America21 introduces new ScaleUp Campaign
America21 has introduced a new ScaleUp Campaign in partnership with the Next Economy Partnership Project. Visit ScaleupCampaign.org and tell us about innovative efforts ongoing in your local region that create jobs and economic opportunity. We want to highlight innovators, collaborators, outside-the-box thinkers & doers in your local area. With your help, we can identify, connect and scaleup local efforts across America. Share this:... Read More
Mike Green gives keynote at Tabor 100 Gala in Seattle: Building An Inclusive Innovation Economy
Mike Green was invited by Ollie Garrett, the executive director of Tabor 100 in Seattle, to give the keynote address at its annual gala fundraiser. The elite of Seattle’s political landscape attended the sold-out venue at the Washington State Convention Center on Sept. 15, 2012. A standing ovation followed Mike’s 27-min speech. See Mike’s presentation below, which accompanied his speech. See Mike Green... Read More
America21 highlighted in Forbes by Nortech CEO
INCLUSION: The Missing Link in Economic Competitiveness By Rebecca O. Bagley President and CEO, Nortech Aug. 15, 2012 (See original column in Forbes) As I continue to engage with companies, universities, government leaders, investors and economic development practitioners in Ohio and across the country, I can’t help but notice the lack of diversity in high growth technology sectors. How can the U.S. reach its full potential as a global leader... Read More
Mike Green to deliver keynote at Tabor 100 Business Gala
On Sept. 15 the Titans of tech in the Pacific Northwest will participate in an annual gathering of minority and majority business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, educators and elected leaders who will assemble to support Tabor 100. The Washington State convention Center in Seattle is the venue for this incredible demonstration of collaborative support. Tabor 100 is an association of entrepreneurs and business advocates who are committed to economic... Read More
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Economist Agrees with America21
Joseph Stiglitz, the Pulizer Prize-winning economist and author of “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future,” agrees with America21 data and describes for Jon Stewart, host of the Daily Show, the economic landscape that underscores the message that America21 has consistently offered to the American public. Stiglitz says: “Inequality has become one of the major problems facing our country.” “We... Read More
Former NFL Player Sees Competitive Role for Black Press
INCLUDED BELOW ARTICLE: July 5, 2012 Ideastream interview with Johnathan Holifield on the “new economy” and the lack of significant minority participation. Interview based on PolicyBridge’s new report on the economy in Northeast Ohio, “Fusion of Inclusion.” * * * Former NFL Player Sees Competitive Role for Black Press Johnathan Holifield may no longer be taking hand-offs for the Cincinnati Bengals but this retired... Read More
Can collaboration cause catalytic economic change?
What are the possibilities of collaboration? What problems can be successfully addressed? What economic challenges can be overcome? What would happen if economically disconnected peoples in America collaborated (individuals, education institutions and businesses) to develop entrepreneurial infrastructures that served as a foundation upon which new ideas were cultivated and grown into success stories? Would you support... Read More
Best States for Entrepreneurs and Fastest Growing Industries
If you’re not an entrepreneur, you may not know how fast the pace of innovation is racing along in this century. But you have some idea, given the fact that we didn’t have Facebook, Twitter, Smartphones and a million Apps 10 years ago. If you tried to guess which industries are growing the fastest, would you pick the Internet and broadcasting No. 1? Probably. Check out the top 10 fastest growing industries and the best states for... Read More
What Black American Innovators need to produce jobs
What Black American Innovators Need to Produce Jobs By Mike Green April 29, 2012 Originally written for Dominion of New York. See full article here. Black Americans are no strangers to entrepreneurship. But sheer numbers of entrepreneurs do not translate into fast-growing companies that create jobs. Case and point: The Census Bureau Statistics data show a 60 percent spike in Black entrepreneurship between 2002 and 2007, equivalent to 1.9 million... Read More
Why aren’t Black media talking about JOBS?
By Mike Green April 7, 2012 President Obama signed into law the JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) on April 5, 2012. The historic law slightly alters the economic game across America that has long been tilted in favor of the wealthy. The new law opens the field of investing in high-growth startups and allows access for millions of Americans who do not meet the previous standard of $1M net worth and a minimum of $200K in new income — a standard... Read More
Congress approves of crowdfunding; do you?
On Nov. 3, 2011 Congress moved the economically disconnected sectors of society a bit closer to the American Entrepreneurial Dream of owning a business by expanding the landscape of angel investing, which is unfortunately still a foreign concept to the vast majority of Americans who are disconnected from knowledge of the job growth and wealth creation processes across the fruited plains. Paul Allen is a well known investor. He has written a very good... Read More
‘Gathering of Angels’ summit at Rutgers a success
There’s nothing like success to attract more success. The America21 Project produced three successful events in rapid succession preceding its unprecedented gathering of angels and entrepreneurs at Rutgers University in mid-November. Silicon Valley in California and Long Island, New York served as coast-to-coast bookends on Nov. 3 and 9 respectively — surrounding... Read More
PHOTOS: A21 screening of CNN’s Black in America 4 at University of Portland
(All photos by Mungai Media/Ticole Waller) The America21 Project produced a screening of the CNN documentary, “Black in America: New Promised Land, Silicon Valley,” on Nov. 4 sponsored by the University of Portland and hosted at the university’s Shiley Hall of Engineering. Dean Sharon Jones was joined by Jon Down from the university’s Center for Entrepreneurship. Both played host to The America21 Project and 70 local leaders... Read More
Angel investors invited to urban innovation summit
The America21 Project in partnership with The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) at Rutgers University presents … A Gathering of Angels A National Summit on Building 21st Century Urban Innovation Ecosystems: Connecting Capital and High Growth Entrepreneurs November 15-16, 2011 Rutgers Business School – Newark Campus The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) REGISTER... Read More
Fearing the future for HBCUs
Fearing the future for HBCUs By Johnathan Holifield I’m not a product of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Although a proud West Virginia University Mountaineer, like many Black Americans – I have much love for our HBCUs. Recently, I concluded service to my alma mater as an Advisory Committee member for Eberly College of Arts and Sciences – the college from which I graduated. This experience, supported by others,... Read More
Investing in America’s Growing Assets: Minorities
How will America’s economic portfolio change in the next few decades as we race toward 2050 when racial minorities are expected to emerge as the majority of the U.S. population? Investing today to uplift America’s minority students and innovators seems prudent. Unfortunately, the excitement and energy of a nation that elected its first Black president a few years ago has dissipated. Did we expend all of our energy just to elect him to... Read More
High-Growth Entrepreneurs are America’s Solution to the ‘Jobless Recovery’
It seems our elected officials – on both sides of the aisle – are playing a game of chicken and we, average Americans, are caught in the middle. So, you say, “what’s new?” Well, what’s new is that this particular game is especially pernicious, as no one seems to have the political courage or will to tell us the truth about the economy. And in this case, what you don’t know will surely and severely disadvantage you. I have little doubt... Read More
Innovative lessons from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the global Innovation Economy
My mother gave me a good piece of advice early in my life when she said that “Even a stopped clock is right twice per day.” Her point was a basic one: Just as an otherwise useless, broken clock displays the correct time twice daily, I don’t have to adopt whole hog anyone’s ideas to recognize a truth in something they have said. It is off of that advice that I must confess to be largely in agreement with a famous quote of the German-Prussian... Read More
