[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9667 of October 31, 2017

National Entrepreneurship Month, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

National Entrepreneurship Month celebrates one of our Nation's proudest
qualities: our innovative, hardworking, entrepreneurial spirit. American
entrepreneurs invent and sell fascinating and endlessly useful new
products and services, creating millions of jobs and driving American
global leadership along the way. This month, we emphasize the importance
of creating and maintaining an economic and regulatory environment that
helps new businesses thrive and inspires generations of entrepreneurs
for the future.
For America to be the land of opportunity, we must ensure that
entrepreneurs have access to the capital, markets, and networks they
need to get off the ground, to finance and build helpful innovations,
and to

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export their products and services around the world. My Administration
will continue its work to eliminate unnecessary, burdensome regulations
and to fight for a simpler, fairer tax code that eases burdens on doing
business and enhances access to capital. We want entrepreneurs to spend
less time dealing with red tape and more time growing their businesses.
The American Dream should be within reach of all those who work hard.
For too long, women, despite hard work and a drive to succeed, faced
significant barriers in achieving their economic vision. Today, we
celebrate that women entrepreneurs are growing their businesses all over
the country. The number of women-owned firms is growing much faster than
the national average for all firms. Our Nation has more than 11 million
women-owned businesses that employ nearly 9 million people and generate
more than $1 trillion in revenue. My Administration is committed to
expanding opportunities for women entrepreneurs, including by expanding
women's access to needed capital and networks, because our economy and
our communities thrive when women are empowered.
For our entrepreneurs to thrive, we must protect their innovations,
which are the result of their long hours of work and years of training.
My Administration is committed to ensuring that American and global
intellectual property regimes firmly protect American innovations at
home and abroad. Our entrepreneurs have already done great things with
that research and innovation--like bringing us the smartphones that
connect us more closely, the medicine that keeps us and our loved ones
healthy for longer than ever before, and the myriad other technologies
that make our lives better, at home and at work. Our researchers deserve
their investments of time and effort--their property--to be protected
against theft and unfair practices.
Entrepreneurship has played an important part of my life and the lives
of my family members. I know that starting and growing a business takes
tremendous grit and that facing the unknown requires determination. I
also know that taking on that risk makes our Nation and our world a
better place. Entrepreneurship is the fuel of our Nation's economic
engine, and this month, I call upon Americans to recognize the
entrepreneurs who strengthen our economy, drive creativity, and increase
the vibrancy of our great Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 2017 as
National Entrepreneurship Month. I call upon all Americans to
commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities and to
celebrate November 21, 2017, as National Entrepreneurs' Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
second.
DONALD J. TRUMP