Truett Cathy: A Model of Values-Based Entrepreneurship
I would like to give a special thanks to Perry Ragsdale, former Executive Vice President of Chick-fil-A, for the invaluable insights he shared with me about the history, culture and values of...
View ArticleMicro-Entrepreneurs and the Industrial Revolution
The human brain weighs just three pounds and yet it contains around 86 billion neurons. Neurogrid, a new circuit board developed at Stanford and modeled on the human brain, is 9,000 times faster than...
View ArticleHow Entrepreneurs Practice Their Faith Through Companies
Since the Hobby Lobby case, there’s been lots of talk about what makes a corporation “religious,” if anything. Of course, corporations can’t really be religious, but their founders can and are, and...
View ArticleRisky Business
In a suburb north of Denver, Prime Trailer Leasing manages a fleet of gleaming white semi-trailers. Like the Hertz of semi-trucks, Prime owns and rents its trucks to commercial customers of all...
View ArticleFriday Five: How the ‘Netflix Effect’ Is Changing the U.S. Economy
On Fridays, we bring you the week’s best from around the web. This week’s collection includes commentary on the first GOP presidential debate, examples of creative destruction in today’s economy, and...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Entrepreneurship, Culture Matters
“Culture is one of the most precious things a company has,” said Herb Kelleher, the founder of Southwest Airlines. So it is with countries and cities looking to foster entrepreneurship. A recent study...
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Fall 2016 Weekend Honors Program: Entrepreneurship & Human Flourishing
Harvard University, Boston, MA | Friday, November 4 – Saturday, November 5, 2016 During the first weekend of November, Values & Capitalism welcomed 21 students from 16 different schools across the...
View ArticleBusiness as Usual: Challenges to Entrepreneurship in Mexico
In 2011, Mexico ranked as the hardest working industrialized country in the world; its workers averaged 45 hours per week, an additional 519 hours annually more than the typical American worker....
View ArticleApply for the 2017 Values & Capitalism Fall Weekend Honors Program
The Values & Capitalism 2017 Fall Weekend Honors Program, which will be hosted at Seattle Pacific University on October 27-29, is an intensive seminar on business and entrepreneurship for 25...
View Article2018 Values & Capitalism Weekend Honors Program
The 2018 Values & Capitalism Weekend Honors Program took place on November 9–11. This iteration of the program was hosted at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, in partnership...
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