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May 10, 2010
Issue no. 417
America's Organic Startup Culture
blueskysilhouettes-stamp Having focused last month on efforts to further entrepreneurship abroad leading up to the global Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, this week I wanted to focus squarely on the United States ahead of next month's Global Entrepreneurship Week Partners Forum convened at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. Who are some of the leading players in 2010 driving America's startup culture and how does Global Entrepreneurship Week each November enable them to combine voices in underscoring to the American people how entrepreneurs built America?

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From the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship Blog

Patent Backlog Stifling Job Creation
The director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), David Kappos, said recently that the USPTO is hampering the creation of millions of potential jobs because of its inability to keep pace with the volume and complexity of the applications it receives. [More]

Economic Bloggers Have Mixed View
The nation's leading economics bloggers have a more balanced outlook than last quarter, according to a new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey. [More]

States Provide Funding & Incentives for Entrepreneurs
A recent piece on Forbes.com, "States that Truly Bet on Small Business," offers a glimpse at a Spinal Tap-esque list (it goes to 11) of states that strongly promote entrepreneurship through funding programs. Which states -- and programs -- make the list? [More]

Bringing Change to Washington, Through Attrition
When Barack Obama was still a presidential candidate, he promised to change the way Washington worked. But due to a multitude of factors, major membership changes are coming to the United States Congress that could have interesting implications for the second half of the President's term. [More]

A Look Back 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]

The Presidential Summit's Report Card
Tim Kane, blogger for growthology.org and Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, graded the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, and gave it fairly high marks [More]

This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
A seemingly slow week for entrepreneurship on Capitol Hill as the House Committee on Small Business will hear from small businesses on how broadband is helping to grow the economy and create new jobs. [More]


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