White House Startup America campaign aims to spur entrepreneurship, job growth
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Taking the advice of New York Times op-ed columnist Thomas Friedman, President Barack Obama 31 January launched his moon shot strategy for achieving sustainable economic growth and quality jobs by creating a new US innovation plan aimed at accelerating entrepreneurship – an initiative he hinted at during his 25 January State of the Union address, when he declared that "this is our generation's Sputnik moment".