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Big Support for Small Business Gordon W. Day 2009 IEEE-USA President
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Big Support for Small Business
Gordon W. Day2009 IEEE-USA President
What and Why?
Entrepreneur: One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise• French: entreprendre “to undertake”
Engineers and other applied technologists create jobs• These are our members
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Recent Analysis from the Kauffman Foundation
“….from 1980-2005, nearly all net job creation in the United States occurred in firms less thanfive years old.
“….without startups, net job creation for theAmerican economy would be negative in all but a handful of years.”
“Of the overall 12 million new jobs added in 2007, young firms were responsible for the creation of nearly 8 million of those jobs.”
Analysis from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Small businesses have created between 60% and 80% of all new jobs in U.S. since mid-1990’s
Small businesses employ half of all private sector employees
Small businesses employ 39 percent of high tech workers (scientists, engineers, and computer workers).
Small businesses generate half of America’s nonfarm GDP
Small Businesses produce 13 to 14 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms.
– These patents are twice as likely as large firm patents to be among the one percent most cited.
More IEEE Members are Becoming Entrepreneurs
36% of IEEE members own or work for small business (500 or fewer employees).
IEEE-USA receives frequent requests for entrepreneurial support.
IEEE-USA’s goal….to help members start and build companies, leveraging their innovations to create jobs that will benefit the profession and the entire country.
Engineers Create Jobs
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Employment
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Information and Networking at IEEE Conferences
IEEE Publications:The Documentary Record
IEEE-USA Entrepreneurs’ Village
The Village Forum
IEEE-USA eBooks on Entrepreneurship
IEEE-USA eBooks on Innovation
IEEE-USA Webinars on Entrepreneurship
IEEE-USA TechMatch
IEEE-USA Mentors for Entrepreneurs
Directions to Resourcesfor Entrepreneurs
New Jersey Business Portal
New Jersey Small Business Development Centers
New Jersey Technology Incubators
IEEE-USA Entrepreneurs’ Networks
IEEE-USA Entrepreneur Achievement Award
IEEE-USA Position Statement on SBIR Reauthorization
IEEE-USA – SBA Strategic Alliance
Signing of the SBA/IEEE-USA Strategic Alliance
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How Else Can We Help?
Scott GraysonAssociate Managing [email protected]
Gordon Day2009 IEEE-USA [email protected]
