Quotes about and by Carl Schramm in the media

"Carl Schramm is on a mission to teach the world to be entrepreneurial…now arguably America's leading evangelist of entrepreneurship."

—The Economist

"Increasingly, leaders at the foundation argue, entrepreneurship - not the government and not big business - is what fuels the American economy ... In the United States, the foundation has become the country's top cheerleader for entrepreneurship, promoting the concept whenever it gets a chance."

—The Kansas City Star

"To be very blunt, entrepreneurial activity cannot be treated as the side ring at the circus. It is not to be tolerated or encouraged as an important adjunct to the economy. It must become the economic culture itself. That is, entrepreneurial thinking must be alive in big business, government and university education, as well as in small and medium-size enterprises."

—Wall Street Journal - Europe (Schramm by-line)

"Indeed, the American experience suggests that starting a business develops precisely the traits that make democracy work. It requires independence, much effort, and self-discipline - but also the ability to collaborate and the recognition that one can only succeed by serving the needs of others."

—Inc. Magazine (Schramm by-line)

"Schramm's insightful, clear speech certainly moved me, my son, and the other graduates, and all of the rest of the audience. ...He had been much more than just a cheerleader for free enterprise and entrepreneurialism. ...He had captured the essence of what makes our country and our economy unique in the council of nations."

—Michael Braude, Columnist
Kansas City Business Journal
(referring to Duke University Commencement)

"Not only does the United States have a high rate of new business starts, it breeds a constant flow of a new high-impact firms - the kind that create value and stimulate growth by bringing new ideas to market, be they new technologies, new business methods, or simply new and better ways of performing routine tasks. These firms do not appear automatically, as a natural by-product of having free-market institutions. Nor are they the result of any single factor. Rather, the United States has evolved a multi-faceted 'system' for nurturing high-impact entrepreneurship - a system that, with the right development policies, might be cultivated in many other countries as well."

—Foreign Affairs (Schramm by-line)

"More than the export of democracy, it is the export of entrepreneurial capitalism that can produce a new birth of peace and freedom around our globe. Entrepreneurial capitalism is based on individual invention, and because wealth comes from one's own initiative, it advances human dignity. And here is the good news. Virtually every country, whatever its political system, wants to embrace it. They have seen the success of the American economy."

—USA Today (Schramm by-line)