Young food entrepreneurs are changing the face of rural America

A few important dynamics are making it easier for young people to launch businesses in rural towns – especially food businesses.

Dawn Thilmany, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Colorado State University • conversation
May 22, 2025 ~7 min

How refugee entrepreneurs are supplying sustainable energy to the camps they live in

Refugees have launched shops, mobile phone charging stations – even cinemas.

Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen, Research Advisor on Humanitarian Energy, University of Oxford • conversation
Feb. 19, 2025 ~7 min


To be a great innovator, learn to embrace and thrive in uncertainty

Many great innovators have personality traits in common. Comfort with uncertainty is critical, but passion, curiosity and a number of other learnable skills can prime you for an innovate idea.

Todd Saxton, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Indiana University • conversation
Sept. 15, 2020 ~8 min

When states pass social liberalization laws, they create regional advantages for innovation

Inventors in states with more socially liberal laws on the books end up with more diverse collaborators – and more higher-impact patents.

Laurina Zhang, Assistant Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Boston University • conversation
July 9, 2020 ~8 min

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