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February 02, 2012

$1.2 Billion From Corporate America In Services To Startup

By Soud Alabbasi

Almost a year ago, Steve Case and Scott Case founded the Startup America Partnership , with goals and visions for helping the economy grow through entrepreneurship and young companies. Startup America argues that government policymakers don't distinguish between big business, small business, and high-growth companies.

Steve said in his visit to Bloomberg in New York that "if you care about the economy, the place to focus is high-growth companies." According to Kauffman Foundation, 40 million jobs were created in the last 3 decades through these high-growth companies, and this number makes for all the net job creation. One of the problems they have found was that the number of startups decreased by 23% in the past 5 years, a loss of two million jobs.

In his remarks on policymakers in Washington D.C. Steve explained that: "They don't differentiate between big business (Fortune 500), small business (Main Street America, restaurants, dry cleaners, so forth), and high-growth companies. Obviously, big companies account for a lot of jobs; they're important. Small business account for a lot of jobs; they're important. But it's these high-growth companies that account for all the net job growth."

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