Entrepreneurship

Utah Charter School Nurtures Entrepreneurial Spirit

Whittney Evans — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:00 +0000

A new charter school in Utah wants to equip students in kindergarten through ninth grade with a solid foundation in business.

Students' daily lessons are peppered with concepts like sales and marketing, finance and entrepreneurship, says first-grade teacher Tammy Hill. "And that plays into leadership and improved math skills. And finance plays into every part of their lives."

About 580 students attend Highmark Charter School in a suburb just north of Salt Lake City. They earn play money by turning in homework on time and performing chores.

An 'Entrepreneurial Seedling' Sprouts In Detroit

Lizzie O' Leary — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:22:00 +0000

Detroit is littered with empty warehouses — more than 7,000, by one estimate. They've become skeletons of the city's industrial past.

But not this warehouse, where Jennifer Blake is feeding quilted fabric through a sewing machine. She's making a coat. Fashioned with Velcro fastenings, it has a sleeping bag that slips out on the bottom, and is made of recycled car parts, she says.

Blake is one of a half-dozen women doing this in a sunny corner on the second floor of a 30,000-square-foot warehouse not far from downtown Detroit.

Colorado Is The 8th Friendliest Small Business State

Emily Boyer — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:13:40 +0000

Colorado is one of the friendliest states for small businesses in the nation according to a survey by the Kauffman Foundation in partnership with Thumbtack.com.

How One Company Reinvented The Hand Dryer

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:00:00 +0000

There's a lot of talk in politics about the desirability of American manufacturing and "green" jobs. President Obama talks about both often, especially wind turbines and long-lasting batteries that are made on U.S. soil.

Robert Siegel, host of All Things Considered, recently visited a Massachusetts factory that makes a product that hits those same parameters.

Afghan Woman Carves Out An Entrepreneurial Niche

Sean Carberry — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:32:00 +0000

Behind a tall metal gate in a nondescript nook of Kabul sits the Bamboo Wood Industries factory. It's not a place you're likely to stumble across by accident. Inside, a handful of men are cutting, painting and assembling desks and cabinets. The pieces being made are chocolate brown and quite modern looking.