Entrepreneurship Atlas USA: Mapping Entrepreneurship Knowledge Across the United States

An initiative of Immigrant Entrepreneur Lab to organize, connect, and improve access to entrepreneurship-related knowledge, institutions, scholars, and research resources across the United States.

About the Initiative

Entrepreneurship Atlas USA is a knowledge-based digital initiative of Immigrant Entrepreneur Lab, designed to develop a comprehensive, searchable database of entrepreneurship-related academic and institutional resources throughout the United States.

Entrepreneurship is supported by a diverse network of universities, researchers, academic centers, educational programs, and ecosystem organizations. However, information about these resources is often distributed across different institutional websites and online platforms, making it difficult to discover relevant connections and understand the broader entrepreneurship landscape.

Entrepreneurship Atlas USA seeks to address this challenge by bringing publicly available information together within an organized and accessible digital platform.

What the Atlas Will Cover

The platform is being designed to document and connect key elements of the entrepreneurship knowledge ecosystem, including:

• Scholars: Researchers and academics working on entrepreneurship and related fields, including their research interests and institutional affiliations.
• Universities: Higher education institutions contributing to entrepreneurship education, research, and knowledge development.
• Centers: University-affiliated research centers, entrepreneurship institutes, and other relevant academic or institutional organizations.
• Research and Education Areas: Topics such as entrepreneurship education, immigrant entrepreneurship, innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and entrepreneurship policy.

The Atlas is intended to support exploration by geographic location, subject area, and resource category.

Connecting Information Through Searchable Knowledge

A central objective of Entrepreneurship Atlas USA is to make entrepreneurship information easier to discover and navigate.

The planned platform will allow users to explore interconnected records, identify relevant institutions and scholars, and discover resources associated with particular entrepreneurship topics.

For example, someone interested in entrepreneurship education in Pennsylvania could explore relevant scholars, universities, and research centers through a common search interface rather than consulting multiple institutional websites separately.

By organizing information systematically and connecting related records, the Atlas aims to improve the accessibility and usefulness of publicly available entrepreneurship knowledge.

Who Can Benefit?

Entrepreneurship Atlas USA is intended to serve a broad audience, including researchers, students, educators, aspiring entrepreneurs, policymakers, community organizations, and individuals interested in understanding the entrepreneurship landscape of the United States.

The platform is designed primarily as a knowledge discovery and educational resource, rather than a business consulting or professional advisory service.

An Initiative of Immigrant Entrepreneur Lab

Entrepreneurship Atlas USA reflects Immigrant Entrepreneur Lab’s commitment to entrepreneurship research, knowledge accessibility, and the development of educational resources.

While the Lab maintains a particular interest in immigrant entrepreneurship, the Atlas adopts a broader nationwide perspective, encompassing multiple areas of entrepreneurship research, education, and ecosystem development.

The project seeks to contribute to a more accessible and connected entrepreneurship knowledge environment through structured information and digital knowledge-sharing.

Development and Future Direction

Entrepreneurship Atlas USA is currently a project in development. Its envisioned scope covers the United States, with information organized across states, institutions, research topics, and resource categories.

The initiative’s longer-term objective is to establish a useful, continually maintained knowledge resource that supports learning, research discovery, and a better understanding of the American entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Entrepreneurship Atlas USA — Connecting Entrepreneurship Knowledge Across America.