Every mayor wants to boost entrepreneurship. What actually helps?
Three reasons to engage entrepreneurship, then: Encourage solutions to real problems, help residents live wealthier and happier, and grow a tax base to improve city services.
Technical.ly
DC Weekly Roundup
Join Technical.ly on Jan. 22 for the launch of our new podcast, featuring cohosts Victor Hwang of Right to Start and others.
Technical.ly
What’s Driving Entrepreneurs This Presidential Election
Here are the four main issues on the minds of small-business owners as election day approaches.
Inc. Magazine
AI Funding Booms, Everything Else Swoons. A Look at the State of Entrepreneurship
There's no stopping startups, but they continue to face headwinds and fundraising difficulties. And the upcoming election could throw everything into flux.
Inc. Magazine
#GEC2023 Day 3: Research, Reform, Bad Ideas, And Conflict
Preposterously Bad Ideas Still Circulate About Entrepreneurship Policy … This agenda is populated by ideas that have either been proven wrong already or go so against the grain of what entrepreneurship is about that it’s hard to believe they’re still seriously considered.
Inc. Magazine
Curbing the SBA, Taking on China, and Other Small-Business Policies GOP Candidates Are Eyeing
Four GOP candidates for president laid out some of their small-business objectives. Not everything discussed is exactly small-business friendly.
Inc. Magazine
Nevada first state to sign ‘Right to Start’ efforts embracing entrepreneurism
When Governor Joe Lombardo signed AB77, Nevada made history by becoming the first state in the nation to sign ‘Right to Start’ legislation.
Nevada Government’s Office of Economic Development (GOED)
Is Entrepreneurship A Human Right? This Longtime Champion Believes It Should Be.
Victor Hwang, a former vice president at the Kauffman Foundation, launched the nonprofit Right to Start in January 2020 to achieve a lofty mission: He wants to make the freedom and ability to pursue one’s entrepreneurial dreams a basic human right, up alongside the rights to speak and worship freely.
New Builders Dispatch
Supporting the Right to Start
Three years ago, SCN Member Victor Hwang launched a new initiative and organization based on a single, but powerful premise: Everyone has the right to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams… a Right to Start.
Startup Champions Network
Emerging Now: The Legislative Reform Movement for Entrepreneurs
It's time that entrepreneurs and small-business owners had advocates in government who appreciate the crucial role that new companies play in our society.
Inc. Magazine
Business Friendly Cities: How Modern One-Stop Shops Foster Business Success
When we survey local governments, there is near consensus: It is not easy for entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses. On the one hand, entrepreneurs are told that they are welcome and desired, while on the other, they face delays and complications when working with their local government.
National League of Cities
The FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements matches what voters want
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed on Jan. 5 to ban noncompete clauses, “which hurt workers and harm competition.
The Hill
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