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		<title>Techpreneurship: Journey to a Venture Ecosystem</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2011/01/28/techpreneurship-journey-to-a-venture-ecosystem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? I find myself thinking about the concept of "getting there" all the time when I consider Arkansas's steady journey toward creating a healthy tech-venture ecosystem.
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Making the Home Solar Numbers Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/07/01/techpreneurship-making-the-home-solar-numbers-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/07/01/techpreneurship-making-the-home-solar-numbers-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for some basic capital budgeting math.  What conclusion does any wise techpreneur come to when the payback period for a home solar system capital purchase is 20-plus years and the expected useful system life is 10 to 12?? ]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Is My Idea Any Good?</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/03/techpreneurship-is-my-idea-any-good/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/03/techpreneurship-is-my-idea-any-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=1351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the understanding this highly creative period won't last forever, Techpreneur's need to seize the moment.  Some structure and a process of idea validation have to be used or else all of that creative thrust never finds a useful vector...]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: DWR Governor&#8217;s Cup Recap</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/20/techpreneurship-dwr-governors-cup-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/05/20/techpreneurship-dwr-governors-cup-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incredible. That best describes the results from this year's Donald W. Reynolds TriState Business Plan Competition in Las Vegas.

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		<title>Techpreneurship: Why Space Exploration Matters</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/04/15/techpreneurship-why-space-exploration-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/04/15/techpreneurship-why-space-exploration-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public, private, or not at all?  A serious debate rages over the future of NASA and U.S. space exploration in general.]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship:  Apps I Want!</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/03/18/techpreneurship-apps-i-want/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/03/18/techpreneurship-apps-i-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tell my entrepreneurship students to be observant, look for the unmet need, figure out if meeting that need can be a business...

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		<title>Techpreneurship:  Wisdom of the Crowd</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/25/techpreneurship-wisdom-of-the-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/25/techpreneurship-wisdom-of-the-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proliferation of social media has created an amazing way to do polling, focus groups, and in general to tap the "wisdom of the crowd."]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Google Strategy &#8211; Hardware, Social Media, and Now Fiber??</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/11/techpreneurship-google-strategy-hardware-social-media-and-now-fiber/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/11/techpreneurship-google-strategy-hardware-social-media-and-now-fiber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has announced major intiatives that seem far from its core competencies.  I guess when your company mantra/mission is "Do No Evil," a wide path appears...

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		<title>Microsoft and the iPad</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-and-the-ipad/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-and-the-ipad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of another big Apple release, where does this leave Microsoft? ]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and Innovation</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/01/obama-and-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/01/obama-and-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama consistently has cited innovation as vital to the country's economic health. Does his budget proposal prove he can walk the walk? ]]></description>
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