StartUp America is President Obama’s policy of choice to kick start jobs growth in the United States. StartUp America Partnership is a private sector initiative to help out. How closely related are they and what do they mean for innovation in America? We talked to Lesa Mitchell, VP Innovation at the Kauffman Foundation, one of the architects of the partnership.IM: Is StartUp America partnership endorsed by The White House?
Absolutely. Over the past year the Kauffman have had a close dialogue with the Office of Science and Technology Policy relative to their interest in how to create new firms and how to grow new firms. Through StartUp America they’ve brought together leaders from across the US Administration who are anyway supported of entrepreneurship and are looking for a better return on investment dollars. They reached out to us with a view to how they could work with the private sector and how that could provide more flexibility.
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