Shows again how innovation could potentially help us out of the recession: BOOK REVIEW -Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth by Roger L. Geiger and & Creso M. Sá

America still leads the world - comfortable with the risk-taking that is at the heart of entrepreneurialism and with some structural advantages built into their society and policies, they're continuing to lead.

This wiki is a repository of activities and events for World Creativity and Innovation Week all over the planet so that you can be stimulated with ideas of what others are doing and, to stimulate others with the plans you have for celebrating this and every year. Add your event on this page.\n \nIt's also a repository of people's stories about times when they felt really creative, when they got new ideas, used imagination and made new decisions that made the world a better place and made their place in the world better too.

This webstorm (from Bright Ideas) collects, reviews and votes on questions we can use for World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW) that would advance creativity in all fields. Contribute new questions so we can look for new answers! Like online brainstorm software.

Women in technology a list of bloggers.

advice for women entrepreneurs from women entrepreneurs. is this really any different than the stuff they write for men? maybe it's just prettier.

Center for Women's Business Research: Key Facts About Women-Owned Businesses

A list of women who run successful tech companies -- WHAT?! Female entrepreneurs!?

Canada's top women entrepreneurs

10 nonprofit models that are commonly used by the largest nonprofits in the United States. (See "Funding Models" on page 37.) Doesn't prescribe a single approach for a given nonprofit to pursue. Instead, helps nonprofit leaders articulate more clearly the models that they believe could support the growth of their organizations, and use that insight to examine the potential and constraints associated with those models.

Recommended link by Tammy Sturge, speaker at the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series session Human Resources for Entrepreneurs, so you know this is a good one. \n\nIt points you to all the human rights you should consider in dealing with human beings, which is, afterall, what HR is all about!

The is recommended by Tammy Sturge, speaker at the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series session on Human Resources for Entrepreneurs, so you know it's good.\n\nEmployment standards are enforced under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) which sets out the minimum standards that employers and employees must follow.

Recommended by Tammy Sturge in her CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture on HR, so you know this is a good resource for up-start entrepreneurs. If you find HR issues challenging, you are not alone! To help you address these challenges we've compiled this collection of HR articles, links and reviews.

Women are important entrepreneurs and need to be supported to continue their businesses in this recession.

Canada's Technology Triangle Inc (CTT) is a not-for-profit, public-private regional economic development partnership that markets the competitive advantages of the Waterloo Region to the world, and works to attract new businesses, investment and talent to the Region. As an information provider and business network facilitator, CTT is typically the first point of contact for enterprises outside the Waterloo Region interested in start-up, expansion, or relocation to the Waterloo Region. CTT's activity complements its partner municipalities, who focus on local business retention and expansion, and investment-related site location, business cost, servicing, and development approval considerations. CTT's municipal partners are the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, and the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich.

Stanford / Entrepreneurship lecture series: \nFive Critical Skills That Entrepreneurs Need\nBy Jerry Kaplan\nHis list includes: leadership, communication, decision-making, being a good team player, ability to telescope.

Discussing the Creation of Revenue Streams from Innovation and Technology - the unofficial blog of GrowthRoute Ventures, the independent consulting company founded by Greg Boutin to serve innovation-based ventures. Includes info on entrepreneurship, government programs, commercialization and funding for ventures.

The Top 50 Social Entrepreneur Blogs To Watch In 2009 from Evan Carmichael. Includes Treehugger and Gristmill in the "News" section as well as the School for Social Entrepreneurship in the "Organization" section.

The Martin Prosperity institute believes that an innovation strategy has to be tied to creativity and place and the ecosystem ("city"). Here they critique a blog by David Crane which critiques the recent MPI report.

Newcomer Magazine writes about MaRS as a business incubator -- a place for newcomers to make connections, find a job, or start a business. They highlight tenants Kanata Chemical Technologies, AXS Biomedical Animations Studio and Clera Inc.