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
Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation to be ‘front door’ for entrepreneurs
The new office as “providing a tangible front door for entrepreneurs, [for the state] to answer questions” in a way the current set-up can't.
Inside INdiana Business
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
Kansas launches new resources for small businesses, entrepreneurs
Tools for small business owners are now available through the Kansas Small Business Office, leaders with the Kansas Department of Commerce announced Tuesday while highlighting the need to encourage entrepreneurship and business development in the state.
Kansas Reflector
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
Entrepreneurs are America’s common ground
An overwhelming 94% of Americans believe entrepreneurship is crucial for our nation’s future, according to Right to Start.
Silicon Valley Business Journal
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
How Victor Hwang is Unlocking Entrepreneurship Rights for all with RightToStart.org
A one-hour interview with Victor Hwang.
Unlost Cause Podcast
Billionaires need to launch moonshots in the heartland, not just outer space
When the Walton Family decided to breathe new life into Northwest Arkansas, they not only invested in the local university and workforce system, but they also funded Right to Start, an initiative to support entrepreneurs from underserved communities, and built networks connecting founders, mentors, capital, and talent.
Fortune
Builders LIVE Podcast- Episode 2: How Local Ecosystem Builders Navigate National Politics
Victor Hwang co-hosts the second episode of Technical.ly’s Builders LIVE Podcast.
Technical.ly
Chattanooga aims to open new business resource center this year
Sarah Mattson, the city's director of entrepreneurship, said the facility will be a "one-stop shop" for aspiring business owners. It will aim to give local entrepreneurs, particularly those in underserved communities, a fair shot at success.
Chattanooga Times Free Press
4 Key Policies to Lead American Renewal Through Entrepreneurship
With growing public attention on America’s economic competitiveness, one significant element has been missing from the discussion: how to grow our economy bottom-up.
Inc. Magazine
Rep. Teshka's legislation to create an Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation heads to the Senate
The Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced State Representative Jake Teshka's (R-North Liberty) legislation, which created an Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation to provide resources to new and young businesses and support Hoosier entrepreneurs.
Marshall County Post
Indiana House passes bill to create state agency supporting small businesses, entrepreneurs
The creation of a new state office dedicated to improving the small-business environment in Indiana was passed by members of the House on Tuesday.
Indiana Business Journal
Bill looks to establish Office of Entrepreneurship for business growth
State Representative Jonathan Warrey says the Office of Entrepreneurship would serve as a better resource provider than many current options for new businesses in North Dakota.
KXNET (Bismarck)
Rep. Warrey’s Bill, Fargo’s The Tell, & Ejaz Khan’s Film on Trafficking
North Dakota State Representative Jonathan Warrey discusses a bill he introduced to establish an Office of Entrepreneurship, designed to support business founders during their critical first five years.
Prairie Public’s Main Street Podcast