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Ranking the World's Top Startup Ecosystems

There is a reason why much of the world looks to the U.S. to replicate its success in promoting startup ecosystems and entrepreneurial growth—and it isn’t just Silicon Valley. To be fair though, Silicon Valley is at the top of the list.

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Posted by: Mark Marich

on November 26, 2012

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Category:  Global 

Entrepreneurs As a Solution to Policy Challenges

In the past few months, we have highlighted through articles and factsheets how public policy can make the path easier for entrepreneurship and innovation. With the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship, we hope to emphasize not only how policies can foster entrepreneurs, but also how entrepreneurship can directly be part of... [More]

Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans

on September 07, 2009

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Category:  Capitol Hill  Education  Energy  Environment  General  Global  Health Care  Immigration  Intellectual Property  Liability Litigation  Physical Infrastructure  Red Tape  Tax Code  Technology Transfer  Workforce 

Chicago: A Systems Approach to K-12 STEM Education

On Thursday, June 30, the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Research and Science Education Subcommittee held a hearing to examine how the private, public, and nonprofit sectors in an urban K-12 system can work together to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education... [More]

Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans

on August 05, 2009

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Category:  Capitol Hill  Education 

Exploring Women's Participation in STEM Education

In a hearing last week, the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Research and Science Education Subcommittee examined current research findings, best practices, and the role of federal agencies in increasing the interest of girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in primary and... [More]

Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans

on July 27, 2009

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Category:  Capitol Hill 

Reality Check: Scarce Talent

The $787 billion economic stimulus package includes largeinvestments in innovation in areas such as energy, health IT, andbroadband. Developing these new technologies will be scientists andengineers, but here’s a reality check: we don’t have enough of them.Although increasing the number of U.S. scientists and engineers... [More]

Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans

on March 30, 2009

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Category:  Global  Immigration  Workforce 

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