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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 215 / Thursday, November 6, 2014 / Presidential Documents 65867 

Proclamation 9205 of October 31, 2014 

National Entrepreneurship Month, 2014 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Across our Nation, in laboratories and around kitchen tables, passionate 

and creative entrepreneurs are developing new sources of clean energy, 

cures for life-threatening diseases, and inventions that will transform the 

way we see the world. America has always been a country of risk takers 

and dreamers—where anyone who is willing to work hard can turn a good 

idea into a thriving business—and our spirit of ingenuity remains a powerful 

engine of growth, creating jobs and bolstering our economy. This month, 

we recognize the grit and determination of American inventors and 

innovators and their many contributions to our Nation, and we reaffirm 

our commitment to support these entrepreneurs as they develop the products, 

services, and ideas of tomorrow. 

Our country seeks to empower a rising generation of talented and striving 

innovators and to ensure they have opportunities to pursue their aspirations 

and take the risks that make America great. That is why my Administration 

has expanded grants, tax credits, and loans to help more families afford 

a college degree. We are investing in programs that encourage science, 

technology, engineering, and math education, especially for traditionally 

underrepresented groups. We have given nearly 5 million Americans the 

chance to cap their student loan payments at 10 percent of their income, 

freeing them to pursue new ideas and unsolved problems. And the Affordable 

Care Act enables entrepreneurs to set out and build the future they seek 

by providing the security of quality, affordable health care. 

As we work to create a new foundation of growth and prosperity, my 

Administration is taking action to ensure startups and innovators have the 

resources and access to capital they need to take ideas from the drawing 

board to the factory floor to the store shelf. Now in its fourth year, our 

Startup America initiative has brought the Federal Government and private 

sector partners together to cut red tape for entrepreneurs, speed up innovation, and help get businesses off the ground and scale up more quickly. 

We are redoubling our support for an open Internet and open data as 

fundamentals of innovation. We have committed to investing billions of 

dollars in our small businesses and startups, and we are accelerating the 

transfer of federally funded research from the laboratory to the commercial 

marketplace. We have made new efforts to welcome entrepreneurial companies as customers of the Federal Government, and since taking office, I 

have signed 18 tax cuts for small businesses into law, as well as bipartisan 

legislation that has helped enable more emerging growth companies to access 

public capital markets. And because many of the highly skilled workers 

and talented thinkers on whom our startups depend are first-generation 

Americans, I continue to call on the Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform—and I am prepared to address our broken immigration system 

through executive action in a way that is sustainable and effective, and 

within the confines of the law. 

Bringing together America’s best and brightest innovators creates important 

opportunities for mentorship within the startup and small business communities, and it allows policymakers to hear directly from entrepreneurs. This 


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year, we launched the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship. 

A first-of-its-kind collaboration between successful American businesspeople 

and the Federal Government, this group is helping to cultivate startup communities and champion entrepreneurship both here at home and overseas. 

We also hosted inventors from around the country this year at the firstever White House Maker Faire. And later this month, my Administration 

is supporting the 5th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Morocco, 

to foster entrepreneurial success and prosperity around the world. 

When we encourage entrepreneurs and the ideas they introduce to the 

world, we strengthen our communities and help secure America’s promise 

for future generations. As we observe National Entrepreneurship Month and 

celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, let us continue our work to ensure 

America remains home to the best minds and the most innovative businesses 

on earth. 

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 2014 

as National Entrepreneurship Month. I call upon all Americans to commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate 

November 18, 2014, 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 fourteen, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtyninth. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26493 

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