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Why We Need Entrepreneurs in Government Agencies

Entrepreneurship returns to its origins: a government that was once a startup itself. Last week Congressman Mike Honda (Silicon Valley, CA) introduced the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act of 2012 (H.R. 6119), legislation that would authorize the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in coordination with the Department of Commerce and Small Business Administration, to place 30 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) in federal agencies. The idea is to infuse many of the same operational and creative solutions-oriented principles found in startups and small businesses into the inner workings of government, and it’s a good one.

Ingrid Vanderveldt, Entrepreneur in Residence at Dell.

Full Story: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dell/2012/07/20/why-we-need-entrepreneurs-in-government-agencies/

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