[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 66523-66524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27202]


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                Proclamation 8899 of November 1, 2012

                
National Entrepreneurship Month, 2012

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America is known around the world as a country that 
                empowers the inventor and the innovator. Ours is a 
                Nation where men and women can take a chance on a 
                dream--where they can take an idea that starts around a 
                kitchen table or in a garage and turn it into a new 
                business or a new industry. During National 
                Entrepreneurship Month, we celebrate the hard work, 
                ingenuity, and courage of our thinkers, doers, and 
                makers.

                Because the new businesses created by entrepreneurs are 
                responsible for most of the new jobs in our country, 
                helping them succeed is essential to helping our 
                economy grow. That is why my Administration has fought 
                tirelessly to invest in entrepreneurs and small 
                businesses so they can do what they do best--take 
                risks, develop new ideas, grow businesses, and create 
                new jobs. To help them expand and hire, I have signed 
                18 tax cuts for small businesses into law. Last year, 
                my Administration launched the Startup America 
                initiative to help connect innovators to funding and 
                mentorship, cut through red tape, speed up innovation, 
                and get their ventures off the ground faster. Alongside 
                it, leaders in the private sector launched the Startup 
                America Partnership, which has made over $1 billion in 
                business services available to a national network that 
                will serve tens of thousands of startups over the next 
                3 years. I also directed Federal agencies to streamline 
                processes for establishing public-private research 
                partnerships, small business research and development 
                grants, and university-startup collaborations. And we 
                launched BusinessUSA, a virtual one-stop shop that 
                helps businesses--large and small--access the full 
                range of Federal resources they need at every stage of 
                their development.

                My Administration has continued to build on that 
                progress in 2012. Earlier this year, I signed the 
                Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law, 
                which is making it easier for innovative companies to 
                go public and expand their workforce. For the first 
                time, the law will also allow ordinary Americans to go 
                online and invest in the startups and small businesses 
                they believe in through crowdfunding platforms. We have 
                also updated regulations to make it easier for 
                foundations to invest in businesses pursuing charitable 
                purposes and stronger communities. In August, we 
                launched the Presidential Innovation Fellows program to 
                bring top innovators outside of Government together 
                with top innovators inside Government; release Federal 
                data that is being used to develop new products, 
                services, and businesses; make it easier for startup 
                entrepreneurs to compete for Government contracts; 
                transform the way citizens access Government 
                information and services; and save taxpayers money. In 
                addition, thousands of American entrepreneurs and 
                inventors are helping Federal agencies solve tough 
                problems at www.Challenge.gov. And, as part of the 
                Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act I signed 
                in February, we have bolstered Self-Employment 
                Assistance programs that allow States to empower 
                unemployed workers to start their own businesses.

                As long as America's daring entrepreneurs are taking 
                risks and putting themselves behind new ideas and 
                innovations, the Federal Government will serve as a 
                partner to support their endeavors and catalyze their 
                success.

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                This month, and during Global Entrepreneurship Week, 
                let us renew the spirit of innovation that has fueled 
                more than two centuries of American progress and 
                promises to drive us in the years to come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim November 2012 as 
                National Entrepreneurship Month. I call upon all 
                Americans to commemorate this month with appropriate 
                programs and activities, and to celebrate November 16, 
                2012, as National Entrepreneurs' Day.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                first day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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