Campus Entrepreneurship

A group of campus entrepreneurs that we don’t talk about very frequently are those whose product or services comes from the sector we traditionally call arts and culture. Much of my work with Richard Florida analyzes the intersection of artistic talent/institutions and sustainable economic growth.
Campuses have long been a place where artistic endeavors flourish and [...]

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Found an interesting story (another good one from Canada) over at Richard Florida’s Creative Class Exchange, from PC World.
The article not only gives the basics, but gets into the implications of a dorm as incubator for student entrepreneurs; from time commitment issues to ownership of intellectual property. Can’t wait to see what comes out of [...]

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Nick Timiraos of the WSJ has an interesting article explaining the growing role of universities in the economic development of cities and regions — from theaters and apartments to research and the aggregation of highly intelligent people. I have read and experienced this topic quite a bit through my work with Richard Florida and the [...]

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