http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/04/26/a-minor-league-system-for-entrepreneurs Comments for "A Minor-League System for Entrepreneurs" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/04/26/a-minor-league-system-for-entrepreneurs <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> April 26, 2007 - 11:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> The New York Times</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> Entrepreneurs Can Earn Their Stripes in the Minor Leagues, Too</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/business/smallbusiness/26sbiz.html?_r=1&amp;ref=business&amp;oref=slogin">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/business/smallbusiness/26sbiz.html?_r=1&amp;ref=business&amp;oref=slogin</a> </div> <div class="flexinode--41"> <strong>Teaser: </strong><br /> It became a model for Thomas S. Lyons, a professor of entrepreneurship at Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business in New York, and Gregg A. Lichtenstein, a business consultant in Margate, N.J., who were searching for ways to develop entrepreneurial talent. “We kept coming back to baseball’s farm system,” Professor Lyons said. “It is one of the best talent-generating systems in the world.”<br class="clear" /></div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> Branch Rickey is renowned for allowing Jackie Robinson to break baseball’s color line in 1947 by signing Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. But he was also celebrated for another significant contribution to the game.<br /><br />Mr. Rickey was the architect of baseball’s modern farm system, the web of independent minor league teams around the country that serves as the training ground for young players hoping for a shot at the major leagues.<br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/04/26/a-minor-league-system-for-entrepreneurs#comment Business Development Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:19:06 -0400 Rob Katz 4011 at http://www.nextbillion.net