November 21, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Washington, D.C. Sen. Jerry Moran used the occasion of Global Entrepreneurship Week last week as an opportunity to take the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and make another pitch for Startup Act 2.0, a bill he co-sponsored to "address critical needs facing entrepreneurs today." The senator from Kansas opened his pitch, as he has done before, by telling the story of entrepreneurship in his home state. "In Kansas … read more
June 15, 2012 by Paige Yowell
Washington, D.C. Startup Act 2.0, a bill introduced last month by a group of U.S. Senators that included Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, aims to make success come easier to entrepreneurs, allow businesses to recruit bright minds from all over the world and retain foreign college graduates who want to start businesses in the U.S. The original Startup Act, introduced in December of 2011, didn't garner enough votes to pass due to concerns about loosening immigration laws. The second version of the bill is cosponsored by a group of several Republican and Democratic senators. Here are a few of the provisions of the bill designed … read more
May 29, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Following on the heels of our coverage last week of Startup Act 2.0, we happened upon an infographic that provides a visual representation of the proposed legislation and some of the statistics supporters are using in the case for adopting the Act. Unveiled last Tuesday, Startup Act 2.0 is a piece of bipartisan legislation designed to jumpstart the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses. Four U.S. Senators, including Jerry Moran of Kansas, introduced the Act, which builds on the original Startup Act … read more
May 23, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Washington, D.C. Four U.S. Senators, including Jerry Moran of Kansas, on Tuesday introduced Startup Act 2.0, a piece of bipartisan legislation designed to jumpstart the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses. Startup Act 2.0 builds on the original Startup Act, which was introduced to the senate by Moran and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in December but didn't progress beyond that. The new Startup Act also draws from components of the AGREE Act … read more
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