Intellectual property (IP) is a key commodity in U.S. trade. Each year more than 50 percent of U.S. merchandise exports and more than 10 percent of total U.S. services...
There’s no need to build your business alone; that’s why the Minority Business Development Agency maintains a network of industry leaders guiding the way for the nation’s...
Disruptive Innovation is when a technology is used to develop new goods and services that are less expensive and more accessible. As far as I’m concerned, “accessible” means...
I’m Sophia He, an intern with the Minority Business Development Agency, and my days are spent doing some pretty interesting things. I was given an assignment to call small...
Usable Tech Co. in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA) recently funded grant recipient Rutgers University Center...
The Rutgers University Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development’s (CUEED) Pipeline to Inclusive Innovation Initiative aims to increase the number of under-...
Recruitment now underway to help increase small business development in underserved communities. The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced the launch of the...
The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking nominations for the 2017 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The medal...
This week is National Consumer Protection Week, but what the FTC does to protect consumers is only part of the story. We also work hard to help small business get down to...
Saturday, Feb. 11 is National Inventor's Day according to www.nationalcalendarday.org - what better time to research what you need to get that brilliant idea patented...
Among our Nation’s fastest growing cities, Atlanta has features that position it as a hub of the burgeoning inclusive innovation ecosystem in the United States. Chief among...
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the launch of the 2017 InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge, a nationwide business competition to drive...
For the first time, the Census Bureau has collected information about ownership of intellectual property in its 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO). We now have data to...
Any armchair economist will tell you that entrepreneurship is central to a healthy economy. What they probably won’t tell you is that the rate of entrepreneurship in the...
With the U.S. population poised to shift to ‘majority minority’ status during the next few decades, the topic of inclusive innovation in global high-growth industries took...
It all starts with an idea. Sometimes it can be as simple as a “what-if” lodged in the back of our minds that can spark the next great invention. A simple idea, when coupled...
The federal government has $2.5 billion that it can give to small business owners every year. Mark Walsh, the head of investment and innovation at the SBA, and Nina Tandon,...
Created on August 8, 2016 Cross post from Medium U.S. Demographics Are Key To Our Economic Destiny This year for the first time, the United States served as an official...
Created on August 2, 2016 The U.S. Small Business Administration released its highly anticipated Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) online tutorials to help small...
Created on July 27, 2016 Empowering bold entrepreneurship by inventors and businesses drives the U.S. economy in a global marketplace. We at the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
Created on June 29, 2016 The Department of Commerce's Assess Costs Everywhere tool (ACE) highlights the hidden costs and risks that manufacturers need to consider when...
Created on June 28, 2016 Throughout our country’s history, innovators have used the patent system to protect their ideas. From Samuel Hopkin's improved process in...
Created on May 26, 2016 Highlighting the critical nature of their role in America’s global economic position, the U.S. Commerce Department launched the first-ever Asian-...
Created on May 26, 2016 There has recently been an overwhelming spike in attention to the lack of diversity in the innovation economy in the United States. Unfortunately,...
