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National Entrepreneurship Week is the third week of February. Launched in 2006, this initiative celebrates the contributions of entrepreneurs, encourages innovation, and promotes awareness of entrepreneurship as a career option.

A full-time job with one employer has been considered the norm for decades, but increasingly, this fails to capture how a large share of the workforce makes a living. A narrow focus only on traditional jobs ignores tens of millions who put...

Examines research on business ownership and its connection to wealth creation for minority populations, and identifies strategies for funders seeking to improve access to effective business ownership among those populations.

Does military service impart unique training or acculturation that makes veterans more likely to become entrepreneurs and self-employed? "The authors investigate whether military service has a statistically significant impact on veteran...

Business Formation Statistics (BFS) are a standard data product of the U.S. Census Bureau developed at the Center for Economic Studies in research collaboration with economists affiliated with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,...

Armed with valuable economic, demographic and labor market information, you can strengthen partnerships with economic development entities and target your regional investments in areas that will increase your community's prosperity. Two Different...

One method of supporting community growth is pursing partner initiatives and coalition projects that focus on key, vital industry sectors in the local economy. 

The National Governors Association's (NGA) Economic Development and Revitalization Task Force has jurisdiction over a broad range of issues in the areas of transportation infrastructure, telecommunications, international trade promotion, financial...