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@Pollana Since you hate Star Wars, maybe this will cheer you up! io9.com/5915645/what-i… about 1 hour ago via web
Way to go @idiglearning! Idaho Digital Learning Wins Blackboard Catalyst Award bit.ly/JQvFy6 about 1 hour ago via Tweet Button
@biepbl @daylynn Can you link to the 8 elements? I think people would be intrigued! about 2 hours ago via web in reply to biepbl
@Rieva We all know 42.8% of stats are made up - Abe Lincoln ;) And even with good stats we still have all those Kahneman/Tversky-type biases about 5 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva Yeah, but can you just see a new entrep's face when I drug in the OSHA guy who says "I'm here to help!" ?? and then actually DOES? :) about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva I also think there were cost factors involved. (Speaking of statistics, they are proposing big cuts to entrep-useful govt stats sigh) about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva There is a great fear of "regulatory capture" Regs are to punish the evil (neo-Puritans? To go with the neo-Luddites & neo-animists?) about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva I was startled to learn that. Usually you can get state entity to give you 'checkup' but it was fun to bring OSHA guy into a new biz about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva Recent change - last 2-3 years. Move to be more punitive [firms were avoiding fines] EPA is judge & jury (at least to small firms) about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva Example: Used to be I could go to OSHA or EPA & they would inspect my biz & tell me what needed fixing. No more,"that's helping biz" about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva In Scandinavia & Germany you see much more focus on win-win, even in thorny reg issues. We have visibly moved away from that. about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva Need some balance re costs. EPA often demands most-expensive yet less-effective remedy. Too many regulators see biz as enemy about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva @michaeldsimmons Sweden has lowered reg burden and it has paid off handsomely, Denmark too. p.s. you'll love doingbusiness.org about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva Long version: icsb.org/documents/Reyn… Short version applied: bit.ly/PDR3Keys @michaeldsimmons about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva @michaeldsimmons but that suggests that maybe too many small/new firms have lost that (or that costs just too high... for now) about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@Rieva @michaeldsimmons Re uncertainty, seeing that as necessity (even ally) is heart of entrep mindset- even neuroscience has evidence about 6 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@michaeldsimmons @rieva Oddly, I'm simultaneously finishing a report for OECD's Office of Entrep - was on eval team for 3 German programs about 7 hours ago via web in reply to michaeldsimmons
@lovebuckeyes Nice job with @pghmatchmaker - go get 'em! about 7 hours ago via web in reply to pghmatchmaker
@Rieva Dealing with uncertainty is entrep's key role, so if uncertainty deters them are the no longer entreps? Now just small biz? about 7 hours ago via web in reply to Rieva
@michaeldsimmons Also, if Paul Reynolds is right from his reanalysis of GEM data, we need to grow more/better entrep human capital @rieva about 7 hours ago via web in reply to michaeldsimmons

Name Norris Krueger
Location Boise, Idaho
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Bio Scholar, speaker, writer, educator (TED_ED Brain Trust) How do great entrepreneurs think? How to best help? Oh, yeah & Entrepreneur Up! [bit.ly/Nkshortbio]