AOL cofounder Steve Case is teaming up with the Obama White House and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to launch Startup America, a partnership to “foster innovative high-growth firms in the United States,” said Kauffman representative Benjamin Branham. It “is designed to marshal more resources from private sector partners that in turn will be steered directly to startups and entrepreneurs.” On the list of potential resource providers: venture capitalists, CEOs, university presidents and, of course, leading entrepreneurs.
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Tech Titans Ally With White House on Innovation Effort
Posted by: Mike Martin February 1, 2011 12:45 PMAOL cofounder Steve Case is teaming up with the Obama White House and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to launch Startup America, a partnership to “foster innovative high-growth firms in the United States,” said Kauffman representative Benjamin Branham. It “is designed to marshal more resources from private sector partners that in turn will be steered directly to startups and entrepreneurs.” On the list of potential resource providers: venture capitalists, CEOs, university presidents and, of course, leading entrepreneurs.