Your State Needs an Office of Entrepreneurship
These offices can do a lot to eliminate governmental red tape and remove other barriers to our engines of job creation and economic growth.
Governing
GoDaddy Venture Forward 2024 Annual Report | U.S. Edition: Guest Perspectives From Microbusiness Advocates
ACCESSWIRE
Supporting small businesses and microbusinesses is increasingly a topic of public importance.
One issue cuts across all political lines: How it could be the antidote to a divided America
Startland News
One issue cuts across all political lines: How it could be the antidote to a divided America.
2024 Report: Rising from the Reset: Unlocking America's Full Entrepreneurial Potential
Rise of the Rest
In July 2023, Nevada was the first state to enact the Right to Start Act and create an Office of Entrepreneurship. (p. 8)
SEC: Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2024
US SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation
Small and Emerging Businesses and Exempt Offering Data: Small businesses are critical to our economy and country. 94% of Americans report that it’s important to have a fair opportunity to start and grow a business. (p. 4)
How Bipartisan Support for Entrepreneurship Can Unite Divided Voters
Inc. Magazine
The future of our nation depends on bipartisan policies that fuel our shared prosperity, even in the midst of political division. Entrepreneurship provides that opportunity.
Celebrating Five Years of the City Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program
Right to Start CEO Victor Hwang noted that small businesses — new, mid-aged, old — represent a majority of the net job growth in many communities, and that this concept is not always apparent to both voters and to city leaders.
National League of Cities
Venture Forward 2024 Annual Report
States are creating Offices of Entrepreneurship or designating a key official to lead entrepreneurship statewide, as advocated by Right to Start. (p. 4)
GoDaddy Venture Forward
Why Entrepreneurship is a Public Issue
Video: Whether you're a business owner, policymaker, or simply interested in seeing your community thrive, this conversation sheds light on how supporting entrepreneurs can lead to meaningful economic change.
Keystone Sessions
A Quiet Bipartisan Momentum Grows to Support Entrepreneurship
Even in these politically divided times, new polling shows strong bipartisan interest in helping founders start and grow companies.
Inc. Magazine
#GEC2023 Day 3: Research, Reform, Bad Ideas, And Conflict
#GEC2023 Day 3: Research, Reform, Bad Ideas, And Conflict
Inc. Article
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.
Kansas City Replaces Interstate Rivalry With Collaboration to Help Entrepreneurs
Kansas City Replaces Interstate Rivalry With Collaboration to Help Entrepreneurs
Inc. Article
Once they competed to lure businesses and jobs across state lines. Now Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, offer a new model for regional economic development.
Curbing the SBA, Taking on China, and Other Small-Business Policies GOP Candidates Are Eyeing
Curbing the SBA, Taking on China, and Other Small-Business Policies GOP Candidates Are Eyeing
Inc. Article
Four GOP candidates for president laid out some of their small-business objectives. Not everything discussed is exactly small-business friendly.
Supporting the Right to Start
Supporting the Right to Start
Startup Champions Network Feature
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.
Leveling the Playing Field with Right to Start
Leveling the Playing Field in Entrepreneurship wth Right to Start
Founded Connect Podcast Interview
Raleigh Founded's recent partner, Right to Start, is fighting for your right to pursue your dreams, build a business, earn a living. We dive into their efforts to unleash entrepreneurial opportunity for everyone.
Business Friendly Cities: How Modern One-Stop Shops Foster Business Success
Business Friendly Cities: How Modern One-Stop Shops Foster Business Success
National League of Cities Interview
When we survey local governments, there is near consensus: It is not easy for entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses.
Here is the hard truth. Entrepreneurs in your community are struggling through dozens of regulations, paying thousands of dollars in fees, and investing months of their time to do something we all want to accelerate — provide quality services, hire new employees, and pay local taxes.
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.
The FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements matches what voters want
The FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements matches what voters want
The Hill Article
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed on Jan. 5 to ban noncompete clauses, “which hurt workers and harm competition.
What’s Cooking? How Shared Kitchens Can Boost Local Entrepreneurship
What’s Cooking? How Shared Kitchens Can Boost Local Entrepreneurship
Governing Article
Food-related businesses are especially accessible for aspiring entrepreneurs, but there aren’t nearly enough shared-use food facilities.