Wooing Companies to Move: Are Business Incentives Worth the Cost? February 8, 2021 Economic development incentives aimed at attracting companies to a region have been a defining feature of many regional economic growth strategies. Are they worth it?
Student Loans and Entrepreneurship: An Overview July 22, 2020 The relationship between student loan debt and entrepreneurship sits at the intersection of many questions related to labor markets, higher education, business dynamism, innovation, and capital markets. This brief considers these intersections.
Mentoring in Entrepreneurship Support: Some Basics June 2, 2020 Mentoring is offered as a feature to support entrepreneurs in a variety of entrepreneurship support programs, including incubators, accelerators, small business chambers, and entrepreneurship education initiatives. Mentoring is a popular entrepreneurship support intervention, and it can be offered either as a main focus or as one of several features in a package of offerings.
How Quickly do New Employer Businesses Hire? March 20, 2020 Entrepreneurship is often heralded as important to the economy because of its job creation effects. These jobs come from new employer businesses, a small but important subset of entrepreneurial activity in the United States.
Measuring Accelerator Performance January 29, 2020 Understanding the performance of accelerators is important to a wide range of individuals and organizations: participating startups, accelerator managers and staff, investors, partners, donors, funders, and policymakers.
Accelerators: The Basics January 29, 2020 Accelerators are entrepreneurship support programs primarily aimed at helping participating startups scale-up and access early customers.