The true cost of uncertainty in job losses (or those not created or saved) is astronomical. Job creators are faced with risk and the unknown everyday of their working lives. Not only must they learn to deal with the stress, but many, in fact, welcome the risk, because it is also a measure of the potential for gain and profit.

What makes an entrepreneur? Is there a formal course of study to be followed? With today's exploding costs of a college education (multiples substantially higher than CPI and GDP growth) and the consequent increase in post graduation debt load and interest carry, is obtaining a college degree the most efficient way for the driven entrepreneur to reach for the successful establishment of a new enterprise, and the job creation that comes with it?

It’s a great scene from the movie Sunset Boulevard. William Holden, playing an unemployed screenwriter, stumbles into a woman’s mansion while attempting to avoid some bill collectors. They make some small talk, and Holden realizes he’s seen the woman before.

When ABC News revealed that the U.S. Olympic team's opening ceremony uniforms were made in China, the public rallied in outrage. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, members of Congress took to the podium, denouncing the "Made In China" label as offensive to all things American.

Not since the end of World War II has London spent so much time in the global limelight—a testament to the power of the Olympics and the economic boon the Games can represent.

I normally want to discuss small business horror stories, I wanted to do something different. I rarely cite Harvard studies or Harvard professors as authorities on economic policy or job creation—because so many of them don't understand job creation or the policies that engender it. And many of them don't like capitalism itself.

JCA leader Richard Dauch's story, American Drive, transcends the auto industry and draws a blueprint for job creation, economic growth, and excellence in America.

Such political wrangling risked the loss of 800,000 jobs and the curtailment of crucial public services such as mortgage, passport, and loan processing—not to mention a massive disruption of a fragile economic recovery.

Job Creators Alliance (JCA) members from across the nation reacted to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment report for the month of July.

The Bureau of Labor Statisticsgave some overall bad news, despite a slight uptick in job numbers for the first time in four months.  The USeconomy added 163,000 jobs, slightly outpacing population growth, whilethe jobless rate ticked up slightly to 8.3%.

I started Austin Capital, LLC nearly 20 years ago because I felt the social entitlements at the national level such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare along with the pension liabilities of the States and many for profit companies would not be sustainable and lead us to a fiscal cliff.

In the midst of a struggling economic recovery, one of the nation's smallest states is leading America's expansion—so much so that jobs outnumber the workers.

Allowing states to collect taxes on transactions occurring outside their borders is fundamentally unfair and threatens basic economic liberties.

Business owners resoundingly oppose President Barack Obama’s policies, with nearly 60 percent disapproving of his job performance, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.

Lately, it seems that the only form of acceptable hate speech left in America is hostile invective heaped upon entrepreunuers and innovators by a vocal minority of pundits, and increasingly, political leaders who should know better. At the core of the great American experiment is the fundamental belief that the freedom to create and build businesses serves us all.

Around one in 10 employers in the U.S. plans to drop health coverage for workers in the next few years as the bulk of the federal health-care law begins, and more indicated they may do so over time, according to a study to be released Tuesday by consulting company Deloitte.

Over the last several decades, the U.S. education system has fallen from among the best in the world to one of the worst among industrialized countries. The next generation of American workers lacks the preparation to step into the jobs of today in an increasingly global marketplace.

Even the editor emeritus at U.S. News & World Report isn't buying the spin.

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Index of Small Business Optimism fell three points to 91.4 in June, which was below the May level of 94.4 and the consensus expectation of 93.3. These declines were broad-based, as all but one of the components declined from their May levels.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a series of modest steps aimed at helping small businesses, his latest election-year effort to counter Republican attacks on his economic record and show voters he is trying to tackle high unemployment.

The June employment report is a clean reading of where labor market conditions stand at this point in the recovery, and shows why we need serious health care, educational, energy and lending reform.

Job Creators Alliance members John Kane, Bob Luddy, and Billie Redmond expressed disappointment today, reacting to the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for the month of June.

The month of June has not been kind to the U.S. economy. A series of discouraging reports, including this week's troubling manufacturing numbers, were a harbinger for a today's disappointing jobs report, indicating that a full economic recovery is far from over.

Not only is the need for real reform of America's unwieldy healthcare system more urgent than ever, but also there are now far more concerns about the prospect for economic growth.

There are patient-centered solutions that could contain costs and increase access to health insurance without discouraging economic growth.

Our friends at Americans for Tax Reform have a handy, comprehensive list of all 20 new or higher taxes wrought by ObamaCare.

Engage America has created an online calculator, the “Missed Jobs Report," that aggregates stories about jobs that were lost or not created due to government overregulation. So far they've found 700,000.

Damon Root at Reason.com looks at how one Congressman is trying to change how unemployment is measured so that it reflects reality, not partisan wishful thinking.

"... I’ve seen only one thing consistently bring children raised in poverty into the middle class: entrepreneurship education."