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 “
Discovery
consists of 
seeing
what everybody has seenand
thinking
what nobodyhas
thought
.
”
KAUFFMAN Thoughtbook
 
2009
E x c E r p t f r o m
Fourth in an ongoing series, the
Kauffman Thoughtbook 2009 
captures what we arethinking, learning, and discovering about education, entrepreneurship, and advancinginnovation. This collection of more than forty essays is written by the talented KauffmanFoundation associates, partners, and experts who are pursuing the principles and visionset by our founder, Ewing Kauffman.REQUEST YOUR COMPLIMENTARY COPY AT
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©2008 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
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ulesh Ides, ulock Pssio
Yan JUnqI
Vic Chirwom, Th Stdig Committ of th 11th ntiol Popl’s Cogrss;Chirwom, etrprurship Foudtio for Grduts
at the ntiol Sciece d Techology Coerece i erly 2006, ChiesePresidet H Jito de  sole stteet to the world: “Chi will be biltito  iovtive tio i bot ftee yers.”This grd visio, which gretlyispired the cotry’s itellectls d yog people, lso propelled the agst2006 estblishet o the Etrepreership odtio or Grdtes (EG).EG’s issio: ecorgig iovtio d etrepreership to iprove theetrepreeril eviroet; prootig coerciliztio o scietifc dtechologicl brekthroghs to help ccelerte edctio reor; d ispirigiovtive ids to cltivte cretive d etrepreeril tlets.EG is idig grdtes’ etrepreeril prctices d workig or chge tht willcrete  vorble etrepreeril eviroet i Chi. ad the eort sees tobe workig. I jst the two yers sice EG’s odig, iversities hve tke theled, college stdets hve ethsisticlly plyed  ctive role, clties hvegive ll spport, d the iititive hs gied widespred pblic vor.uder Chi’s existig syste, prootig grdte etrepreership throghiovtio presets  eoros chllege. Yet, the EG hs ccltedgeet d service experiece by diligetly explorig ew pproches d
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Kauffman Thoughtbook 2009
. ©2008 by the Ewig mrio K odtio. all rights reserved.
 
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prctices, d its leders hve bee deeply oved d copelled orwrd by thecorge, wisdo, d vigor o the yog.Steps Towrd a Cltre Shitalog the wy, those o s ivolved with EG hve relized tht iovtioc ore qickly gi  oothold i  etrepreership-riedly d ilre-tolertig cltre. We re workig to bild  eviroet i which the whole o society derstds, ecorges, gides,d spports etrepreership.a jor step towrd this gol wsthe EG-sposored “ShghiEtrepreership Week—IovtiveShghi, Etrepreeril Cps,”held noveber 6–11, 2007, dispired by sccessl etrepreership week evets i the uited Sttes d theuited Kigdo. Drig the week, Shghi iversity stdets prticipted ievets tht iclded  opeig cereoy,  “Etrepreership d the tre”sit, etrepreership-theed ors co-sposored by te iversities, d etrepreeril ide cotest, i which stdets ro fty-six higher edctioistittios prticipted.This igrl evet cted s  stilt tht leshed etrepreerilethsis. nerly 10,000 stdets took prt i the o-site etrepreershipors d bot 20,000 joied the etrepreeril ide cotest throghthe Iteret. I ll, ore th 100,000 stdets lered bot d spportedEtrepreership Week throgh the Iteret, televisio, d ewsppers.
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Etrepreeril ledersre ecorgig Chiesesociety to be oretolert, givig stdets opportity to locktheir pssio d tpito their ll potetil.
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