Check out VisionVictoryManifesto.com for more economic info Interview tonight twobeerswithsteve.libsyn.com Peter Schiff Money Bomb youtube.com/VictoryIndependence Trash for sale www.cnbc.com GDP Revises: Economy 2X as bad www.bloomberg.com Dollar hits 2009 Lows www.bloomberg.com Wall St blows off Main St, AGAIN – 2009 mimics 2008 Full Article

The final contestants in Big Bang! pitch their business idea one last time for the public and the contest winners are announced. Big Bang! is the annual UC Davis Business Plan Competition that promote entrepreneurship at UC Davis and the region. Series: UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series Full Article

Many expect a market crash to occur in October 2009. Some even expect a currency reform for the US Dollar and other currencies. Clearly unemployment levels and wage development show that the consumer can not spend more but rather less. Full Article

A group of 25 young people had the opportunity to plan and launch their own social venture, with the help of Youth Venture. The Dream it. Do it. challenge promotes social entrepreneurship among youth ages 12-20. Youth Venture provides the opportunity for youth to launch clubs, organizations or businesses that will benefit their communities. If Full Article

Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman of the Skoll Foundation and Participant Media talks about collective power and the need for urgency at the 2009 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship (part 2 of 2). For more information and other speeches, visit www.skollworldforum.com Full Article

The US Department of Education’s second Education Stakeholders Forum, held August 4, 2009, provided detailed information regarding Race to the Top Fund, Investing in Innovation Fund, and Part II of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. Speakers included: * Tony Miller, Deputy Secretary of Education * Joanne Weiss, Director, Race to the Top * Full Article

2008-2009 saw an unprecedented restructuring of the financial markets, including the market for angel and venture capital. Our panel of expert angel and venture capital investors looks at technology investing during the past year, the current market, and what the future investment environment holds. The presentation also includes a review of the Full Article

“2009 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finalists Presentations.” Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum. The 11th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition at the Haas School of Business presents the eight finalist teams from a record-breaking 110 entries. The finalists were competing for $45000 in prizes. (April 30, 2009) Full Article

www.weforum.org 16.05.2009 World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2009 Choosing the Middle East Technology Leap Strategic investment in breakthrough technology has propelled individuals, companies and nations to wealth and prosperity. What new technological frontiers should the Middle East explore to get ahead of the innovation curve in the Full Article

The 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge, the premiere entrepreneurship competition at Duke University, and the Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network (DukeGEN), announced today that Biogenic Medical Devices, led by Garrett Muramoto (MBA11), took home the Judges Choice award of $1000 and The Produce Purity Project, led by Stephanie Fruth (MBA11), won Full Article