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For Abram Walton, discovering the patterns and practices generating innovation and engagement, then teaching students and organizations of every size and sphere how to produce these qualities, and, moreover, how to measure and monetize them, has been his life’s quest.
By: Ryan Randall Tech Improves Engagement Foster care represents a critical nationwide system that benefits thousands of children and families every year, but it also presents challenges for children and caseworkers. According to Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), turnover…
The essence of the entrepreneurial spirit is to take an idea and turn what is a mere concept into a reality. Often the most innovative of those ideas are not intended to disrupt a particular market; rather they target a…
TOM O’NEAL, RANDY BERRIDGE & STEVE QUELLO By Eric Wright “The Diffusion Process” or “The Technology Adoption Cycle,” though often sighted today was originally developed in the late 1950’s to track the purchase pattern of hybrid seed corn by farmers….
Nurturing Tomorrow’s Innovators There are two mantras that echo across the campus of UCF. One is that UCF is “The Partnership University.” Far from being an academic island or ivory tower, UCF has endeavored to link itself with the challenges…
Living the American Dream By Josh Field The headquarters of Southeast Petro Distributors sits atop one of the highest geographical sites in Brevard County – appropriately named, “High Point Drive,” in Cocoa – as if the elevation provides a vantage…
Seed Stage Capital Fund to Keep Best Ideas Moving Forward Fueling “what’s next” on the Space Coast is how Mark Mohler describes LaunchPad40. Far from seeing a charred landscape left by defense cutbacks and the end of the Shuttle era,…
We know from historical data that the healthiest way to create a vibrant and prosperous economy is to develop an entrepreneurial environment that inspires businesses to flourish. Our country was founded and built on the entrepreneurial spirit, and America has…
Making a Difference in Brevard With the ongoing sober national economy, Florida, and particularly Brevard County, is witnessing a surge in entrepreneurial development. Some economists are suggesting we are in a viral wave of new startups. Brevard Community College is…
Colleges and Universities Recognize the Key to Economic Growth In the 1970s, a mere 200 colleges and universities across the U.S. offered academic courses in entrepreneurship. Today, however, that number has swelled 10 times in size as nearly two-thirds of…