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Creation and innovation are key elements in education. Research is concerned with discovering new schemes of connectedness between entities and evaluating the validity of those connections. No where does informal research, innovation, creating, and personal agency find a greater nexus point than in the work of entrepreneurs. I’ve owned several business in the past. An entrepreneur is a consistent, constant, learner. Y Combinator is a great example of supporting structures for entrepreneurs (though the main attempt here is for VC funding). Other organizations, such as Startup Edmonton, provide a combination of mentoring and guidance to assist individuals in moving from idea to product. The Hub is another great example of an informal system of entrepreneurial support. At TEKRI, I’ve been trying to make the argument that universities should be linked to innovative entrepreneurial activity. Not for the sake of generating revenue, but for the sake of being part of a learning ecology.
To provide a bit of background on what many creative people are doing today, Trendsspotting looks at the New Entrepreneur.