These visionaries are the engine of the New Economy, and your support is critical to their continued prosperity and vitality. The National Commission on Entrepreneurship was recently established to provide local, state, and national leaders with a roadmap of how to sustain and expand a flourishing entrepreneurial economy. Through research, publishing, conferences and other events, the Commission will promote an agenda that helps grow a successful entrepreneurial economy into the 21st Century. At a time of unprecedented prosperity and heightened media attention on leading business visionaries, promotion of entrepreneurship may seem unnecessary. Yet, ironically, entrepreneurs are the most poorly represented business community in policymaking circles.
Large companies maintain in-house government relations staffs.
Medium-sized companies lobby extensively through their trade associations. In contrast, entrepreneurs start innovative small businesses that they intend to grow into larger companies. These firms are passing through a stage in business development and don't form the type of static political constituency recognized by policy makers. Entrepreneurs avoid policy makers, and policy makers do not reach out to entrepreneurs. As a result, our nation's political leaders need a reliable source to help them understand the most important economic engine in American society today.