“The Entrepreneurial Climate”

Blacksburg, Virginia - April 11, 2012

Tom Weithman

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Most Tweeted Moment of 2011

Tweets Per Second: 8,868 Date: Aug. 28, 2011

Tom Weithman @TPW60

Entrepreneurship has become

democratized, proselytized, systematized

and publicized

Democratized

The White House @whitehouse 5 Apr

Today President Obama signed the #JOBSAct - encourages startups,

supports #smallbiz: http://wh.gov/Qks

Proselytized

Eric Ries

@ericries

Trying to change how startups are built.

Systematized

StartUp Weekend

Charlottesville

Start Norfolk

Launched on February 22, 2012

2012: Year of the Entrepreneur

Publicized