Its impact is expansive. It can support families, hoist people out of poverty, and advance new products and technology. It can create jobs and boost GDP.
This force for change and uplift is entrepreneurship, and Donna Kelley has seen its influence firsthand in her research. She is part of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) U.S. team at Babson College and a member of GEM’s board of directors. A global consortium of more than 400 researchers, GEM is the first and most developed research program on entrepreneurship in the world. Its latest report, on entrepreneurship in the U.S., was released earlier this month.
