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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

On Monday I was at the White House to help announce the Startup America Partnership. For an awesome description of Startup America, please read Aneesh Chopra’s (the United States CTO) post on TechCrunch titled Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship.

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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

The state’s economy, government incentives and training, business regulations and workforce are other crucial factors. Additionally, the tech startup community has grown so quickly that Utah has a new nickname: The Silicon Slopes. Government is a large employer—given the state’s proximity to Washington, D.C.—and

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How Non-Partisan Business Leaders Can Help Fix America

David Teten

I’ve broken them into three buckets: A) Voting and census; B) Push media companies to inform Americans accurately; and C) Outreach to your employees and community. The most impactful step you can take to help America more accurately reflect our citizens’ (and your company’s) political goals is to increase voting rates.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while being challenged to solve some of the toughest problems.”. Today if college students want to give back to their country, they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or AmeriCorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Stay tuned.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. Our website.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

The odds of a startup getting a loan from the largest banks in America aren’t favorable. But don’t fret—community lenders are helping small businesses. Meet the community lenders. Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are one type of community lender. Big banks favor big loans. in Maine.

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How Federal Government Can Help Entrepreneurship

Feld Thoughts

This afternoon in Boulder I’ll be on a panel as part of the White House Startup America Roundtable. Over the past few years, I’ve spent some time thinking about how the government can help entrepreneurship. More recently, I’ve focused my energy on the Startup Visa movement and the Startup America Partnership.