Entrepreneurs
Carl Schramm
President
The Kauffman Foundation
Carl Schramm is recognized internationally as an authority on entrepreneurial innovation, job creation, and economic growth. The Wall Street Journal has cited his "prescient" work and The Economist hailed him as "the evangelist of entrepreneurship."
Read more at www.kauffman.org.
Steven J. Walker
President and Chief Executive Officer
NEW ENGLAND WOOD PELLET / BIOFUELS EXPERT
A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Steve Walker is recognized as an international leader in the field of renewable energy. After his high school eliminated the wood shop for budgetary reasons – the only classes in which he excelled – he bought all the shop’s machines, started his own business and eventually developed his multi-million dollar, cutting-edge biofuels enterprise.
Walker is president and CEO of New England Wood Pellet LLC, which he founded in Acton, Massachusetts in 1992. NEWP has grown to be the largest manufacturer and distributor of wood pellet fuel in the northeastern US.
Walker is a tireless promoter of the use of pellet fuels in residential, commercial and industrial applications, and has served on numerous industry committees and boards.
Source: http://www.pelletheat.com/
ANALYSIS OF THE INCIDENCE OF DYSLEXIA IN ENTREPRENEURS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Professor Julie Logan
Cass Business School
City University, London, England
"There is a higher incidence of dyslexia in entrepreneurs in the USA than in the normal and corporate populations. 35% of US entrepreneurs in this sample reported dyslexic traits; 23% as highly dyslexic but less than 1% of corporate managers, this compares with a US national incidence of up 15% ... The study found dyslexic entrepreneurs were more likely to own several companies and to grow their companies more quickly than those who were not dyslexic. They employed more staff and reported an increased ability to delegate. ..."
Read the full report: Cass Business School
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