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What If Universities Recruited Entrepreneurs Like They Recruited Athletes?

John Dearborn | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: College Athletes, Education, Small Business, Business School, Startup, College, Jumpstart, Startups, Ncaa, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Small Business News
John Dearborn

If entrepreneurial education is important to America's economy and global competitiveness, and good for its students, why don't we recruit entrepreneurs for our colleges the way we do athletes?

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A 'B2B' Gold Rush?

Lynn-Ann Gries | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Google, Linkedin, Small Business, Groupon IPO, Venture Capital, Small Business America, Investing, Startup, Groupon, Midwest, Jumpstart, Startups, Startup Investing, Business-to-Business, Small Business News
Lynn-Ann Gries

It seems that investors are beginning to show a little love to business-to-business Internet companies, also known as "B2B" firms. Most of these companies will never be household names. Still, they can become very profitable and generate significant returns for investors, as well as wealth and jobs for the communities they're in.

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Jumpstart Reads for a Record... and a Purpose

Michael Yarbrough | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Read for the Record, Education, Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Jumpstart, Education Reform, Education News
Michael Yarbrough

During a day that proved to be both emotional and educational, parents, volunteers, politicians and celebrities stood up for a cause they believe in: the continued expansion of national support for early childhood education.

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America's Early Childhood Education Crisis

Michael Yarbrough | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Read for the Record, Jumpstart, Education, College, Early Childhood Education, Childhood Literacy, Americorps, Literacy, U.S. Childhood Literacy, Education News
Michael Yarbrough

The fact of the matter is that early childhood, ages three to five, is not only an ideal time to build a solid foundation in literacy and critical thinking abilities, but a crucial one at that.

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Investing in National Service

AnnMaura Connolly | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: City Year, Boys and Girls Club of America, Unemployment, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, National Service, Economic Crisis, Jumpstart, Habitat for Humanity, Jobs, Teach for America, Tornadoes, Business News
AnnMaura Connolly

There are smart investments the federal government can make that will create jobs, guarantee a return on taxpayer investment and power organizations that find cost effective approaches to social challenges. National service is one of them.

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Obama Aims To Transform America's "Rust-Belt" Into A "Tech-Belt"

John Dearborn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Small Business, Kauffman Foundation, Sputnik, Sputnik Moment, Ohio, Venture Capital, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration, Startup America, Unemployment, Small-Business-Forum, Research and Development, Jumpstart, Economic Recovery, Entrepreneurship, Engineers, Small Business America, Business News
John Dearborn

President Obama and his administration are doing what they need to do: shining the brightest spotlight possible on entrepreneurship as a solution to our nation's job crisis.

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Why Conservatives Should Love AmeriCorps, Not Kill It

Shirley Sagawa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jumpstart, Experience Corps, Teach for America, Budget Cuts, Americorps, City Year, Hal Rogers, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Volunteering, Service, Politics News
Shirley Sagawa

Despite the bipartisan majorities that created AmeriCorps in 1993, conservatives still can't get past the program's association with Bill Clinton.

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A White House Family Reunion

Jumpstart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Heritage, White House, Regina Spektor, Divorce, Jewish, Jumpstart, Eli Winkelman, Jewish American Heritage Month, Shawn Landres, Challah for Hunger, Sarah Lefton, Family, Religion News
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By Eli Winkelman Two weeks ago, I went to the White House for its first ...

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Plum T.V. Profiles Young Activists And Nonprofits In 'Citizen Active' Series

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizen Active, Plum TV, Education, Education Reform, Public Education, Jumpstart, Team Charter Schools, Dreamyard Project, Citizen Schools, Social Change, Bank of America, Youth Activism, Impact News

Sarah O'Brien, an eager young Jumpstart Boston volunteer, dedicated a year to working one-on-one with a pre-school student in at an inner city school....

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Resetting: An Unprecedented Meeting of Philanthropists

Jumpstart | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Grantmaking, Social Innovation, Upstart, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Start-Ups, Jumpstart, Innovation, Skoll Foundation, San Francisco-California, Healthy Living News
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This was an unprecedented event in the Bay Area; never before had Jewish and non-Jewish grantmakers gathered together in "Jewish space" to discuss needs and tactics.

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Philanthropy's New Ice Age: Will Social Innovation Survive the Freeze?

Jumpstart | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jumpstart, Charity Organizations, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Funding, Charity, Charitable Funds, Strategic Philanthropy, Economy, Social Innovation, Jewish Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits, Innovation, Joshua Avedon, Shawn Landres, Jewish Innovation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Philanthropists, Lee Meyerhoff Hendler, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Nonprofit Sector, Hazon, Nigel Savage, Healthy Living News
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After a decade of philanthropic investment that has produced a flowering of innovation and social entrepreneurship not seen since the late 19th century, all signs point to a flash freeze.

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