{"65798":{"#nid":"65798","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Startup America Comes to Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Obama Administration is holding, \u0022Startup America: Reducing Barriers Roundtable in Atlanta\u0022\u0026nbsp;from 1 p.m to 4:30 p.m. on May 2 in Georgia Tech\u0027s Global Learning Center. Administration officials will hear from entrepreneurs on ways to reduce barriers and encourage business growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the White House\u2019s Startup America initiative, senior Obama Administration officials will visit Atlanta to meet with entrepreneurs and hear directly from them on suggestions for reducing barriers and improving regulations to build a more supportive environment for entrepreneurship and innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOfficials attending the event include Deputy Administrator of the US Small Business Administration Marie Johns, Associate Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Michael Fitzpatrick, Deputy Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office Teresa Rae, Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisors Ronnie Chatterji.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson will also be making remarks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Startup America initiative will support startups and entrepreneurs, giving them the tools and resources to grow America\u2019s economy and win the future. Using the input from the roundtables and broader public participation, the Administration will produce a report highlighting ideas to streamline and simplify unnecessary barriers to America\u2019s entrepreneurs and innovators.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEntrepreneurs and small business owners interested in attending the events can learn more by emailing reducingbarriers@sba.gov.\u0026nbsp; Anyone unable to attend the Atlanta event can submit their ideas for reducing barriers to the website.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Ideas submitted to the online platform will also be included in the final report.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdministration officials will hear from entrepreneurs on ways to reduce barriers and encourage business growth.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Obama Administration is holding,\u0022Startup America: Reducing Barriers Roundtable in Atlanta\u0022 at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2011-04-27 10:53:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:54","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-05-02T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-05-02T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-05-02T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-05-02 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-05-02 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-05-02 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/reducingbarriers.ideascale.com\/","title":"Reducing Barriers website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167498","name":"Startup America"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}