The Entrepreneurship Evangelist

Immigrant are now behind 52% of all Silicon Valley start-ups.

That is powerful. It is also proof for anyone doubting the importance of immigration and diversity for the success a capitalist economy. This same study reports that immigrants are also behind 25% of all US high tech start-ups.

Simply put, Freedom of Ideas, Mobile Capital, Mobile Labor (within and across borders) are key for wealth creation, wealth redistribution, employment, high tax bases, innovation, value for customer and value for society.

I touch on a few related point at terrencebrown.net.

I just got back from Austin, Texas. I mentored and prepared two of my students, Gary MacRitchie and Emanuel Fratini for the University of Texas, Idea to Product Global Competition.They came in second in the Kelleher Chair for Entrepreneurship Division.

Gary and Emanuel have developed a consensual marketing solution using bluetooth. With the boost from the competition, I expect the business built around this technology - Thirty Three Feet - to continue to develop. Congratulations Gary and Emanuel.

Today I take the crusade to the World Trade Center in Stockholm. Tuesday and Wednesday the Center is the host for the Kompetenmässan 2006, which is Sweden’s largest and most important forum for competence development in personal, leadership and business development. I have been featured on the home page for months.

I am, of course, talking about creating value through entrepreneurship. However, because my seminar is in English, it is unclear home many people had pre-registered. This seminar was supposed to be a book seminar, which would feature my latest book, but unfortunately the book has been delayed. I am not really happy about that delay. I have some many ideas that are just building up, but this current project needs to be out of the way before I start another.

I will let you how it goes.

I really need to learn to shave much more closely under the hot lights. Oh well.

I take the crusade tonight for the Aula at the Stockholm School of Economics with a seminar titled, It’s all about the money. It starts at 18:00, if you want to check it out. Venture Cup is supplying some free munchies, if you need the additional motivation.

Johan Stael von Holstein picked some fresh blood for iQube a few days ago. iQube, if you don’t know is a newfangled new venture incubator as such. In fact one of the iQube’s success stories are students of mine. Anyway, Johan was lucky to get an inflow of cash about 45 Million SEK during the summer. So, I guess it was a good time to announce the new board additions.

The four new mini-celebrity board members are: Företagarna’s Managing Director, Gunvor Engström, media entrepreneur Anne Wegelius, Svenska Spel’ss Managing Director Jesper Kärrbrink and Bonnier Tidskrifter publishing boss Ulrika Saxon.

I applaud these appointments. However, if Johan really wants to help build global and paradigm busting businesses, he is going to have to have a much more diverse group of business coaches, mentors and a much more diverse board.

If you are an entrepreneur and still in school or became an entrepreneur while you were still in school, pleae contact me. When I say school, I mean at any level - grade school through PhD studies. For this phase of the project I am just looking for students in Sweden and the U.S.
terrence@entrepreneurshipevangelist.com

Tomorrow I am one of the keynote speakers at the Venture Cup 2006 Kick Off event. I will announce the formal naming of my crusade to spread entrepreneurship far a wide.