As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 16-22), the Kauffman Foundation and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) today released a report revealing the first indications of how the current recession has impacted entrepreneurship in 23 countries and regions including the U.S.

A snapshot of the report’s findings:

• In all 23 countries and regions surveyed, [...]

Demo 09 is right around the corner. For those of you unfamiliar with Demo, each company is given six minutes to demonstrate how their product will change the world. No PowerPoint or presentations are allowed. Fast paced and well crafted elevator pitches.

Successful entrepreneurs stories usually come from a specific need or problem not being addressed. For instance, tangled earplugs is an incessant problem with ipods everyone knows that. Well entrepreneur Julie Barkley is solving the common problem with the Earbud Yo-Yo. Her company Covington Creations has started production and marketing of the Earbud Yo-Yo and expects [...]