Victor Hwang on the Big Picture: Your Right to Start
By initiating round tables and cross-country road trips, Victor is meeting and teaching entrepreneurs across the nation how to work with their local governments to inform change.
Innovate Fort Worth
Made in America: Episode 1 of Season 5
Ohio, once a flyover state, is experiencing a resurgence of small businesses that are helping revive their state’s economy and put it on the path to redemption.
GoDaddy
Springdale hosts panel for new and diverse entrepreneurs
The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and is “targeted toward the new, diverse, and creative food & beverage entrepreneur or small business owner,” according to a news release.
Emerging U.S. Models to Foster Entrepreneurship Through Policy
Chief Government Affairs Officer Jason Grill presents at GEC+ Puerto Rico on emerging U.S. models to foster entrepreneurship through policy.
Global Economic Conference
Making the case for entrepreneurship in an election season
Right to Start’s Chief Operating Officer Kim Lane: “Now is the time to make clear to all candidates for office that entrepreneurship matters. Now is the time to underscore that Americans want the chance to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.”
Talk Business & Politics
Second State joins Right to Start initiative
It makes sense that the second state to join the relatively new movement was the Show-Me State. That occurred last week when Gov. Mike Parson signed the Right to Start Act (SB 894 and 825)
Teknovation.biz
Parson signs several bills into law Tuesday
SB 894 establishes the Right to Start Act in Missouri.
FOX23 NOW (Cape Girardeau, MO)
Missouri to Reduce Government Hoops for Business Startups, Create Office of Entrepreneurship
Missouri will soon be one of only four states with a program that is designed to reduce the government hoops that startup businesses are required to jump through.
MissouriNet
Missouri to create ‘Office of Entrepreneurship,’ prioritize access for emerging ventures
Newly signed legislation — part of a nationwide Right to Start initiative with roots in Kansas City — is expected to boost starters across Missouri, advocates said this week, and reflects broad public and bipartisan support for eliminating barriers for new entrepreneurs and overlooked business owners.
Startland News
Missouri Gov. Parson signed 9 bills into law on Tuesday
SB 894 establishes the Right to Start Act in Missouri.
KSPR-TV (Springfield, MO)
The Shift: What's new in NWA's entrepreneurship scene
Food tech and business development consulting company Cureate will hold a diverse entrepreneurship panel and breakfast at The Medium in Springdale on Saturday, June 29.
Axios NW Arkansas
Report: Oakland County has Largest Number of Microbusinesses in Michigan
Right to Start, a national nonprofit organization championing entrepreneurship as a civic priority, has unveiled new data on entrepreneurship in Michigan, providing a snapshot county by county.
DBusiness Magazine
Innovation and the Entrepreneurial Space
AB77 is aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and removing barriers for businesses. The Nevada legislature was the first in the union to pass such a Right to Start-inspired bill.
Nevada Business Magazine
Making Michigan a High-Growth, High-Wage State
“People across both parties [want entrepreneurs to succeed] … there are people that have seen how the system doesn’t work,” says Victor Hwang, Founder and CEO of Right to Start.
Detroit Regional Chamber
Michigan Lt. Governor discusses policy to help small business owners
Michigan’s Lieutenant Governor, Garlin Gilchrist III, opened a conversation during the Mackinac Policy Conference with Victor Hwang, Founder and CEO of Right to Start.
WZMQ-TV (Marquette, MI)
Tesla should have been a Michigan company. 3 ways to foster unicorn startups here.
Entrepreneur Dug Song: "The potential for business growth in Michigan is extraordinary, with our state’s abundance of talent and resources. Realizing that potential depends, however, on connecting business, education and philanthropic communities to prioritize inclusive innovation and opportunity across the state."
Detroit Free Press
Mackinac Policy Conference: 2024 Agenda
Michigan has lost its competitive advantage in building the next wave of high-growth and high-wage businesses. This session will explore the urgent need for equitable action and share potential policy solutions to position Michigan, once again, as the Innovation Hub of the Midwest and America’s Scale-up State.
Detroit Regional Chamber
DBusiness Daily Update: Arsenal of Democracy’ Lager to Launch Memorial Day Weekend, and More
The panel, “Making Michigan a High-Growth, High-Wage State,” features Michigan’s Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and Victor Hwang, founder and CEO of Right to Start. The session will be moderated by Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press editorial page editor.
DBusiness
Noncompete ban could boost startup growth, entrepreneurship advocates say
Jason Wiens, coalition director for Next Missouri, an entrepreneurship advocacy group, said the decision highlighted the drawbacks of noncompetes and brought added attention to the issue.
Missouri Business Alert
NWABJ Report for 5.5.24 with Jeannette Collins
A 10-minute podcast interview with Right to Start’s Heartland Coalition Manager Jeannette Balleza Collins.
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal