Thomas Edison protected his bright ideas — all 1,093 of them
Patents protect the ideas and work of inventors and are part of a broad category of legal protection known as intellectual property rights.
2019 is your time: Apply to be a Mandela Washington Fellow
Hundreds of young professionals from across Africa will spend a summer in the U.S. as Mandela Washington Fellows, learning how to lead. Will you be one?
Nairobi to host entrepreneurship summit — a first for sub-Saharan Africa
On Monday, March 30, White House officials announced that Nairobi, Kenya, will host the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit. This will be the first summit held...
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit needs you
Attention, entrepreneurs and investors! Applications for the July 25–26 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya are due May 18. Read on to find out more.
Starting a business is all about making connections
Networking, or leveraging your professional and personal connections, can help you launch and grow a business, says Ivan Misner of BNI.
America’s most successful entrepreneurs aren’t all from America
Googol. It means the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. It also inspired the name of a certain search engine you may know: Google....
‘Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have...
Steve Jobs' speech at Stanford University's graduation ceremony in 2005 continues to motivate entrepreneurs around the world.
Q&A on the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
Find out more about the exciting YLAI program to help young leaders in the Western Hemisphere build brighter futures for themselves and their communities.
Want to succeed? It’s all about the way you think.
Colleges across the U.S. teach an entrepreneurial mindset, which helps not just business-minded students, but those in every field of study.