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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.
 
154
Globl Etrepreership Week:
uleshig Ides arod the Globe
JonaThan oRTmanS
Prsidt, Pubic Fru Istitut; Sir Fw, ewig mri Ku Fudti
Throghot history, yog people hve bee lbelled by their elders s ythigs: eergetic, chotic, rivolos, ope, exbert, pssiote.Bt i yo hd tosettle o  oe-word chrcteriztio, y likely wold choose the word “dreer.”not so coicidetlly, these re y o the se words sed to describe theetrepreer. The ebers o tody’s yoger geertio re o exceptio, displyig trl proclivity or etrepreeril thikig d  pssio or kig dierece i the world rod the. Bt i  rpidly chgig world tht dedsew ides ster th ever, yog people st ot oly ebrce their previligtedecies towrd etrepreeril thikig—they st be ispired to ct o the.Drig noveber 17–23, 2008, illios o spirig yog etrepreers ro oreth sevety-fve cotries will coect throgh Globl Etrepreership Weekd begi to tr their dres ito relity. a rry o ctivities d chlleges—everywhere ro reote villges to dese rb ceters—will eqip these bddigiovtors with the kowledge, skills, d etworks eeded to grow ew dsstible eterprises tht will ke  positive ipct o their lives d the lives o those rod the.
“Unleash It!”
will lik etrepreeril proble-solvers rodthe world with  coo issio to tckle key chlleges—everythig ro sipleew coveieces to the biologicl stte o or plet. “
Speednetwork the Globe”
Excerpt ro
Kauffman Thoughtbook 2009
. ©2008 by the Ewig mrio K odtio. all rights reserved.
 
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