Welcome to the leading organization dedicated to creating the next generation of entrepreneurs through teaching and research – the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), the world’s largest affiliate of the International Council of Small Business!

USASBE’s focus is on entrepreneurship education and research. Entrepreneurship education includes best practices of pedagogy, courses, and programs. These are shared with members to improve the delivery of entrepreneurship education to a broad cross-section of education environments.

Entrepreneurship research is the second keystone for the organization and is the process of discovery in fields of entrepreneurship education, venture creation and small business, and the public policy impact of entrepreneurial activity in the US.

We have come to recognize the critical role that entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship plays in our economy, society, and culture. Appropriately, USASBE’s objectives include providing value through recognition and support for entrepreneurship’s role in business formation, public policy, social and economic impact, and institutional legitimacy.

USASBE plays a preeminent role in advancing the discipline and understanding of the entrepreneurship phenomena through the USASBE Annual Conference, developing and supporting other entrepreneurship focused entrepreneurship programs and events, and membership services that advance the field through research and best practices.

As a USASBE member, you are plugged in to entrepreneurship as with no other organization through . . .

NETWORKING
Connect with leading educators, researchers, consultants, and professionals in the entrepreneurship community.

INFORMATION
By customizing your membership, you will receive specialized information from USASBE’s interest groups that interest you most.

PUBLICATIONS AND LITERATURE
You will stay abreast of entrepreneurship activity and scholarship through multiple publications such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, the Journal of Small Business Management, and Liaison, USASBE’s newsletter.

If you are not currently a member of USASBE, I invite you to join and become a member of the USASBE team through participation in the association’s interest groups and attendance at special programs and events throughout the year and the USASBE 2009 Annual Conference to be held in Anaheim, California from January 8 – 11, 2009.

Jeffrey R. Alves, Ph. D.

President, USASBE