All Hail the Entrepreneur. Big-and-old companies remain important. But in a global marketplace, start-ups are our best weapon.

Entrepreneurship is transforming America—not just for a few, but for all of us and for the better. Consider: Today roughly 45 million Americans, about 30 percent of the labor force, run their own businesses. Sometime during their careers, well over half of university graduates will start a business.

by Carl J. Schramm
Newsweek

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