How Design Thinking Can Help Lower the Poverty Rate
West Virginia has one of the five highest poverty rates in the nation and among the four highest rates of household hunger. But there's a new spark of hope, as one of its native sons - a former Fortune 500 CEO in Silicon Valley - has returned and introduced design thinking as a way to solve tough problems.
Inc. Magazine
The State of American Entrepreneurship is Strong
Victor Hwang’s road trip through America's Heartland reveals entrepreneurial optimism.
Inc. Magazine
A New Study Shows a Strong Belief in Entrepreneurship Among Most Americans
Amid political polarization intensified by the coming midterm elections, a new bipartisan survey of American voters reveals a surprising unity.
Inc. Magazine
More Americans Are Embracing Entrepreneurship
During the pandemic, business starts surged. New data adds more to the story.
Times of Entrepreneurship
Opening a Restaurant in Boston Takes 92 Steps, 22 Forms, 17 Office Visits, and $5,554 in 12 Fees. Why?
It's nearly just as bad in San Francisco, Detroit, Atlanta, and many other U.S. cities. The time is now to remove needless barriers to the American Dream. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Inc. Magazine
Will the startup revival last?
Entrepreneurship has boomed after decades of decline. Culture has shifted, but we can’t squander the moment.
Technical.ly
Technical.ly CEO Interviews Victor Hwang: Will the Startup Revival Last?
Right to Start CEO Victor Hwang speaks with Technical.ly CEO Chris Wink.
Technical.ly
Right to Start COO Kim Lane: “It's time we live up to the original promise of America.”
Right to Start's COO Kim Lane talked with Doug Erwin, host of the nationally syndicated Growth Pioneers podcast, about the realities facing entrepreneurs at the local and national levels.
Growth Pioneers Podcast
14 states that make it easier to launch your business
If you're considering starting a business, like the 5.4 million Americans who did last year, the ease of the process varies depending on where you live.
Business Insider
Yes, the Startup Rate Is Booming
Amid the great resignation, more people are starting companies. But the barriers to success remain for small business.
Inc. Magazine
2021 Retail Therapy: Help Your Local Small Businesses Recover
Actually, it's not just the thought that counts. Your actions matter. Choose your neighbor, not Amazon.
Inc. Magazine
Entrepreneurship Is on the Rise, Despite COVID-19
Necessity became opportunity for many who started businesses.
Reason
SBA Summit: Unleashing Entrepreneurial Innovation
Victor W Hwang, CEO of Right to Start & Author of "The Rainforest" talks about some of the amazing things coming out of the Innovation Economy.
U.S. Small Business Administration
Why Making Entrepreneurship a Community Priority Is Key to America's Economic Recovery
The time is ripe to take a fresh look at the critical role that business owners will play in the post-Covid economic recovery.
Inc. Magazine
Why do the Media Always Pit Labor Against Capital
Victor Hwang described the capital-versus-labor debate as “the biggest false narrative out there. It’s an artificial narrative that we’ve created: employer versus employee; big versus small; corporation versus worker.”
TechCrunch
CEO Victor Hwang offers his take on how entrepreneurship will fare post-pandemic.
The structural issues that were discouraging entrepreneurship before the pandemic will still be there after the pandemic: “What we are discussing, [Right to Start CEO Victor] Hwang said, is less the failure in one sector or class of business than something larger: the slow withering of an entire ecosystem.
The 21 Hats Morning Report
States are About to See a Historic Infusion of Funding to Help Entrepreneurs
Victor Hwang shares his advice on how states can invest the $10 billion in stimulus money coming to them.
Route Fifty
The Week in impact investing: Juneteenth
Independence day. This three-day weekend may have caught you by surprise, but the first federal Juneteenth holiday was a long time coming.
ImpactAlpha
Fostering innovation, value, and progress with Victor W. Hwang, author of The Rainforest
Host John Hucker speaks with Right to Start Founder Victor Hwang about fostering innovation, value, and progress.
Fintech+
What Entrepreneurs Can Do to Lead the Post-Covid Recovery
Advice from Moderna's Robert Langer on the crucial elements for progress. His advice highlights three key aspects to advancing entrepreneurial innovation on the scale America needs.
Inc. Magazine