More than just a chance to hit it rich, entrepreneurship ties business growth to community impact
An article summarizing the latest discussion on Technical.ly's Builders LIVE Podcast, co-hosted by Victor Hwang.
Technical.ly News
The entrepreneurship boom is real -- and so is the hollowing out beneath it.
Victor Hwang is quoted.
Technical.ly News
Today's k-shaped economy of entrepreneurship [Builders Live: 04/22/26]
Is the American entrepreneurship economy becoming k-shaped? The current business incorporation boom does include many thriving companies, but also many "solopreneurs" who are earning less than their traditionally-employed peers. When we say entrepreneurship is booming, are we conflating two very different stories? Are we celebrating necessity entrepreneurship — people fleeing a broken labor market — as if it were opportunity entrepreneurship? Builders Live co-hosts Victor Hwang of Right to Start, venture investor Rae'Mah Henderson, Taylor Eubanks of Midwest House and Technical.ly cofounder and CEO Christopher Wink discuss how we can address the needs of these two groups to support economic development for all.
Techincal.ly News
Your ecosystem needs a system, not a hero
Technical.ly’s Builders LIVE Podcast new episode co-hosted by Victor Hwang.
Technical.ly
Dashboard: Does Entrepreneurship Have a Perception Problem?
In this episode, Right to Start CEO Victor Hwang discusses the progress Right to Start has made, including significant recent steps in Oklahoma. He also has big plans for the 250th celebration of what he likes to call America’s startup.
21 Hats Podcast
Why isn't entrepreneurship already the center of economic development?
Technical.ly’s Builders LIVE Podcast new episode co-hosted by Victor Hwang.
Technical.ly
The Real Reason Entrepreneurship Is Booming Right Now
As Americans step into 2026, we also begin the 250th birthday year of our nation’s founding. It’s a moment to remember that few things are more central to America’s past – and more critical to its future – than entrepreneurship.
Inc. Magazine
Reigniting Entrepreneurship and Business-friendly Solutions
No two American Dream stories are the same. But one truth they all have in common: Big dreams can be achieved even with small budgets. That’s at the heart of NGA Chair Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s Reigniting the American Dream initiative.
National Governors Association
Nevada Becomes Founding State of "America the Entrepreneurial" Initiative
The Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) and its Office of Entrepreneurship have announced Nevada's inclusion as a Founding State of "America the Entrepreneurial," a national movement to celebrate and expand entrepreneurship ahead of the 250th anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 2026.
K-Enter Tech Hub
America Is the Greatest Startup of All Time—Can We Do It Again?
As our nation approaches its 250th anniversary, we need to put entrepreneurship at the center of national discussion.
Inc. Magazine
‘America the Entrepreneurial’: Can builders restore the promise of ‘the most courageous startup the world has ever seen?’
Risk-takers set the story of the United States of America in motion, said Victor W. Hwang, lamenting a modern day reality where needless barriers too often work against entrepreneurs and young businesses.
Startland News
Optimism, Entrepreneurship and the American Dream
Co-hosts Victor Hwang of Right to Start, Brian Brackeen of Lightship Capital, Maria Underwood of TechBirmingham and Technical.ly cofounder and CEO Chris Wink discuss entrepreneurship and the American dream, including how local entrepreneurial ecosystems are shaped by regional culture, politics and resources, and the importance (and challenges) of maintaining optimism in community building and startup leadership.
Technical.ly
A Right to Start in Entrepreneurship
Victor Hwang, a champion for entrepreneurial rights and a visionary leader, joins us to share his remarkable journey and insights. Through his work with organizations like the Kauffman Foundation and initiatives like Right to Start, Victor has been relentlessly advocating for early-stage entrepreneurs and fostering innovation economies.
NU Voices
Dashboard: Introducing America the Entrepreneurial
This week, Victor Hwang tells us that his organization, Right to Start, has big plans for America’s upcoming 250th birthday. Spurred largely by the widespread sense that the American Dream has lost some of its luster, Victor and Right to Start are launching a campaign to turn our semiquincentennial into a celebration of America’s entrepreneurial roots and a push to remove the barriers that make it harder than it should be to start and build a business. One key focus: finding ways to make it easier for businesses to raise capital.
21 Hats Podcast
How local governments can back the entrepreneurs building their regions’ futures
A growing movement argues that entrepreneurship isn’t a luxury — it’s essential to inclusive, effective economic policy.
Technical.ly
Startup leaders kick off national ‘America the Entrepreneurial’ campaign
Right to Start is a national nonprofit with a plan to put founders at the center of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.
Technical.ly
How Entrepreneurial Development Banks Can Fuel American Growth
Today, economic growth comes largely from new and young businesses, which create virtually all net job growth in America. Yet most U.S. development institutions still operate as they did last century. The U.S. has not begun to maximize the economic potential of unleashing the entrepreneurial energy of its people.
Inc. Magazine
Builders LIVE Podcast- Episode 4: “Should ecosystems chase capital?
Victor Hwang co-hosts the fourth episode of Technical.ly’s Builders LIVE Podcast.
Technical.ly
Belonging and Main Street banking in a digital world
Victor Hwang, CEO of the small business advocacy company Right to Start reminds us that we are born to be starters, makers, doers and dreamers. "Each of us has a fundamental right to start our own thing, realize an idea, create something of value, forge a unique path, be master of our future," he notes.
The Financial Revolutionist
Builders LIVE Podcast- Episode 3: What’s different about rural ecosystem building
Victor Hwang co-hosts the third episode of Technical.ly’s Builders LIVE Podcast.
Technical.ly