NDE Hill Briefing
July 29, 2004
Dirksen Senate Office Building SD-562
Washington, DC
12:00 - 2:00 pm

Question:
Who creates roughly 500,000 new businesses each year?

Answer:
Entrepreneurs

Question:
How do we create more entrepreneurs?

Answer:
Join us for lunch and find out.

Join us for the NDE HIll Briefing to look beyond the surface at what drives entrepreneurship. The forum will examine how we as a nation can facilitate national economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship in local communities.

Lunch will be provided.

Entrepreneurship has been an important factor in the economic success of the United States, creating new jobs and providing the new technology and innovation necessary for growth. A surprisingly large number of Americans are involved in the entrepreneurial process, either in starting their own company or through employment by the nearly 500,000 new businesses created every year. While entrepreneurship continues to be a powerful force in the American economy, and much attention is given to the number of jobs created by entrepreneurs, there currently is little discussion on the appropriate public policy agenda needed to support high-growth entrepreneurship.  

There are an array of federal policy issues that have a direct impact on those who assume the risk of starting a business, including reducing regulatory burdens, protecting intellectual property and effective tech transfer. As part of the National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship, the Public Forum Institute is hosting a series of forums on Capitol Hill to investigate these and other issues in an effort to define a public policy agenda that promotes entrepreneurship.