Nicknamed the “City of Trees” and perhaps best-known as home to potato farmers, Boise is a budding place for entrepreneurship and small business.

Tucson AZ, known as “Optics Valley” is growing into a substantial city for innovation and business, and is attracting many large manufacturing companies.

Home multiple automobile manufacturing companies, Detroit has earned the nickname the Motor City. Despite filing for bankruptcy in 2013, the city has recovered and is becoming a hotspot for entrepreneurship and innovation.

The Entertainment Capital of the World, Las Vegas is also home to several major companies – especially gambling-based ones.

Buffalo, NY, named after the nearby Buffalo Creek, is New York’s second-largest city and perhaps the major connection point between the United States and Canada. Nicknamed “the City of Light” for its early adoption of electricity, that entrepreneurial and enterprising spirit carries on to this day.

Thanks in part to its status as the home of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is ranked as the most-educated city in the world. Perhaps because of that high level of education, Ann Arbor is considered a good place for entrepreneurship.

Known as America’s first boomtown, Rochester is home to a number of well-known businesses, including Kodak and Western Union. More recently, Rochester has become known as a place for new ventures and entrepreneurship.

US News & World Report ranked Georgia as the ninth-most active state for entrepreneurship, with Savannah becoming a top city for African-American owned businesses.

Charleston, SC consistently ranks as one of best cities in the world. Also deemed as one of the fastest growing cities since 2010, Charleston has become a hot spot for startups who’ve raised over $10 million in funding.

Tulsa, Oklahoma is rising in ranks as a hotbed for business and entrepreneurship in the United States. Find out what accelerators, makerspaces, investors are helping grow this ecosystem.