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Thank you for that kind introduction. I am glad to be back in Atlanta, and I am delighted to be at the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's (GHCC) 2013 Annual Awards Gala. Before I begin my remarks, let me issue the standard disclaimer that the ...

At the same time that the nation's unemployment rate was falling in 2012, entrepreneurial activity was slowing. According to the Kauffman Foundation's annual Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, an average of 300 per 100,000 Americans started a ...

Entrepreneurs create jobs and economic prosperity. The U.S. is prime historical evidence of this, as well as arguably the most innovative country in the world. But it does not have as many entrepreneurs as it could use. Initiatives to create more ...

Darryl Hurt has two words to describe his first business venture. "Frustrating and tedious" refer to the thicket of state and local regulations he had to plow through and the fees he must pay to open a 6,200-square-foot restaurant called DDogs at ...

"New York City has a lot of resources, and since small businesses drive the economic engine, they tend to offer a lot of help. If the taxes were lower, it would be much better." Fitness consultant, Manhattan Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the ...

A new report by the Kauffman Foundation underscores a simmering snobbery in the startup community: no matter which way you spin it, not all new companies are created equal. "People who use entrepreneurship as a catch-all phase to capture a single ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Early-stage business owners' confidence is climbing, according to the first-quarter 2013 Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index, released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom.

| 12:36pm EDT Entrepreneurs around the country seem to have a lot of pep in their step. A full 84 percent of early-stage business owners are either confident or very confident in their company's prospects for profitability in the next 12 months, ...

As summer approaches, college seniors and graduate students alike are in a frenzy to firm up post-graduation plans. Most often, these include job offers, internships, further study, travel or returning home but its becoming increasingly common for ...