Can America Get Its Entrepreneurial Groove Back?
With the unemployment rate stuck at a stubbornly high 9 percent, policymakers continue to debate how to create new jobs to get America working again. But government is only one part of the equation. What is the role of private capital and can it help foster more entrepreneurs who will create jobs and new industries to pull the economy out of the doldrums? Who will be the next Steve Jobs?
On November 15, the Initiative on Business and Public Policy at Brookings hosted a discussion on the role of private capital and government policies to help foster the next generation of job creators. Speakers included Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, New York Times columnist David Brooks, former P&G CEO and member of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness A.G. Lafley, former “car czar” Ron Bloom, Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner, and member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers Carl Shapiro, as well as other investors, academics, venture capitalists and policymakers.
After each panel, the speakers took audience questions.
Agenda
8:15 AM -- Welcome
Martin Neil Baily
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets
Joseph L. Rice, III
Chairman
8:30 AM -- Morning Keynote: Can America Get Its Entrepreneurial Groove Back?
9:15 AM -- Panel One: The State of Private Capital and its Future Potential
Martin Neil Baily
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets
Aaron Chatterji
Associate Professor, Fuqua School of Business
Michael Klein
Managing Partner
9:55 AM -- Panel Two: Capital’s Role In Stimulating Economic Growth
Moderator: Joncarlo Mark
Founder
Richard P. Jaffe
Member, Executive Board, Association for Corporate Growth
Heather Slavkin
Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, Office of Investment
Harry Wilson
Chairman and CEO - MAEVA Group, LLC
Mark Wiseman
Executive Vice President
10:45 AM -- Panel Three: Research on Private Capital
Josh Lerner
Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research
Robert E. Litan
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets
Carl Shapiro
University of California at Berkelev
11:25 AM -- Panel Four: Innovation Drives Growth and Job Creation, But What Drives Innovation and How Do We Get More of It?
Moderator: Joel Kurtzman
Chairman, The Kurtzman Group
Ron Bloom
Former Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy
A.G. Lafley
Former CEO, Procter & Gamble
12:15 PM -- Closing Keynote: Entrepreneurship and Creating Small Business Jobs
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