If we’re going to create new jobs, we must support entrepreneurs. Yet, policymakers continue to prioritize big, established businesses over new business.
The result: Entrepreneurship has remained effectively flat for 20 years, in part because women, people of color, and rural residents lack equal access to the tools needed to start new businesses.
The Coalition
Start Us Up Resources
Rebuilding Better: Our COVID-19 Response
America’s New Business Plan
We have a bipartisan plan for policymakers that is focused on creating new jobs and leveling the playing field for startups and small businesses.
So what do new business owners need? It’s pretty simple:
Opportunity
A Level Playing Field and Less Red Tape
Funding
Equal Access to the Right Kind of Capital Everywhere
Knowledge
The Know-How to Start a Business
Support
The Ability for All to Take Risks
The Start Us Up Coalition
Organizations around the country are working hard to eliminate barriers to starting a new business.
Meet our coalition members.
Latest from Start Us Up
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A moment for entrepreneurship amid calls for unity
Wednesday afternoon saw American leaders of diverse backgrounds and ideologies unite behind the democratic transfer of power. Indeed, presidential inaugurations are often a symbol of civility in an increasingly divided political arena, and yet calls for unity and cooperation echoed especially loud as President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the […] -
Coalition Roundup: January 15, 2021
The next round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) began earlier this week, offering new and small businesses another shot at much-needed relief. As members of the Start Us Up coalition have emphasized for weeks, this new round of funding is long overdue, as entrepreneurs prepare for the back half of an unforgiving winter — […] -
The Biden administration’s recovery plan must work quickly to address short- and long-term disparities
Next week, when President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office, he’ll be handed the reins of a country in dire need of an economic spark. COVID-19 has done more than just ravage American employment and small businesses; it has also deepened existing inequities. Last Friday’s jobs report revealed that women suffered all of December’s […] -
America’s recovery risks affirming existing inequities
In a recent op-ed for CNN, entrepreneur Steve Case and former U.S. Rep. John Delaney discussed what federal policymakers can do to ensure aid reaches all entrepreneurs — particularly those in greatest need. Among the key themes is the need for a place-based strategy that brings greater focus to businesses in oft-overlooked regions: “The opportunity […] -
Coalition Roundup: December 11, 2020
As 2020 winds to a close, all eyes are on the federal government and negotiations over additional relief for new and small businesses. The urgency cannot be overstated; health experts anticipate the pandemic will get worse before it gets better, and forecasts for small businesses are equally bleak. With Congress reconsidering relief packages, tax professionals […]