Sep 28 After the recession, entrepreneurs are on the rebound, study says By Laura Santhanam Men still vastly outnumber women 10-to-1 across industrialized nations, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 6:53 Helping student inventors turn big ideas into the next big thing By PBS News Hour It’s back-to-school season, but these students have taken their brainstorming outside the classroom to solve pressing, real-life problems. Visit a competition where teams of student inventors pitch their entrepreneurial ideas to guests posing as investors, who vote on the best… Continue watching
Jun 28 The business class where high school students are running the company By Vic Pasquantonio A 20-year-old entrepreneur credits a high school business class with giving him the skills and drive to start his own company. Continue reading
Jun 06 Did a Norwegian law inadvertently cut innovation in universities? By Making Sen$e Editor When Norway changed its laws to give universities a major share of the profits from their professors' patents and startups, the rate of innovation was halved. Continue reading
Jul 01 Obama visit to father’s birthplace is all about the business By Larisa Epatko Although much attention will be given to President Barack Obama's familial connection to Kenya, the president's fourth trip to Africa is actually geared toward something else. Continue reading
Aug 18 To save the economy, teach grandma to code By Vivek Wadhwa Older companies stuck in their ways may be a drag on the economy, but older people are an asset to innovation, says entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Sunday, February 9, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight’s program, Iran produces new information about its nuclear program. Later, in our signature segment, a look a how high-tech entrepreneurs are creating a startup culture in India. And, what growing income inequality means for middle class-serving businesses in… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Entrepreneur aims to connect millions of Indians with better jobs By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 20 ‘The Entrepreneurial State’: Apple Didn’t Build Your iPhone; Your Taxes Did Government support for research and development is responsible for much of the innovation that drives GDP, argues Mariana Mazzucato. Photo courtesy of Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Images. As the deadline for raising the government debt limit fast approaches, and wrangling… Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Artists Learn Art of Business to Brave Tough Economic Times In the classical performing arts, more and more artists -- ever more highly skilled -- compete for fewer and fewer jobs, ever more poorly paid. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how artists are learning to fine-tune their entrepreneurial skills… Continue watching