Local: New Entrepreneur Advocacy Group Marries Heavy Hitters with Grassroots Activism
New Entrepreneur Advocacy Group Marries Heavy Hitters with Grassroots Activism
Daily Record Coverage
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.
Local: A Small-Business Agenda for New York’s Next Mayor
A Small-Business Agenda for New York’s Next Mayor
The Manhattan Institute Quote
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.
Local: CEO Victor Hwang offers his take on how entrepreneurship will fare post-pandemic.
CEO Victor Hwang offers his take on how entrepreneurship will fare post-pandemic
The 21 Hats Morning Report Mention
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.
Local: Q&A with Andrew Yang: How small business can restart the US economy
Q&A with Andrew Yang: How small business can restart the US economy
Startland News Interview
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.
Local: Minority businesses: Wounded by COVID, but key to inclusive revival
Minority businesses: Wounded by COVID, but key to inclusive revival
The Connecticut Mirror Quote
Victor Hwang, Founder/ CEO of Right to Start is quoted in an article about the struggle of small minority-owned businesses during the pandemic.
Local: How Entrepreneurs Can Rescue the American Economy
How Entrepreneurs Can Rescue the American Economy
Arizona State University Talk
Presented by The J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University, join Victor Hwang, founder and author, in a discussion about how to empower entrepreneurial opportunity for everyone.
Local: How Mayors Support Startup Economies
How Mayors Support Startup Economies
Startup Week Chattanooga 2020 Featured Event
This panel was organized & sponsored by Startup Champs, a prelaunch consultancy aiding high-net-worth to Fortune 1000 clients worldwide develop customized, data-driven strategies for accelerating pre-orders before launching new companies.
Local: Becoming an Ally
Becoming an Ally
Kansas City Business Journal Coverage
Those who know share how KC can better connect with and support minority entrepreneurs. Minority owners say they often feel left out of Kansas City's vaunted small business support system. Here's how that can change.
Local: Victor Hwang's Right to Start wants to foster national entrepreneurial movement
Victor Hwang's Right to Start wants to foster national entrepreneurial movement
Kansas City Business Journal Coverage
Victor Hwang talks about his new nonprofit and how it plans to foster entrepreneurship nationwide.
Local: We Are All Starters
We Are All Starters
Washington State University’s Fuse Excerpt
Washington University's FUSE publishes an excerpt of the Right to Start Manifesto, highlighting Victor Hwang CEO and Founder of Right to Start.
Local: The virus and the city: Now is a great time to start a business
The virus and the city: now is a great time to start a business
The Philadelphia Citizen Column
A federal self-employment fund used by five states—but shut down by Pennsylvania—can help would-be entrepreneurs make a go of it. How about it, Congress?
Entrepreneurship and the Next CARES Act
Entrepreneurship and the Next CARES Act
The New Localism Column
Our unemployment system is still based on an industrial-era model, where society looks to established companies to create needed jobs. We should use unemployment insurance to encourage entrepreneurship.