In the last few years, the Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED) has launched two initiatives to identify specific roadblocks that prevent local entrepreneurs from growing companies in the local ...
A new study takes a fresh look at the relationship between entrepreneurship and development. The report entitled “Leveraging Entrepreneurial Ambition and Innovation: A Global Perspective on Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and ...
A new report that was delivered to the Chancellor of the U.K. in November identified something important. It found that a small group of rapidly expanding ‘scaleup’ companies ...
A group of Mexican entrepreneurs have created an innovative organization for supporting startups in coordination with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (TEC). ENLACE E+E was ...
Only a few enterprises growth quickly enough to make a significant contribution to job creation. Fortunately, policymakers are beginning to pay attention to the unique needs of these elite companies. ...
Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book, Outliers, asserts that chronological age can significantly influence entrepreneurs. Gladwell explains that when the microprocessor was introduced in the 1970s, only computer engineers a few years ...
Leaders of entrepreneurship organizations from around the world have come together to create an international declaration on the importance of scaleup companies. These leaders include representatives from Endeavor, ...
Our team has identified three recently published studies that use data from across the world to answer interesting policy questions. A summary of each paper is below. How Can Youth Entrepreneurship ...
Many policymakers believe that encouraging more people to start businesses will revitalize the economy and increase job creation. An article in Small Business Economics suggest that this is wrong. The article argues that offering loans, ...
Editor’s note: The research in the post was recently featured in an article on TechCrunch that can be accessed here. Silicon Valley’s history offers an important example to other cities ...
Katie says: But is the goal of Startup Chile really to transform the country into a "hub f...
