LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Shark Tank” veteran Daymond John will host a live-streamed special aimed at bolstering Black entrepreneurship, with Shaquille O’Neal, Gabrielle Union and Jamie Foxx set to...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints standout player Marques Colston is taking a turn as a teacher at University of New Orleans where he's teaching a course about leadership and...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU announced Thursday that a gift to its College of Business will be used to support entrepreneurship by funding its annual student competition for capital backing new...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs in Kentucky has begun taking applications for next year’s program focusing on product innovation and business model design.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Maggie Hassan is hosting the second Innovate New Hampshire Entrepreneurship Forum to help entrepreneurs launch innovative businesses and thrive.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A new center focused on helping Native American entrepreneurs has been established at New Mexico State University.

The school’s Arrowhead Center is using a $260,000...

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper, actor and entrepreneur Chris "Ludacris" Bridges can add artist-in-residence to his resume as he takes on the position at Georgia State University.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — A new initiative at Murray State University's business school is focusing on boosting entrepreneurship and business in the region.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — New arrangements between the University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa's business incubator are expected to help entrepreneurs and generate new jobs, officials said.

DETROIT (AP) — A matching grant competition that supports entrepreneurship in Detroit is providing funding or other help to 53 local small businesses.

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The United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship named BBQGuys the national Small Business of the Week. The...

DETROIT (AP) — Entrepreneurship and technology are the focus of the fourth annual Techstars Startup Week in Detroit.

Organizers say the five-day free event starts Monday and brings together...

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Kihirha Coleman is grateful for what her family has given her: support, love, attention.

But she also knows her family, like many in Camden, probably won't be able to...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Every business starts as an idea.

Sometimes they grow from small seeds, others materialize in a flash, but they all had to start somewhere.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Can CEOs be born in a basement?

Groups in the Columbus-Phenix City area that are dedicated to help small businesses thrive are banking on it. And so is Columbus State...

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College has developed a website to provide information about global menstrual health.

The site, which debuted Tuesday, provides educators, entrepreneurs and...

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A new effort at a history attraction in suburban Detroit is designed to help offer hands-on learning opportunities to the next generation of entrepreneurs.

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Construction is getting underway on a $200 million project to integrate engineering, computer science and entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Leaders of startups from Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame are expected to participate in a business pitch competition.

The public event will be held Thursday in the Purdue Railyard co-working space in the Kurz Purdue Technology Center in West Lafayette.

Four startups from each school will take part in the competition sponsored by venture capital firm BlueSky Capital and conducted in partnership with the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Entrepreneurs looking for help turning innovative ideas into thriving businesses can attend a forum in Manchester this month.

U.S. Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan is hosting the Innovate NH Entrepreneurship Forum on Nov. 13 at Manchester Community College. The event will include workshops on topics such as funding, creating a business plan, managing social media as a start-up and women business ownership.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot State University is offering a new Bachelor of Science in entrepreneurship this fall.

Students in the new entrepreneurship program are required to take the university's fundamental business courses, in addition to 30 credit hours focused on entrepreneurship, the Minot Daily News reported. Minot State is also offering a certificate in entrepreneurship.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia University official who has offered guidance to students looking to start their own businesses has been hired for an administrative job on campus that focuses on entrepreneurship.

WVU Provost Joyce McConnell says Carrie White, the former director of the WVU LaunchLab, has been named assistant vice president for entrepreneurship and innovation at the university. White fills the open position following a national search.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University says a foundation has made a $17 million commitment to the university's business college to set up an entrepreneurship center.

Ohio State says the Keenan Family Foundation made the commitment for the Tim and Kathleen Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship. The center will focus on cultivating students' entrepreneurial skills and creating an enriched extracurricular experience around entrepreneurship.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Orleans has been awarded a three-year, $1.8 million grant to study entrepreneurship patterns in urban communities.

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — An entrepreneurship center at the University of New Hampshire has received a $360,000 donation from a charitable foundation to expand several programs.

The Patten Family Foundation also helped fund two pilot programs when the "ECenter" first opened in 2015. The foundation's founder Harry Patten, a UNH graduate, says that he has met many students who never dreamed they could launch their ideas into reality until they were helped by the center.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — An eastern Nebraska high school will soon welcome a new coffee shop on campus, created and run by students.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new Indiana investment fund aims to support entrepreneurship, launch careers and help the next generation of commerce.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A nearly $454,000 federal grant will go to help a University of Nebraska-Lincoln project to support youth entrepreneurship in rural communities.

The project partners high school students with rural business owners and will be led by Surin Kim, assistant professor in textiles, merchandising and fashion design and a Nebraska Extension entrepreneurship specialist.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Chicago-based firm is preparing to take the reins of a new Indiana-backed venture fund and begin investing up to $250 million this spring.

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — The bottom line for any business is making a profit, but Lenoir-Rhyne University students in Ralph Griffith's entrepreneurship capstone class this semester are learning profit can be defined any many different ways.

His students have reached out to Unique World Gifts in Hickory to work as consultants to find ways they might be able to help the nonprofit grow.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — Entrepreneurship development for prison inmates? Really? Yes, really.

Defy Ventures is offering its entrepreneurship, employment and character development training program at Nebraska Correctional Center for Women for the first time.

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in suburban Detroit has been selected to host a gathering of youth inventors from around the world.

The STEMIE Coalition's annual National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo takes place June 1 at the museum in Dearborn. Hundreds of inventors are expected.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A prominent Maine startup advocate has resigned from his post at a business accelerator after admitting he acted inappropriately toward two female colleagues.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence has launched a new program to help entrepreneurs start their own businesses.

Democratic Mayor Jorge Elorza says that up to 100 unemployed and under-employed residents will receive entrepreneurship training and support to start their businesses.

The Center for Women and Enterprise will administer the self-employment program.