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		<title><![CDATA[SOA 2009: Do we need architects or firefighters?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1534]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ZDNet blogging colleague Ian Finley just posted an interesting question that reflects ever-shifting priorities in today's rough-and-tumble economy: "When the building's on fire, who calls an architect? ...No one does. They call the fire department." He advises enterprise architects and vendors alike to put down their plans and ESBs, put...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:31:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Students: how to pitch a killer product]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=842]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As I am a British citizen, I like to keep abreast of issues at home; land of Queen Elizabeth II, home of crap dental treatment, Yorkshire puddings, witty sarcastic humour, Monty Python and fish 'n chips. By all that, I mean I read the ZDNet.co.uk pages from time to time....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:01:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial Recovery From Natural Disaster: A Consideration of Influential Factors]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=918959]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper contains interviews with five entrepreneurs affected by Hurricane Rita in the Southeast Texas Region. It qualitatively examines the recovery efforts of these entrepreneurs including the extent to which government assistance was utilized in their recovery efforts. The purpose was to determine if there were any specific factors that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Student Technology Day UK]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=446]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day.    It's a day about and for students,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:47:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Software that Makes Your  Company More Entrepenuerial]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenfield/?p=234]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[      A class of social software is helping companies become more entrepreneurial and none a moment too soon.    In a survey of 300 business executives, Interminds LLC, a management consultancy, found that nearly three quarters (71 percent) of business executives indicated that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:50:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VCs a glum bunch over economy, lack of exits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9275]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Venture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns.    According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index the second quarter registered a reading of 3.07 on a 5 point scale, down from the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:39:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur Gains Efficiencies, Grows Business With New Operating System]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=360740]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of trying to balance work and motherhood, Kari Smith left her corporate job behind and turned her passion for cake decorating into her own small business. Within ten years, her entrepreneurial skills have grown her business into Magical Moments and Elite Party Rentals, a full-fledged wedding planning and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[businessfirst: Ideas to help small companies retain their successful entrepreneurial spirit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=343931]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovation and enterprise is almost universally associated with small businesses. Typically, 95% of all innovations occur in businesses with less than 100 employees. When companies grow past this point the innovation is stifled by processes and bureaucracy.Download this white paper to read case studies of how larger organisations have rekindled...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Curriculum Helps Technology Students Become Young Software Entrepreneurs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=397349]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Adding business and entrepreneurial training to a technical curriculum is known to improve the calibre of graduates. But combining business skills with education programmes has long been a challenge for faculties. Microsoft has formed partnerships with universities across Europe to bridge the gap between technology education and the development of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Managed Hosting Provider Powers Extreme Growth and Virtualization With Hyperic]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=345840]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Launched in February, 2006 as a venture company of Rackspace Managed Hosting, Mosso was started by two entrepreneurial employees, Jonathan Bryce and Todd Morey. Simplifying complex technology to bring reliable, scalable service to web application developers is Mosso's mission. Enterprise systems management software that keeps pace with their always-on, always-changing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kankakee, Illinois Pioneers Free Community-Wide Wi-Fi With High-Performance, Outdoor D-Link Wireless Access Points and Bridges]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=954751]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The City of Kankakee, Illinois, which is 60 miles south of Chicago, wanted to install municipal Wi-Fi in order to meet growing demands for local Internet access. The Daily Journal team created a self-supporting, revenue generating solution. They combined rugged, high-performance D-Link AirPremier DWL-7700AP Wireless AG Outdoor AP/Bridge equipment with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Steve Jobs on 'entrepreneurial education,' circa 1995]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/micro-markets/?p=1008]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Job&rsquo;s reported &ldquo;lambast&rdquo; of teacher unions last week during an &ldquo;education reform conference&rdquo; does not reflect a new stance for Jobs.  Seventeen years prior, Jobs put forth a similar educational philosophy for an Oral History Interview at the Smithsonian Institution.  Although Jobs&rsquo; remarks last week were summarized...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:52:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IT buyers are becoming IT sellers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=494]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I posted news about SOA Software buying a company's internally built mainframe CICS-to-Web-services platform to offer on a commercial basis to the broader market. SOA Software had announced that it was acquiring Merrill Lynch's X4ML Mainframe Web services platform, as well as the people that built and maintain the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:30:02 -0800</pubDate>
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