Highlighting policies and initiatives to advance innovation and drive economic growth

Reevaluating Sarbanes-Oxley

At a time when we need risk-takers to start companies and create jobs, we need to do everything we can to remove unnecessarily burdensome regulations that dampen entrepreneurship. A high-impact, low-cost reform would be to make some of the more onerous requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2... [More]
Posted By: Jonathan Ortmans at 02/22/2010 14:15 PM | Comments (9)
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Real Support for Entrepreneurs: What Are We Waiting For?

So we know that entrepreneurs are the primary engines of job creation in the United States. Research study after research study has confirmed that it is young firms that drive improvements in the employment situation. From 1980–2005, firms less than five years old accounted for all net jo... [More]
Posted By: Jonathan Ortmans at 01/25/2010 09:09 AM | Comments (14)
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An Emerging National Innovation Strategy

While President Obama has said a lot of the right things about innovation and entrepreneurship, a number have pointed to a disconnect between those words and the actions and policies emerging from the Administration. Earlier today, the president again addressed the topic from Hudson Valley Community... [More]
Posted By: Mark Marich at 09/21/2009 15:48 PM | Comments (75)
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Entrepreneurs As a Solution to Policy Challenges

In the past few months, we have highlighted through articles and factsheets how public policy can make the path easier for entrepreneurship and innovation. With the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship, we hope to emphasize not only how policies can foster entrepreneurs, but ... [More]
Posted By: Jonathan Ortmans at 09/07/2009 07:57 AM | Comments (47)
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Cutting Anti-entrepreneurial Red Tape through Smart Regulation

As with any politically loaded term, any attempt at honestdiscussion of ‘regulation’ risks getting caught up in a web ofassumptions and intellectual shortcuts.  One common fallacy is to putgovernment regulation (e.g. patent laws, health care, tax complianceregulations, etc.) on one ... [More]
Posted By: Jonathan Ortmans at 08/17/2009 09:06 AM | Comments (5)
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