Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA is one of the largest and most active national campaigns for Global Entrepreneurship Week—a rapidly expanding initiative designed to inspire people to embrace innovation, imagination, and creativity.  It is a movement around promoting an entrepreneurial culture where everyone is encouraged to unleash their ideas—to seek new and better ways of doing things.  This year’s event will take place November 15-21.

World’s largest business plan competition will offer more than $1 million in cash awards for the best and brightest new business concepts

DETROIT, AUGUST 24, 2010 – The Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan, a new region-wide network for building and retaining new business in southeast Michigan, today announces the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, an international business plan competition designed to highlight Michigan as a robust and vibrant venue for innovation and business opportunity.

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In places like Michigan, where the loss of auto and other manufacturing jobs has been so numerous and painful, China is viewed as a job-stealing, economy-weakening threat. But in Lansing, Michigan State University is the fulcrum of new business, research, and learning partnerships that are bringing Chinese spending, investors, and, thus, new jobs to mid-Michigan--and a new round of increased diversity and immigrant-led economic renewal to the local community.

Original Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20100802/NEWS05/8020331/Student-start-ups-g...

A relative's complaint about pricey special occasion clothes for an infant who would quickly outgrow them sparked Allen Kim's idea for an online rental service for baby clothing.

A desire to make credit-card purchasing safer and more convenient inspired Daniel Pearson to develop a smart card that combines multiple credit cards into one.