GEW: Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union 2022

6000 J Street,Sacramento CA 95819

14 November, 2022

Description

During Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022, presented by Western Health Advantage, we are excited to bring to you a Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union discussing our region's innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem! This event is set to launch us into a full week of events, workshops, and pitch competitions. This signature event will highlight a keynote speaker, Jason Grill, in a presentation and fireside chat where he will discuss the Right to Start and its framework for "unleashing entrepreneurial opportunity for everyone, we all benefit from more homegrown jobs, higher incomes, greater productivity, lower inequality, stronger communities, and less poverty." In addition to the keynote, this event will elevate various elements of how we as a Greater Sacramento region can remove barriers to ensure all in our region have the right to start a business through an empowering panel discussion. Fireside Chat: Jason Grill - Head of Government Affairs at Right to Start and accomplished entrepreneur, consultant, elected official, senior advisor, lawyer and media contributor in the public and private sector Cameron Law - Executive Director of the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Sacramento Organizer for Global Entrepreneurship Week, Board Member of FourthWave, Right to Start Ambassador The Panel: Chris Horton - Founder and Executive Director of Extending a Helping Hand, Global Director of Strategic Initiatives of National Black Entrepreneurs ProjectAdditional panelists will be announced soon. About: Read the We Are All Starters: A Manifesto to Renew Ourselves and Our Nation (Free Digital Copy) Right to Start: Fights to expand entrepreneurial opportunity for all. We drive civic change through: grassroots organizing and mobilizing, policy advocacy and engagement, and lifting the voices of entrepreneurs through media and storytelling. Our campaign is based in two affiliated nonprofits: Right to Start is a 501(c)3 and Right to Start Fund is a 501(c)4. Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship: We serve as a regional hub and platform for providing approachable and accessible entrepreneurial education, community, and support to enable startup founders of all backgrounds to explore and launch their businesses. Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance: An entrepreneurial community with dynamic startup ventures, high entrepreneurship rates, widespread public awareness, and healthy growth capital investments. America’s Startup SlumpSince the 1970s, America’s rate of entrepreneurship has fallen by nearly half. Data from the U.S. Census BDS shows the downward trend in new business formation. *Content from Right to Start website. Entrepreneurs drive job growthNew businesses create almost all job growth in an economy. Research shows that young businesses create almost all net new jobs, while older businesses shed jobs or net zero jobs. *Content from Right to Start website. America is still a Startup NationThere is hope. Because Americans still dream. Survey data from the SBA shows that, at its heart, America is still a “Startup Nation” inside. That energy is bottled up but is ready to be unleashed. *Content from Right to Start website. If any special accommodations are needed please let us know at least two weeks in advance to secure the needed accommodations.