the current entrepreneurial climate
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“The Entrepreneurial Climate”
Blacksburg, Virginia - April 11, 2012
Tom Weithman
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Most Tweeted Moment of 2011
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Tom Weithman @TPW60
Entrepreneurship has become
democratized, proselytized, systematized
and publicized
Democratized
The White House @whitehouse 5 Apr
Today President Obama signed the #JOBSAct - encourages startups,
supports #smallbiz: http://wh.gov/Qks
Proselytized
Eric Ries
@ericries
Trying to change how startups are built.
Systematized
StartUp Weekend
Charlottesville
Start Norfolk
Launched on February 22, 2012
2012: Year of the Entrepreneur
Publicized