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
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
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
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
To Make Covid Recovery Work, Send 5 Percent of Government Contracts to New Businesses
Most new job creation comes from early-stage companies. This simple change can help them thrive.
Inc. Magazine
Can anyone be an Instagram InstaCelebrity?
Features Victor Hwang, a former Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Right to Start. He’s also the author of “The Rainforest – The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley.”
TechNation Radio
Five Steps Cities Should Take to Advance Entrepreneurship Amid COVID-19
Young companies create virtually all net job growth in the United States, including replacing jobs lost. That’s why cities and other local governments should prioritize entrepreneurship in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
National League of Cities
Trillions in Federal Funding is Heading Our Way. How Much will Small Business See?
Trillions in federal funding is heading our way. How much will small businesses see? Young companies create virtually all net job growth in the United States, including replacing jobs lost. That’s why cities and other local governments should prioritize entrepreneurship in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Times of Entrepreneurship
Andrew Yang: We Need Dramatic Measures for Small Business
The former presidential candidate on what needs to be done to restart the economy.
Inc. Magazine
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
How investing in people can form a thesis of maximizing financial returns
Financial rewards often come to those who bring a product or service that can solve a problem better, cheaper or faster than an incumbent. The productivity gains that contribute to that sort of solution often amount to reducing the amount of human labor involved.
Off the Sidelines
Entrepreneurs Are the Vaccine for Our Economy
Right to Start Founder/CEO, Victor Hwang, presents at Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020: "Entrepreneurs Are the Vaccine for Our Economy”
Global Entrepreneurship Week
The Science of Startup Communities
Victor Hwang is our guest for this episode of the Ecosystem Builder Podcast. Victor is an author, investor, entrepreneur, and economic growth expert. He joins the show to discuss the science behind ecosystem building and provides research-backed tactics to apply to communities around the world.
Ecosystem Builder
Entrepreneurship Should Be a Priority for Covid-19 Recovery
Governments at all levels should do more to support and sustain new businesses. America's economic recovery from Covid-19 requires a new commitment to entrepreneurship.
Inc. Magazine
Q&A with Andrew Yang: How small business can restart the US economy
Q&A-style interview between Victor Hwang, founder and CEO of the Right to Start movement, and Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate and founder of Venture for America.