The meltdown of the financial and political systems in the United States was the backdrop for a meeting of 250 enthusiastic believers in the power of entrepreneurship at Discovery World last week. More than half of the participants in the kickoff ceremony for BizStarts Milwaukee were entrepreneurs. About a dozen were the great entrepreneurs of the last generation, some of whom are still doing deals. The rest were the entrepreneurs of the 21st century.
any of them are relieved they have a large portion of their funds invested in local companies, where they have some control over outcomes.
Entrepreneurship and innovation: The keys to global economic recovery. There’s no time like a downturn to take advantage of entrepreneurial thinking. Innovation can — and often must — be disruptive
One of the best strategic bets for restoring economic vitality to the Milwaukee region, creating a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem, continues to gain momentum.
New business formation increased in 2008 but, in what may be a potential harbinger of the current economic recession, U.S. entrepreneurship rates increased for the lowest-income-potential and middle-income-potential types of businesses from 2007 to 2008; it decreased for the highest-income-potential types of businesses.