Engine released the 2024 Startup Policy Agenda, highlighting for policymakers the issues impacting the startup ecosystem, including the startup companies, investors, and support organizations across the country. The Agenda features startup founders discussing in their own words the obstacles they’ve faced as they launch new and innovative businesses and the ways policies have helped and hurt them.
There are startups in every state and congressional district across the country, so, whether or not they know it, every member of Congress represents part of the startup ecosystem. And every policymaker, committee, and agency that's working on technology, Internet, innovation, and entrepreneurship policy has a chance to support—or harm—the startup ecosystem.
Unlike more established tech companies, startups typically don’t have the time and resources to track and engage in policymaking. But their perspective should be—and is—incredibly important as policymakers consider technology, Internet, and entrepreneurship policy. Policy impacts everything from how a startup can raise money, to whether a startup can hire the talent it needs, to when a startup can expand to global markets, and everything in between.
We hope the 2024 Startup Policy Agenda can serve as a high-level overview of the issues we hear about from startups every day and a jumping off point for policymakers looking to support the technology industry's small businesses. If you’re interested in learning more about how policy can support innovation and entrepreneurship, please contact policy@engine.is.
Read the agenda here.
