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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 2002 optional. This would permit companies whose shareholders don't feel that the benefits of "SOX" requirements outweigh compliance costs to access public capital more quickly and less expensively. This kind of access to capital is critical for the survival of young firms, which have accounted for all net job growth in the United States in the past two decades.
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From the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship Blog
This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
Research is the recurring theme among a handful of hearings scheduled on Capitol Hill this week in the House Science and Technology Committee -- including Tuesday's 'State of Research Infrastructure at U.S. Universities.' [More]
A Note on Bayh-Dole
Last week, PDE posted a note about an idea to improve the effectiveness of university technology transfer in the U.S. There seems to have been some confusion following this about the nature of the breakthrough idea to improve the U.S. model for commercialization of university-developed technologies. In reading summaries of this idea such as mine, many readers have incorrectly assumed implications of the proposed change. [More]
The Entrepreneurial Experience of US Presidents
Last week on Presidents Day, several articles pointed out that many of America's presidents had an entrepreneurial background. [More]
Manhattan Links Scientists, Entrepreneurs and Investors
In his State of the Borough Speech, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer outlined a plan to diversify the city's economy and spark new job growth in the tech sector. [More]
The World's Most Innovative Companies
Fast Company has released its list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2010, featuring stories of extraordinary innovative efforts under way in businesses across the globe and across sectors, from technology to politics. [More]
A Look at Innovation Daily
Each day, Innovation Daily checks the pulse of global innovation -- courtesy of Innovation America and its founder, Rich Bendis. Here, we take a look at a handful of relevant stories it compiled from the last week. [More]
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