
The first-ever forum of its kind discussing key issues in entrepreneurship with presidential candidates.
Critical conversations on the future of entrepreneurship in America.
We asked presidential contenders important questions to help inform and educate the public.
What entrepreneurship means to the candidate and why it matters for America.
Each candidate’s accomplishments in supporting entrepreneurship.
How each candidate wants to support entrepreneurship in the future.
Specific and timely issues and current events that impact entrepreneurship.
Larry Elder
Larry Elder, a talk radio host, trained as a lawyer and founded in 1980 a law-related executive search firm, Laurence A. Elder and Associates, which he owned for 15 years.
Perry Johnson
Perry Johnson, an entrepreneur, has founded 80 companies worldwide.
Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson, former Governor of Arkansas, founded a radio station, then later a consulting firm (Hutchinson Group, LLC) in 2005 in Little Rock.
Francis Suarez
Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami, FL, champions the development of Miami’s tech economy through Venture Miami, which offers concierge-level support to entrepreneurs.
The forum on July 28, 2023 consisted of a series of 28-minute question-and-answer conversations – one for each candidate – with questions posed by Inc. magazine’s Editor-at-Large Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan and Right to Start’s Founder and CEO Victor W. Hwang.
Larry Elder
Perry Johnson
Asa Hutchinson
Francis Suarez
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