Welcome
To The Foundation for Enterprise Development
The Foundation for Enterprise Development (FED) is a private operating organization that promotes business principles and practices that encourage free enterprise and advance science and technology innovations with impact on nationally important interests.
The FED was established in La Jolla, California, in 1986 by Dr. J. Robert Beyster with a broad charter to help develop successful employee-owned entrepreneurial enterprises. In 2002, the FED launched the Beyster Institute to focus on education and training of entrepreneurship and employee ownership in US and internationally. In 2004, the Beyster Institute became part of the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego.
The FED's full and part-time staff and consultants continue Dr. Beyster's vision by:
- Catalyzing research, curriculum/case study development, and educational initiatives to help institutionalize the body of knowledge on entrepreneurial employee ownership through fellowships and grants.
- Working with government agencies and early-stage technology companies to provide business and technology support that feeds innovation and the broad distribution of equity.
- Promoting awareness of employee-ownership as a business model for 21st century enterprises through an ambitious publications program.
