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. Since 2021, the group’s support, […]
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More Americans Are Embracing Entrepreneurship
Evidence continues to build that Americans are re-embracing the idea of entrepreneurship as a career, path to wealth and a way to rebuild communities. New data on young people’s attitudes toward entrepreneurship, voters’ support for the issue and a changing legislative landscape – entrepreneurship is one of the few issues that appears to have bipartisan […]
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Editor’s Note: Why A Worker Is No Longer A Worker
The recent tempest in a coffee mug over Dolly Parton’s celebration of the gig economy revealed a problem with the English language today: A worker is no longer a worker. Today, nearly 60 million people are entrepreneurial in some way. The vast majority inhabit the frontlines of the economy. They are freelancers or the late-night business starters […]
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The Small End Of The Economy Has Been Struggling For Decades. 2021 May Be The Year Everything Changes.
In 2021, the nearly 60 million Americans who are entrepreneurial in some way might have an easier time starting and financing businesses, if a groundswell of support for entrepreneurs in Washington, D.C., and statehouses turns into action. The formal startup rate in the United States has been declining for 40 years, even as an increasing […]
