Danish Entrepreneurship Growing

From the Copenhagen Post, some encouraging news about entrepreneurship!
http://denmark.dk/portal/page?_pageid=374,502337&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ic_itemid=918571

Programme encourages students to become their own boss

A pilot project is to help university students start their own company while studying

Helping young entrepreneurs start their own company is the goal of 'Student Company', a pilot project that gives university students practical experience in running their own business.

In addition to earning money and supplementing their CV, students who have their own company focus their studies better, said project leader Martin B. Justesen to daily newspaper Urban.

'You transfer your knowledge while you study and make wiser decisions. Students can use their time at school to study what customers are asking for,' he said. 'We've also established a formal network for student companies. We've recruited 120 members in one month.'
The project kicks off on 1 March at Copenhagen Business School, supported by the Danish Entrepreneurial Society, the International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy, and Selvstaendighedsfonden, a foundation supporting new entrepreneurs.

Similar inspirational meetings are planned throughout spring at Copenhagen University, Denmark's Technical University, Roskilde University, and the IT University of Copenhagen.

Michael Clausen, who studies computer science at Copenhagen Business School, has already begun his own company, Contentcube, together with two fellow students. Clausen, 21, felt the time was ripe to start the company, which provides a system for maintaining websites.

'University is a good time to start a company, because you hands aren't tied by family responsibilities,' said Clausen. 'In reality I have two full-time jobs. When my classmates are watching the news on TV, I'm working on my project."