Entrepreneurship is contagious

Karen Abrams

By Karen Abrams

 

Karen Abrams is a Consultant for the Tech Industry. Her specialty is encouraging the participation of under-represented groups in creating technology ‘startup’ ventures. Abrams holds an MBA degree in Marketing.

Linda Rottenberg and Chris Bierly recently set out to study just how entrepreneurship could be made contagious. They clearly understood that entrepreneurship drove economic development, innovation and job creation, but wanted to figure out what factors could cause an explosion of startups thereby changing the fortunes of communities, cities, and even countries.

Rottenberg was named one of America’s Best Leaders by US News & World Report and one of TIME’s 100 Innovators for the 21st century,