This brief presents national and state trends for the speed at which new businesses become employers by converting the 2018 New Employer Business Report‘s new employer business velocity indicator from quarters to days.

More than 300 readers shared details about their personal journey, and who (if anyone) has helped them along the way.

We asked our readers to respond to the American ideal that anyone can pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Here’s what they had to say.

Doing the work to build self-awareness and deep relationships in order to sustain diversity, equity, and inclusion not as an “initiative” but as the fundamental “how” of our work.

Dr. Christopher Emdin calls on educators of color to examine their essential role to impact the lives of students of color who are challenged to succeed in an education system not meant for them.

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.

Our mission remains as we find our way through this challenging time.

Opportunity America conducted a series of roundtables and a survey of immigrant entrepreneurs, seeking to understand the extraordinary entrepreneurial energy many newcomers bring to the U.S. and how the barriers they face are different from those confronting native-born founders.

Dr. Chhaya Kolavalli is a senior research science officer for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where she facilitates operationalizing research-related initiatives and knowledge generation that amplifies the Foundation’s thought leadership and community impact by emphasizing evidence-based, actionable, and practical research that can inform policy and programmatic strategies for the Foundation and the communities it serves. […]

The Risk Optimistic explores the value of risk, the opportunity of risk, and the belief that taking a chance is worth it.