I are constantly gathering and sharing useful business resources with BusinessCast podcast listeners. For example, last month, we gave away a Blackberry Bold to an intrepid entrepreneur in our “Entrepreneur Be Bold!” contest.
And, we’re always adding to our library of practical business books. In fact, recently, we added several new titles including:
- Business Lessons from the Edge – Learn How Extreme Athletes Use Intelligent Risk Taking to Succeed in Business
- Digital Strategies for Powerful Corporate Communications
- Financial Statements Demystified
- Click: Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships
- Fearless Leadership
- Winning Sales Letters
- Every Family’s Business – 12 Common Sense Questions to Protect Your Wealth
- Turn Small Talk Into Big Deals
To get any of these free resources, just send a note to robert@BusinessCast.ca.
Later this week, we’ll be posting an interview with Tom Deans, author of Every Family’s Business. Because this book is focused, practical, easy-to-read and truly universal, it’s become a “BusinessCast Essential” book — that is, a critical resource that we believe all entrepreneurs should spend time with. Tom takes a fascinating, controversial and unique approach to ensure that every entrepreneur — buying or selling a family business — can retain wealth.
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Young Entrepreneur: An excellent site, whose users can provide you lots of information and advice for your ideas, business or projects. Find out more?
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