National Entrepreneurship Week, 2010

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Part III

The President

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Proclamation 8600--National Entrepreneurship Week, 2010

Proclamation 8601--America Recycles Day, 2010

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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

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.