American Dream: Page 2

Leadership

Ken Burns Says Entrepreneurship Is at the Heart of the American Dream

The award-winning filmmaker says that improvisation is the key to the American promise of prosperity and self-reliance.

Business News

A First-Generation American Entrepreneur Reflects on the Immigration Proposal That Would Have Barred His Parents

Mom and Dad had no skills and didn't speak English but achieved the American dream by working tirelessly. Pending legislation would bar people like them now.

Starting a Business

Will Entrepreneurship Make You Rich? A Realistic Perspective.

If you become an entrepreneur just because you see it as a shortcut to "get rich," you may need to rethink your priorities. However, entrepreneurship does offer significant potential.

Marketing

Super Bowl Advertisers Struck Political and Social Undertones

Brands engaged viewers with displays of corporate conscience, even at the risk of offending some customer groups.

Productivity

The Real Goal of Time Management Is the 25-Hour Day

You need to start thinking outside that 24-hour box.

Money & Finance

Prepare for a Massive Recession

We are in for very hard economic times but the media can't tell you about it until it's too late.

Leadership

The Top 25 Self-Made Billionaires In the World

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Amancio Ortega are at the top of a new list released by research firm Wealth-X.

Leadership

Is the American Dream Dead?

Our culture is affected by a number of factors that are eating away at what made our economy -- and us -- strong.

Thought Leaders

9 in 10 Surveyed Choose Entrepreneurship, Despite the Sacrifices (Infographic)

A new study explains why business owners think the extra time and energy is worth it.

Thought Leaders

An Entrepreneur's American Dream in 5 Quotes

Today, it's more about working for yourself than white picket fences.

Growing a Business

This Business Has Been Fiercely Independent Since 1776

The owners of Connecticut's Griswold Inn explain why staying family-owned is their plan for business -- for the next 100 years.

Making a Change

Google's First Server and a Crumpled Napkin Are About to Get Museum Treatment

The Smithsonian will launch an American Enterprise exhibit in 2015 that will run for at least the next two decades. Here's an inside look at some of the objects to be featured.

Taxes

Self-Made Billionaires Around the Globe: Where and Why They Thrive (Infographic)

The London-based Centre for Policy Studies took a look at so-called 'SuperEntrepreneurs' and the government and policy infrastructures that best support them.

Business News

10 Cities Where the American Dream Is Still Alive

Of the largest cities in America, these 10 give you the best chances of starring in your own rags-to-riches tale.

Leadership

Entrepreneurs: 'One Percenters'?

As part of Entrepreneur Week in New York, entrepreneurs walk to put a face on their chapter of the American dream.