Building a brighter policy future for American entrepreneurs

One out of every 100 workers in the United States is employed by a small business in Pennsylvania and these businesses generate more than $56 billion in worker wages annually. These and other findings in The State of Small Businesses in Pennsylvania, a new report issued by the Center for American Entrepreneurship (CAE), highlight the national importance of Pennsylvania small businesses, and identify steps state and local policymakers should consider to support small businesses.

2024 was a very busy year for CAE on all fronts — policy and advocacy, publications and media, and events and roundtables.  Our 2024 Year-in-Review provides a great summary of our top activities and achievements on each front, with hotlinks to relevant letters, Op/Eds, and other documents.

The speed with which policymakers have focused on the opportunities and challenges of AI has been impressive.  But, unfortunately, that focus has to date omitted something critical – the implications of AI for, and the insights of, America’s new and small businesses. That needs to change.

The CHIPS and Science Act is America’s bipartisan game plan to win the innovation future. There’s just one problem – America lacks sufficient numbers of skilled workers to field the team needed to carry out the plan.