Business owner: Savannah needs to do more to foster entrepreneurship
Right to Start Advocate Kewaan Drayton: Savannah has extraordinary potential when it comes to entrepreneurship, but its global ranking for entrepreneurship has dropped significantly. It’s time to maximize that potential, as young businesses nationally create most job growth.
Savannah Morning News
Economic development chief leads discussion on concerns of Elko business leaders
Today, the Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) met with local business owners in Elko, Nevada. Four key issues facing businesss owners were highlighted.
Elko (NV) Daily Free Press
Viewpoint: Free markets drive Indiana’s tech economy, not government intervention
An op-ed by State Rep. Jake Teshka, in which he writes about authoring legislation in 2024 thatsupports the Right to Start national framework.
South Bend (IN) Tribune
DC Weekly Roundup
Join Technical.ly on Jan. 22 for the launch of our new podcast, featuring cohosts Victor Hwang of Right to Start and others.
Technical.ly
Pursuing MLK’s dream of empowering Black entrepreneurs
Right to Start Advocate Johnnie Turnage: "I have a dream that in Michigan, entrepreneurship will be regarded as a civil right, where every individual can start a business and chart a course to success. That’s why I’ve become an Advocate for Right to Start."
Bridge Detroit
What’s Driving Entrepreneurs This Presidential Election
Here are the four main issues on the minds of small-business owners as election day approaches.
Inc. Magazine
Advancing the Culture of Entrepreneurship in West Virginia
Right to Start Advocate Ariana Shives: "Entrepreneurs are simply problem-solvers. They see something missing from the landscape – whether it’s a new store or a new application of technology – and they set out to fix it."
West Virginia BusinessLink
AI Funding Booms, Everything Else Swoons. A Look at the State of Entrepreneurship
There's no stopping startups, but they continue to face headwinds and fundraising difficulties. And the upcoming election could throw everything into flux.
Inc. Magazine
Peart Appointed Office of Entrepreneurship Director
Kyeema Peart has been appointed as the Director of the Office of Entrepreneurship in the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED).
#GEC2023 Day 3: Research, Reform, Bad Ideas, And Conflict
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.
Inc. Magazine
Kansas City Replaces Interstate Rivalry With Collaboration to Help Entrepreneurs
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.
Inc. Magazine
Curbing the SBA, Taking on China, and Other Small-Business Policies GOP Candidates Are Eyeing
Four GOP candidates for president laid out some of their small-business objectives. Not everything discussed is exactly small-business friendly.
Inc. Magazine
Nevada first state to sign ‘Right to Start’ efforts embracing entrepreneurism
When Governor Joe Lombardo signed AB77, Nevada made history by becoming the first state in the nation to sign ‘Right to Start’ legislation.
Nevada Government’s Office of Economic Development (GOED)
Is Entrepreneurship A Human Right? This Longtime Champion Believes It Should Be.
Victor Hwang, a former vice president at the Kauffman Foundation, launched the nonprofit Right to Start in January 2020 to achieve a lofty mission: He wants to make the freedom and ability to pursue one’s entrepreneurial dreams a basic human right, up alongside the rights to speak and worship freely.
New Builders Dispatch
Supporting the Right to Start
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.
Startup Champions Network
Leveling the Playing Field with Right to Start
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.
Founded Connect
Emerging Now: The Legislative Reform Movement for Entrepreneurs
It's time that entrepreneurs and small-business owners had advocates in government who appreciate the crucial role that new companies play in our society.
Inc. Magazine
Business Friendly Cities: How Modern One-Stop Shops Foster Business Success
When we survey local governments, there is near consensus: It is not easy for entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses. 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.
National League of Cities
North Carolina bill aims to get main street startups tax deferrals
A new bill introduced in the North Carolina Senate is intended to make it easier to start new businesses in the state.
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Arkansas should make entrepreneurship for women a priority
According to research from Boston Consulting Group, the global economy could experience up to a $5 trillion boost if female entrepreneurs received as much funding as male entrepreneurs. So begins the section on entrepreneurship in the “Report of the 2022 Arkansas Women’s Commission: Analyzing the Role of Arkansas Women in the Labor Market and Economy
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