Entrepreneurship

Imagine if Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos had been required to obtain fifteen permits, pay multiple unrelated fees, and navigate unreliable public services before

American Originals American Originals will trace the stories of those who charted their own paths, overcame barriers and achieved a better life for themselves and those around them by embracing personal responsibility, hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit. The American Dream has been caricatured as wealth accumulation and material success like owning a house or buying a car. This has done a great disservice to the American ethos and American culture. The essence of the dream is earned success, achievement, recognizing opportunity and includes an appreciation for the role of entrepreneurship and the contributions that entrepreneurs have made to society. By highlighting these success stories, we hope to demonstrate the value that these leaders have created and inspire others to follow in their footsteps. The American Dream and being an American Original is all about ordinary people achieving extraordinary things. As Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Leonard Hershiser once said: “Great things can happen to ordinary people who are willing to work hard and never give up.”

The show which premiered in the U.S. in 2009, has broadcast the stress of the Great Recession, the allure of Silicon Valley, the upheaval of the Covid pandemic and now, whatever this economy is.

Engineering is an important tool for society, but we need to recognize its limits. Societal success cannot be achieved solely by experts in optimization.

Entrepreneurship curriculum guide for middle and high school teachers.

Is the economy a zero-sum game? When the rich get richer, does that come at the expense of everyone else? Much political discourse is predicated on this idea. The common term “wealth distribution,” for example, invokes the idea that there is a fixed quantity of money that policymakers must decide how to divvy up.

The entrepreneur is the intermediary who combines inputs to satisfy consumers, takes risks, and creates new and improved goods and processes. Adam Smith, Jean Baptiste Say, and others have explaine…

Explore our interactive map tracking the latest data on the surge in entrepreneurship in each state and county across the country.

Two angel investors and founders share wisdom from some of the biggest names in startup success.

It’s a continuation of pandemic trends, but tough times may lie ahead.

How much money is in a brand? And which brands have risen and fallen? This animation tracks the most valuable brands over 20+ years

Billionaire Mark Cuban says he followed four rules to get rich, and that anyone can use the same blueprint to make their own money and become a millionaire.

Advancing economic empowerment for everyone. We're approaching this problem with an array of unique initiatives, powerful tools, programs, and partnerships.

Celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit in schools and equip students with financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills they can use to win the game of life with standards-aligned resources for grades 6–12. Discover Venture Valley empowers middle and high school students to embrace everyday business skills and become the boss of their own brand using the financial and business basics explored in the Venture Valley game.

Do you have what it takes to succeed in business? Are you ready to put your brilliant ideas and management skills to the test? Welcome to Start It Up, where you get to launch and run your own fictional venture - and see how well you would fare in the stressful and exciting world of entrepreneurship.

Namelix uses artificial intelligence to create a short, brandable business name. Search for domain availability, and instantly generate a logo for your new business

iNSPIRE lesson plans and presentations for grades 6-12 to accompany the "This is Capitalism" video series in partnership with Economics Arkansas, James Wilcox (Southern Miss.) and Stephens Inc. Available for previewing and downloading at no charge.

“So it looks like Unicorn founders aren’t actually mainly dropouts like y’all said”

Supply chain carnage creates opportunities for companies willing to take a chance on random goods, from cheese to used cars—and maybe even pumpkin seeds.

The Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council recently released a new analysis estimating that it will take more than three centuries to achieve economic parity in minority communities based on the current growth rate of the nation's minority entrepreneurs. Simply put, we must do better. And…

The surprising startup boom that took root in the U.S. last year shows little sign of having slowed, and, in fact, looks to be one factor in the nation's high turnover rate in jobs.Several weeks after the pandemic hit in March 2020, economists spotted an uptick in the number of people filing…

As one of the main public exchanges for U.S. corporations, the New York Stock Exchange is generally associated with some of the largest companies in the world. The exchange serves as the main trading market for about 2,200 companies totaling about $30 trillion in market capitalization. As such, it…

Other than vaccines, masks and protective PPE, has there been a better product to help fight one of the scourges of COVID-19 than the Receptor?The Receptor?That's what Mike Janas and Missie Nordrum call the patent-pending drop box made by their startup company, China Township-based Drop Box…

Jeff Bezos is retiring, and will go down as one of the great CEO’s in tech history, in part because of how he transformed Amazon into a tech company in every respect.

Benefitting from embedded digital media content, this walk-through the museum brings Walt’s inspirational message to life. Classes learn about his early failures, the art of animation, storytelling principles, and the technological innovations that made classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) possible.