The work of artists and designers continues to expand — from careers in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary contexts to innovative entrepreneurs in business and society — and artists and designers are becoming the driving force behind a new idea-driven, creative economy. (see Creativity Connects: Trends and Conditions Affecting U.S. Artists.) MICA equips students with the multi-disciplinary creative problem-solving skills needed to thrive in this new reality. One core component of this approach is a focus on creative entrepreneurship. This issue celebrates the entrepreneurial achievements of MICA's alumni — from incubation to thriving business — and the MICA programs that helped them get there.