America's New Business Plan
We have a nonpartisan plan for policymakers that is focused on creating new, good jobs and rebuilding an economy that works for everyone.
America’s New Business Plan offers a nonpartisan policy roadmap to create a more inclusive economy by building a prepared workforce and concentrating on entrepreneur-focused economic development. The four-part plan focuses on creating new, good jobs and rebuilding an economy that works for everyone, with practical and achievable ideas that can be implemented starting now.
The specific policies outlined in this plan are aimed at helping federal, state, and local governments close gaps based on race, gender, and geography while increasing opportunity for all and growing the economy.
This is America’s New Business Plan – the transformative and collaborative change we need for a strong future.
The Four Pillars
America’s New Business Plan is a four-part nonpartisan policy roadmap focused on creating a more inclusive economy by building a prepared workforce and concentrating on entrepreneur-focused economic development.
Access to Opportunity
A Level Playing Field That Reduces Barriers
Ensuring the opportunity of entrepreneurship is available to all requires action to address the underlying and well-documented systemic barriers.
Access to Funding
A Holistic, Accessible, and Innovative Approach to Capital
When business owners do not have access to personal funds or quality capital, they are less able to take the risks necessary to grow their businesses, artificially stifling the marketplace.
Access to Knowledge
Real World Experience for the Workforce and to Start a Business
To have a prepared workforce and support entrepreneurs, we need to expand our education systems to include real-world learning experiences and hold systems and institutions accountable, preparing the next generation to be problem solvers and creators of change.
Access to Support
The Ability for All to Take Risks
Policymakers can ensure the next generation of entrepreneurs is not locked out of opportunities to improve their economic situations by helping all Americans build stable, mobile, and – eventually – prosperous financial futures.
Opportunity
Funding
Support
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