Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 75, No. 223 

Friday, November 19, 2010 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 8600 of November 15, 2010 

National Entrepreneurship Week, 2010 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Entrepreneurs embody the promise that lies at the heart of America—that 

if you have a good idea and work hard enough, the American dream is 

within your reach. During National Entrepreneurship Week, we renew our 

commitment to supporting the entrepreneurs who power the engine of our 

Nation’s economy. These intrepid individuals translate their vision into 

products and services that keep America strong and competitive on a global 

scale, and build opportunity and prosperity across our country. 

As we emerge from a historic economic recession, my Administration has 

taken decisive action to accelerate growth and remove barriers for entrepreneurs and small business owners to grow, hire, and prosper. At a time 

when small business lending standards had tightened considerably, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helped the Small Business Administration (SBA) work with lenders to provide critical SBA loans. These loans 

assisted thousands of entrepreneurs in starting new businesses, employing 

workers, and jumpstarting our economy. I was also proud to sign the Small 

Business Jobs Act of 2010, the most important investment in small businesses 

in more than a decade. This legislation will make it easier for them to 

expand and hire, creating tax breaks and accelerating more than $55 billion 

in tax relief for entrepreneurs and small business owners by the end of 

2011. 

To harness the ingenuity of the American people, my Administration has 

developed a national innovation strategy, which emphasizes entrepreneurship 

as a catalyst for new industries, new businesses, and new jobs. This strategy 

focuses on key investments to foster American innovation, improving education, building a 21st-century infrastructure, and bolstering our ability to 

conduct cutting-edge research. It also seeks to promote and facilitate competitive markets for entrepreneurs, and to support breakthroughs in areas of 

national priority—including alternative energy, health care technology, and 

advanced vehicle technologies. In addition, the new National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is collecting input from across the 

United States to recommend policies that will bolster our economic growth 

and lead to sustainable, well-paying American jobs. I encourage aspiring 

entrepreneurs and other Americans interested in promoting innovation to 

visit www.SBA.gov for resources and information. 

All Americans can play a role in increasing the prevalence and success 

of new start-ups. Business leaders can mentor a budding entrepreneur who 

has an original idea and the will to execute, but could benefit from the 

guidance of an experienced owner or operator. Philanthropists can expand 

entrepreneurship education for ambitious students at underserved schools 

and community colleges. Universities can accelerate the transition of scientific breakthroughs from the lab to the marketplace. Together, we can 

help millions of entrepreneurs create the industries and jobs of the 21st 

century and solve some of the toughest challenges we face as a Nation. 

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 14 through 
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November 20, 2010, as National Entrepreneurship Week. I call upon all 

Americans to commemorate this week with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate November 19, 2010, as National Entrepreneurs’ Day. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day 

of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29453 

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