According to Neatorama, this is a one-of-a-kind penny, resulting from a production error at the U.S. mint in Denver. It was struck in bronze rather than the zinc-coated steel normally used during the WWII era. About 20 such errors are known from the Philadelphia and San Francisco mints, but this is the only one known from the Denver mint.
The anonymous collector who formerly owned the coin “donated it to a charitable organization so they could sell it with all of the proceeds going to the charity,” according to Andy Skrabalak of Angel Dee’s Coins and Collectibles in Woodbridge, Virginia who acted as agent on behalf of the former owner.
The new owner is an anonymous businessman who plans to exhibit the penny at various venues around the country.
So I've realized recently that there is a big difference between the way that most engineers talk and the way that successful entrepreneurs talk. To summarize, most engineers are inherently somewhat conservative and pessimistic, while successful entrepreneurs are unrealistically optimistic. You have all heard something similar to the interaction that I'm about to summarize:
Recently the feds ripped apart the contents of the Bayh Dole Act to figure out whether the Act’s mandates permit universities to try new technology licensing strategies based on e-commerce or other creative approaches. Henry Wixen, Chief Counsel for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), wrote an open letter to Thomas Kalil, the Deputy Director for the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In the letter, Wixen combs thru Bayh Dole’s legal underpinnings to conclude that “Neither Bayh Dole nor its implementing regulations imposes upon contractors [including universities] any particular approach to be used in licensing subject inventions…whether through e-commerce or other creative approaches.“
Taking other people’s money to fund your startup changes your life in ways you cannot predict. And many of those ways are negative.
Sunday marked a revolutionary step forward in the realm of online economic development. Economic Gateway, an industry-first Web system for Greater America, was unveiled at the 2010 MAEDC Competitiveness Conference and Site Selector Forum by Minnesota-based Web development firm Golden Shovel Agency and geographic information systems (GIS) company Applied Data Consultants, Inc. (ADC).
Every January, world leaders, entrepreneurs, and journalists descend on Davos, Switzerland at the 
On November 22, a storm was raging about the rescue of Ireland by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which could amount to 90 billion euros. Fears were growing that the economic contagion could spread to Portugal, Spain and other euro zone economies. On that day, the Circle of Entrepreneurs and the Wharton Business School presented in Madrid the 2010 Annual Report on the Internationalization of the Spanish Company. 
The announcement by the European Commission of a new “Innovation Union” for Europe is hugely significant. It is also very timely, for as this magazine went to press nothing could be clearer than the fact that, for the energy sector, Europe needs a shove in the direction of greater energy security.
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Streamline Inc., a startup that’s re-imagined the IV pole now commonly used in hospitals, has raised $525,000 in capital from angel investors in North Dakota as it prepares to ramp up manufacturing.
A few years ago the Council on Competitiveness identified the trend toward micro-multinationals — those startups and small businesses that have become multinational in their operations, marketing, sales and/or distribution without waiting to “grow up.” And as I pointed out a couple of weeks ago, you needn’t assume you have to be a large business in order to go global or cross a few borders. Today, inexpensive technology and services that are readily available make it possible to leapfrog over the regional and expansion, and jump immediately to global.
It seems like only a few months ago when I wasn’t sure if Twitter was relevant to my business, or if it would be a waste of time. Now I have over 280,000 followers on Twitter as StartupPro, and the business is fun as well as profitable. I’m now convinced that any entrepreneur can use it to kick-start their business, and build their brand as well.
Recently I was part of a 3-person panel discussion at Georgia Tech at the “Patents & Trademark 101” seminar at which representatives from the USPTO were the featured speakers. The audience included innovators, product developers, entrepreneurs, and wanabee inventors from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. Each panel participant was given 7 minutes prior to the panel discussion to give their background and how they serve the innovation community. After briefly discussing our services at Patents & More, Inc., I turned my presentation to the discussion of whether a patent guarantees market success. To accomplish this I compared and contrasted the following types of inventions: (1) Patented, but not Marketable; (2) Marketable, but not Patented; and (3) Patented and Marketable.
To raise capital, you need to get in front of the professionals with money. There’s just one problem - it’s incredibly difficult to get an in-person meeting with a Venture Capitalist (VC).
It probably won't surprise you to learn 61 percent of Americans say they would prefer self-employment to working for someone else, a higher share than in 25 European countries, according to the most recent data available from the EU Flash Eurobarometer Entrepreneurship Survey. But it will likely surprise you to learn small business is a bigger part of the economy of most European nations than our own. Could American policymakers learn anything about improving small business support from Europe, which the media tell us is a place of high taxes, exorbitant public-sector spending, and, lately, poor economic management? Based on the data, I say yes.
Creativity is very important to building a quality business and building wealth. Jules-Henri Poincare created a model for creativity. The nineteenth-century mathematician theorized four stages of creativity. The four stages are preparation, incubation, illumination and execution. Each stage is extremely important in the creative process.
Exclusive to InnovationDAILY by Dr. Janice Presser, CEO, The Gabriel Institute
In the early days of Google’s mobile team, we needed to navigate a series of misunderstandings most people have about consumer mobile app development, and how to build a great consumer mobile team and product. Given the ridiculous growth of mobile today, many companies I know are trying to start their mobile divisions and they are making the same mistakes over and over. Similarly, many mobile consumer startups are making a series of common mistakes. This post draws on my experience building Google’s early mobile team to point out how to overcome the myths people still believe about making super successful mobile applications.