Entrepreneurship

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation publishes content on entrepreneurship and related issues. Find and access current and archived items in our database. 

Brief: Everything Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Income Share Agreements

Center for Education and Workforce
January 19, 2022
Asian Male Small Business Owner
If you’ve heard of an ISA, chances are, it was related to education. ISAs have been popular in the education space for about a decade, helping would-be students pay for programs, degrees, certifications, or bootcamps. However, ISAs have applicability well beyond learning. They’re an incredibly powerful tool that lets people use their future potential as collateral for capital.
Will Stringer
Economic Empowerment
Education
Entrepreneurship

Black-Owned Boutique Pivots in Creative Ways During COVID-19 Pandemic

Corporate Citizenship Center
March 30, 2021
CBBB Grantee Interview-Virginia Sharp
The U.S. Chamber Foundation conducted a series of interviews featuring Coalition to Back Black Businesses (CBBB) grantees and their stories. We heard from Black small business owners on how the CBBB grant helped them, the impact of the pandemic on small businesses, and what Black business owners need during this challenging time.
Sara Napolitano Matz
Economic Empowerment
Economic Growth
Entrepreneurship

5 Business Owners on Why They are Hopeful About the Future of Black-Owned Small Businesses

General Foundation
February 24, 2021
CBBB grantee

The U.S. Chamber Foundation conducted a series of interviews featuring Coalition to Back Black Businesses (CBBB) grantees and their stories. We heard from Black small business owners on how the CBBB grant helped them, the impact of the pandemic on small businesses, and what Black business owners need during this challenging time.

Sara Napolitano Matz
Economic Empowerment
Economic Growth
Entrepreneurship

Global Entrepreneurship Week I Corporate Incubation: Building Bridges Between Corporations & Startups

This virtual event, an official GEW activity and featured special session in "Business Solves", spotlights private sector leaders behind renown corporate-led accelerators, innovation outposts, and ventures and rising founders to better understand corporate innovation programs, the realities of corporate-startup partnerships before, during, and after incubation, and engagement strategies for large companies.

Symba Wins First Digital Empowers ‘Pitch for Purpose’ Competition

Corporate Citizenship Center
October 7, 2020

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) have announced the winner for the inaugural Pitch for Purpose competition. Held in conjunction with the 3rd annual Digital Empowers Summit, the competition featured six mission-driven founders whose startups are leveraging technology to address social and environmental challenges – from eliminating food insecurity to providing a crowdfunding platform for Black entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship
Innovation

Twitter Chat: Defining Tech for Good in the COVID-19 Era: Crowdsourced Collaboration

Join Digital Empowers and ITIF LIVE on Twitter to discuss how open data, crowdsourcing, interoperable platforms, and their guiding principles of transparency and cooperation have shaped the global COVID-19 response and will affect how we live, work, and play for years to come. Follow along at @USCCFBiz4Good and use #COVIDTechChat participate in this conversation.

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