Starting Up the Startup Act

It has been two years this week since the Kauffman Foundation took extensive research and data analysis around new firm formation, crafted a single document, and labeled it "The Startup Act." Renaming the conversation that PDE had started earlier around how policymakers can make it easier for startups to emerge, create jobs and grow, was very effective in getting policymakers in Washington to take a look at entrepreneurship through the lens of helping new and young firms. But how far has America come in getting something done on their behalf?

The original proposals captured in the Kauffman Foundation’s "Startup Act" document took quite divisive issues and set them in the context of job creation, a non-partisan topic. They included:

Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans

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