In his new position at ASU, Toker will provide inspiration, and develop and lead campus-wide entrepreneurship initiatives that serve the university, the state of Arizona, and beyond. 

Military veterans are often touted as great employees — and can become even greater business owners. In fact, more than 10 percent of U.S. business owners are military veterans.

Based in Silicon Valley, the ASU-Draper Entrepreneurship Incubator program champions student visionaries with changemaking ideas. ASU student Connor Stephens says the experience took his ideas and talent to the next level.

Based in Silicon Valley, the ASU-Draper Entrepreneurship Incubator program champions student visionaries with changemaking ideas. ASU student Courteney Real took a risk on the experience, and emerged ready to change the world.

An outgrowth of Motorola in the late 1980s, Iridium was set up to be the world's first global wireless phone company.

From the light bulb to the Google algorithm, new ideas have changed the way we live and have created great wealth for those who bring them to market. Many of the old ideas we have about innovation are false, however.

Self-confidence, persistence, flexibility, and an affinity for success are the hallmarks of an entrepreneur: A person who'll take an idea and run with it — frequently to the bank.

To customers, there's not much to loyalty programs; on the surface they're usually just a piece of plastic and a "Here's how much you saved" line at the bottom of a receipt.

Nine simple words, "Let me just play Devil's Advocate for a minute," have torched many a fledgling concept, writes Tom Kelley, author of "The Ten Faces of Innovation." The Devil's Advocate is "the biggest innovation killer in America today." But Kelley has a remedy for the Devil's Advocate: the t

"85 percent of CEOs have innovation on a short list of strategic priorities. But then they put it off," said Tom Kelley, the featured speaker at Arizona State University's 2007 Design Excellence Dinner.