Small Innovative Company Growth—Barriers, Best Practices and Big Ideas: Lessons from the 3D Printing…
Mark Harrison, January 2015
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What challenges confront entrepreneurs and small high-growth firms as they attempt to commercialize innovative products and services? This report examines barriers hindering the growth!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Exploring the Policy Relevance of Startup Accelerators
Startup accelerator programs are innovative funding mechanisms that have the potential to identify high-value startups and help them advance to the next stage of growth.
Income and Net Worth of Veteran Business Owners over the Business Cycle, 1989–2010
George Haynes, November 2014
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Veterans constitute a vital part of the nation’s population and business sector. Their economic success is a national priority and a key!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Understanding the Gender Gap In STEM Fields Entrepreneurship
Margaret E. Blume-Kohout, October 2014
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The key findings of this report suggest an effective strategy for addressing the gender gap in STEM fields’ entrepreneurship!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Innovation Accelerators: Defining Characteristics Among Startup Assistance Organization
C. Scott Dempwolf, Jennifer Auer, and Michelle D’Ippolito, October 2014
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While accelerator programs have been around for almost a decade, their more recent successes have!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Advocacy Helps Guide Small Food Importers through FDA Regulations
By Yvonne Lee, Region 9 Advocate
Jacklyn Sher’s parents were refugees from Laos who came to the United States in 1976 with nothing but hope for a better life for their family. They worked hard—their first job was as night janitors at a…
New Date Announced for Roundtable on Waters Protected under the Clean Water Act
The Office of Advocacy’s environmental roundtable on the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA) has been rescheduled. The roundtable will now be held on Monday, July 21, 2014, from 10 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be…
Advocacy Roundtables to Examine Proposed Overtime Regulations
The Office of Advocacy is hosting two roundtable listening sessions concerning the presidential memorandum issued on March 13, 2014, directing the Department of Labor to propose revisions to modernize and streamline the existing overtime…
Roundtable to Address Proposed Increase in Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
The Office of Advocacy is hosting a roundtable discussion on July 8, 2014, to discuss a rule proposed by the Department of Labor implementing Executive Order 13658, which increases the hourly minimum wage for federal contractors,…
2013 Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories
The Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Profiles are an annual analysis of each state’s small business activities. Each profile gathers the latest information from key federal data-gathering agencies to provide a snapshot of small business…