Global Entrepreneurship Week kicked off today. Follow Laurel Delaney for updates from the World Entrepreneurship Forum in Lyon, France. Jonathan Ortmans and Vivek Wadhwa explain in BW why it matters.

The credit crunch still holds businesses back in South Florida, Jim Wyss reports for McClatchy.

Younger businesses may be the key to job creation, according to a recent Kauffman study. Rieva Lesonsky explains in Small Business Trends.

Tim Berry looks at five essential things entrepreneurs should learn in b-school, but don’t.

Small employers in Massachusetts get hammered by health premium hikes, led by market leader Blue Cross, Robert Weisman reports in the Boston Globe.