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Entrepreneurship and the Spirit of Adventure

Aaron Renn argues, prosperity does not come from government but from people who take initiative, embrace responsibility, and pursue opportunity with…

Dec 11 • Aaron M. Renn

Entrepreneurship and the Spirit of Adventure

Many people today argue that we need to restore manufacturing to boost the economic fortunes of the working class.

Dec 9 • Aaron M. Renn

America’s Real Business

Henry Ford and Rich DeVos both championed hard work, personal responsibility, and free enterprise—arguing that government cannot create prosperity, only…

Dec 4 • Doug DeVos

America’s Real Business

Excerpted from My Life and Work by Samuel Crowther and Henry Ford, and Believe! 50th Anniversary Edition by Rich and Doug DeVos

Dec 2 • The Believe! Journal

November 2025

Keeping America’s Promise

Andreas Widmer argues that free enterprise relies on trust, virtue, and creativity, warning that without ethical leadership and real competition…

Nov 28 • Andreas Widmer

Keeping America’s Promise

When I first arrived in America, I was struck by something I couldn’t yet name: the sheer energy of possibility.

Nov 26 • Andreas Widmer

USA Founders: ‘Natural Aristocracy’ Protects Freedom

Joe Lonsdale argues that free enterprise survives only when principled leaders engage in public life and warns that without them, cronyism and populism…

Nov 20 • Joe Lonsdale

USA Founders: ‘Natural Aristocracy’ Protects Freedom

Free enterprise only thrives in a free society underpinned by property rights.

Nov 18 • Joe Lonsdale

What America Needs from You

Alan Smolinisky’s immigrant to owner story shows how free enterprise empowers ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things in a nation built on…

Nov 14 • The Believe! Journal

What America Needs from You

by Alan Smolinisky

Nov 12 • The Believe! Journal

The Ten Pillars of Economic Wisdom

Listen now | Forged at the 1964 World’s Fair, the Ten Pillars remind us that freedom and responsibility are the foundations of enterprise.

Nov 6 • The Believe! Journal

The Ten Pillars of Economic Wisdom

The goal of The Believe!

Nov 4 • The Believe! Journal

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