1: Advocacy

Lead legislative and educational campaigns for entrepreneurs.

Other Information:

For nearly 20 years, SBE Council members and staff have led some of the most successful and important legislative and educational campaigns for entrepreneurs. For example, and most recently, our members designed the framework for legislation that allows entrepreneurs to access crowdfunding platforms to search for and secure investment capital for their firms. Our effective outreach and advocacy campaign stunned partisan Washington, and culminated in the signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Start-Up Act (JOBS Act) by President Obama on April 5, 2012. Key components of the Jobs Act, and notably Title III -- the crowdfunding provision -- will revolutionize how entrepreneurs access capital -- not only in the U.S., but across the globe. SBE Council led the legislative campaign to advance Medical Savings Accounts, which led to a successive (and successful) endeavor that secured universal Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). We are at the center of every major tax and regulatory fight and reform opportunity affecting small business. SBE Council provides leadership and a much needed voice for entrepreneurs on policies such as trade, technology, intellectual property (IP), telecommunications, energy, government procurement, finance, spending and fiscal issues, health care and much more. SBE Council’s policy knowledge and advocacy experience is deep, inclusive and unmatched.

Stakeholder(s):

• Entrepreneurs

Objective(s):

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