"American View" Issue on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Ambassador Roos spoke with young entrepreneurs about their ideas at the Keio Fujisawa Innovation Village in December 2010.

Feb. 3 - As both Ambassador Roos and President Obama have emphasized, the benefits of an improved entrepreneurial environment include greater economic dynamism, new business and job creation, higher productivity, access to global markets, and the diffusion of new technologies to tackle problems such as health care and climate change. Please take a look at our articles and related video clips in this new issue of "American View," focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship:

• Interview with Neelam Patel of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) about high school entrepreneurship education programs
• "The Principles of Entrepreneurship" from the State Department's America.gov website.
• "Entrepreneurship Spreads Across U.S. University Campuses"
• Recent innovation and entrepreneurship activities supported by the Embassy in Japan

Video clips on YouTube:

• Interviews from the APEC Women's Entrepreneurship Summit (3:41)
• Secretary of State Clinton's message to a symposium organized by Yokohama City (1:24)
• Images from the Tokyo American Center's entrepreneurship fair (1:14)