2024 Report: Rising from the Reset: Unlocking America's Full Entrepreneurial Potential
In July 2023, Nevada was the first state to enact the Right to Start Act and create an Office of Entrepreneurship. (p. 8)
Rise of the Rest
SEC: Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2024
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)
US SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation
How Bipartisan Support for Entrepreneurship Can Unite Divided Voters
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.
Inc. Magazine
Job Creation through Real Estate Development: Which Projects Generate the Most Jobs?
Right to Start Ambassador Jeannette Collins sees a lot of growth potential as a technology epicenter.
NWALook
New coalition seeks to reducing barriers for entrepreneurs in Indiana
The Indiana Business Journal covers the launch of Right to Start’s Indiana Starters Coalition.
Indiana Business Journal
Chamber Joins Indiana Starters Coalition as Steering Committee Member
The Indiana Chamber accepted an invitation earlier this month to join the Indiana Starters Coalition, taking a leadership role.
Indiana Chamber
Updates and comments on Tuesday's Organization Day at the Indiana Statehouse
ITIA’s 2025 policy priorities include: advancing Right to Start policies, including bolstering the Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship to prioritize and align support resources for entrepreneurs across state government and encourage more new business creation.
The Statehouse File
Securing funds for venture capital a top priority for Indiana tech lobby
ITIA seeks to pass a Right to Start Act, which is entrepreneurship-friendly legislation crafted by the namesake nonprofit. Republican Rep. Jake Teshka of North Liberty introduced legislation last session that died in committee.
Indianapolis Business Journal
Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosts 2024 Global Entrepreneurship Week events
This year’s State of the Union, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 at the Carlsen Center, will feature a fireside chat with Tara Lynn Gray, director of the California Office of Small Business Advocate and Right to Start founder Victor Hwang on how to remove policy barriers for startups.
Sacramento State University
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
From Boulder to the World
Video: From Boulder to World – A Discussion with Techstars Founder David Cohen and Victor Hwang at Denver Startup Week 2024
Denver Startup Week
Indiana Starters Coalition launches to promote entrepreneurship and economic growth
Dubbed the Indiana Starters Coalition, this effort seeks to position entrepreneurship as a civic priority and drive economic growth within the state.
WISH-TV
New statewide coalition aims to advance entrepreneurship
“They are vital both to the evolution of the coalition and to ensuring that entrepreneurship is prioritized and facilitated everywhere throughout the state,” said Courtney Zaugg, Right to Start’s coalition manager for the eastern United States.
Inside Indiana Business
New statewide coalition aims to advance entrepreneurship
During an event at the 16 Tech Innovation District in downtown Indianapolis, Right to Start announced the Indiana Starters Coalition—comprised of eight founding member organizations from around the state—with the goal of finding ways to lower barriers to entrepreneurship.
Indianapolis Business Journal
NIIC Joins the Indiana Starters Coalition, a Statewide Initiative to Advance Entrepreneurship
The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC) has joined the newly launched Indiana Starters Coalition, a statewide initiative spearheaded by Right to Start.
Northeast Indiana Innovation Center
Indiana launches Starters Coalition - statewide entrepreneurship initiative
The Indiana Starters Coalition — a statewide entrepreneurship initiative — will launch at 16 Tech Innovation District in Indianapolis on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 11:30 a.m.
Vincennes (IN) Sun-Commercial
How Public Procurement Should Be Prizing Our Entrepreneurs
Right to Start’s Advisor Kim Folsom: “Too many contracts go to larger, more-established companies. But it’s younger, smaller businesses that often are better at leveraging new technologies and efficiencies.”
Governing
How Entrepreneurship is Thriving Across the U.S.: Insights from a coast-to-coast road trip to investigate the state of American entrepreneurship
Insights from Right to Start Founder and CEO Victor Hwang’s coast-to-coast road trip to investigate the state of American entrepreneurship.
Inc. Magazine