ABQ can make farmers markets dynamic pipelines for small business
Farmers’ markets offer spectacular food and other local products, and they provide an extraordinary vehicle for promoting new business growth. That latter role is often overlooked when it should be more highly prized by local policymakers.
Albuquerque Journal
‘We need everyone on the field’: Shevrin Jones stresses urgency ahead of re-election campaign launch
Atop [Jones’] list of legislative priorities is the “Florida Right to Start Act.” The measure, which Jones sponsored during the last Legislative Session, would enable small businesses to forgo some of the fees they’d otherwise have to pay while competing for government contracts.
Florida Politics
Groups back omnibus business legislation
A wide-ranging business bill would help level the playing field …[and] include the Right-To-Start Act requiring the commissioner of Administration to file reports on contracts and resources for Missouri businesses that have been in operation for less than three years.
News Tribune
Missouri House considers incentives for entrepreneurs, small businesses
Known as the Right to Start Act, the bill would reduce the first $100,000 of any remaining income tax for limited liability companies (LLCs) by 20 percent the first three years the business is in operation. Corporations would receive a 1 percent incentive up to $100,000 for their first three years.
News Tribune
Inside a Community-Driven Campaign to Unleash Entrepreneurial Opportunity
In Northwest Arkansas, Right to Start amplifies the voices of underserved entrepreneurs and helps remove barriers to their success.
Walton Family Foundation
Meet the 30+ leaders bringing company-building lessons at Technical.ly’s Introduced conference
These entrepreneurs and HR pros shared a hybrid stage for the May 12 event during the 12th annual Philly Tech Week presented by Comcast.
Technical.ly
Small purchases can energize entrepreneurship in Arkansas
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us how vital and vulnerable America’s small businesses are. But, fortunately, small changes in how and where we buy goods can energize entrepreneurship throughout Arkansas – and the nation.
Talk Business & Politics
UNM, city join to spur NM entrepreneurship
The University of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque are partnering on a new “Right to Start” initiative to help boost entrepreneurship among local communities.
Albuquerque Journal
Miami should set the pace nationally for diversifying access to capital
While Miami has become a global center for entrepreneurship, access to capital remains a looming hurdle for small businesses and minority tech founders.
Refresh Miami
Give small businesses a break in paying startup costs
As America slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses deserve special attention.
Talk Business & Politics
UNM Rainforest InnovationsArticle: Right to Start initiative to support entrepreneurship and growth in New Mexico
UNM Rainforest Innovations and the City of Albuquerque Economic Development Department are jointly financing the Right to Start movement which is a campaign to rebuild the American economy by making entrepreneurial opportunity a top priority in every community.
UNM Rainforest Innovations
First-ever ”Right to Start Act” Would Ban Non-competes, Establish MO Office of Entrepreneurship
Newly filed legislation in Missouri would give a boost to Show-Me State entrepreneurs — or at least spark a robust conversation about how policy can support new business and hiring growth, said Travis Fitzwater.
Startland News
Local: New Entrepreneur Advocacy Group Marries Heavy Hitters with Grassroots Activism
Looking to accelerate and amplify the plight of America’s entrepreneurs is the goal of Kansas City-based Right to Start. The non-profit, which recently established operations in Arkansas, seeks to bring issues facing entrepreneurs top-of-mind among legislators and other community stakeholders.
Daily Record
A Small-Business Agenda for New York’s Next Mayor
Entrepreneurship is a crucial route to opportunity, particularly for historically marginalized communities. Small business is an engine of growth and renewal that will be all the more vital after the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Manhattan Institute
How Francis Suarez Is Making Miami Better for Small Business
The mayor is looking to streamline a traditionally cumbersome process to start a business in the city.
Inc. Magazine
Minority businesses: Wounded by COVID, but key to inclusive revival
Victor Hwang, Founder/ CEO of Right to Start describes the struggles of small businesses during the pandemic.
The Connecticut Mirror
How Entrepreneurs Can Rescue the American Economy
Presented by The J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University, join Victor Hwang, founder and author, in a discussion about how to empower entrepreneurial opportunity for everyone.
Arizona State University
How Mayors Support Startup Economies
This panel was organized & sponsored by Startup Champs, a prelaunch consultancy aiding high-net-worth to Fortune 1000 clients worldwide develop customized, data-driven strategies for accelerating pre-orders before launching new companies.
Startup Week Chattanooga
Becoming an Ally
Those who know share how KC can better connect with and support minority entrepreneurs. Minority owners say they often feel left out of Kansas City's vaunted small business support system. Here's how that can change.
Kansas City Business Journal
Victor Hwang's Right to Start wants to foster national entrepreneurial movement
Victor Hwang talks about his new nonprofit and how it plans to foster entrepreneurship nationwide.
Kansas City Business Journal