Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

When it comes to promoting entrepreneurship, “the Israeli model” is the one to emulate.

There are too few women running high-tech companies; that’s too bad, considering evidence shows female-led businesses outperform those run by men

We are a nation of dreamers.

An "enterprise builder" sets out from the get-go to change the world and
in the process builds an enterprise that creates wealth and jobs. Much,
much different than Stage I companies that create a job for the owner and a
few others.

Schramm also unveiled a new survey of entrepreneurs, commissioned by the Kauffman Foundation and conducted by Douglas Schoen, LLC that shows entrepreneurs are optimistic about their companies but are struggling to expand and create jobs in the current economy.

What if it turned out that the number of new companies created by entrepreneurs is pretty much the same every year—and that things like how much money venture firms are handing out, or how many companies are achieving lucrative exits, or how many students are graduating from business school, or how many startup incubator programs are springing up, make no difference whatsoever to the nation’s overall levels of entrepreneurial activity?

Do you need to do a business plan, marketing plan or a feasibility study but don’t have the time? Your business does not need to be in Missoula to participate.

The fourteenth annual index examines 36 major government-imposed or government-related costs impacting small businesses and entrepreneurs — with a heavy emphasis on various tax rates (e.g. personal, corporate, capital gains, property, sales) and regulatory costs.

The Lipper Current connects innovators, developers and investors to advance the innovation economy.

It may soon be easier for foreign startup entrepreneurs to set up shop in the United States thanks to immigration reform which would create a specialized startup visa program.