startup america

Blog Post

by guest blogger: Scott Case
January 31st marked the two-year anniversary of the Startup America Partnership. And, today, nearly 50 leaders from the 30 Startup Regions will be in Washington to celebrate their success, strategize about challenges, and converse with our partners...
by Jean Case
Since launching the Be Fearless campaign at the Case Foundation earlier this year, I’ve had the true privilege of sharing the Be Fearless principles with audiences across the nation. The five principles that comprise Be Fearless were born out of...
by Jean Case
In our journey to Be Fearless and champion a fearless approach to tackling social challenges, the Case Foundation team will spotlight leading changemakers across sectors that have embraced fearlessness. Our spotlights will provide personal accounts...
by Jean Case
Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation, is currently joining Startup America Partnership board member Pamela Contag and Dell’s Entrepreneur in Residence Ingrid Vanderveldt in Nashville for a full day of programming focused on female entrepreneurs and...
by WhiteHouse.gov
Startup America will help entrepreneurs get loans, cut through red tape, speed up innovation, and get their businesses off the ground faster.  
by Michael Smith
Innovation and Entrepreneurship took the national stage this week as President Obama convened his private sector jobs council and as Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke assembled his Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council. Steve Case was front and...
by Startup America Partnership
This post was originally published on the Startup America Partnership blog. Talk about a good “pre-work” first day. Though he hasn’t officially started yet as CEO, Scott Case got an early taste of what the job will entail this week at DEMO’s Spring...
by Steve Case
America's story has been forged in large part by entrepreneurs who have, against great odds, created innovative products and services that have changed the world - and created millions of jobs.  Today, as the Internet and new social...
by Emily Yu
What do you do when you have a surefire idea, one that you know will be successful? For some, the next step might be starting an organization or supporting someone else's efforts to turn that idea into a reality. But then what? Do you keep the...
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
This is part of a special series on “accidental entrepreneurs” that showcases inspiring stories and learnings of determination and innovation in business across sectors. One of the first stumbling blocks that halt or stall great entrepreneurial (...
by Emily Yu
This is part of a special series on “accidental entrepreneurs” that showcases inspiring stories and learnings of determination and innovation in business across sectors. “Water changes everything.” – Scott Harrison, charity: water Founder and...
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
This is part of a special series on “accidental entrepreneurs” that showcases inspiring stories and learnings of determination and innovation in business across sectors. Melissa Kushner, Founder of GoodsforGood's story is such a great example of...
by Michael Smith
Whether it’s social innovation or the innovation economy, most folks agree that the key in igniting transformative breakthrough must be innovation and the innovators behind them. That’s the idea at the heart of the Obama Administration’s newly...
by Stephen Goldsmith
Guest blogger Stephen Goldsmith is former mayor of Indianapolis, chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service under presidents Bush and Obama, and Daniel Paul Professor of Government at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is...
by Sokunthea Sa Chhabra
At the Case Foundation, we truly believe in the value and power of micro-philanthropy - that engaging individuals and finding ways to make giving an easy and seamless part of your everyday activities will deepen civic participation and effect...

Video

by Case Foundation
  The Case Foundation interviews Scott Case, CEO of Startup America Partnership, about Fearlessness in this special series called "Fearless Focus." #befearless Learn more at www.CaseFoundation.org/befearless.
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America Online Co-Founder Steve Case and Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, Chairman of Sparta Group, LLC discuss their early days as entrepreneurs, their insights on the companies of the future and more with UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp.
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Shervin Pishevar, a tech entrepreneur and founder and CEO of SGN, one of the world's leading social and mobile gaming companies, shares with the Startup America Partnership his Startup Story about getting his first major investor.
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The why of the non-profit that began when a beggar child made a simple request of accidental entrepreneur Adam Braun: a pencil.
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Founding boardmember and chair of the Startup America Partnership, Steve Case, introduces the initiative and calls on the country to share its ideas about how to start up America.
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Clothing designer and entrepreneur Marc Ecko of Ecko Unlimited talks about the early days of painting t-shirts in his garage and how those moments shaped his vision for his success.
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AOL co-founder and Startup America Partnership Chairman Steve Case tells about his early days at AOL and how he came to build his vision of an interactive world.
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Steve Case discusses the National Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, discussing the importance of entrepreneurship, the opportunities he sees for NACIE to do good and how you can get involved.