The SBA released feedback from a 1000+ entrepreneurs in the Startup America: Reducing Barriers report to highlight ways we can make government work better, such as making federal programs and processes more entrepreneur-friendly. Karen Mills, the SBA Administrator, commented on its release on the SBA blog and a fact sheet has also been posted.

Senior Obama administration officials visited eight cities as part of the administration’s Startup America initiative, to meet with entrepreneurs and hear directly from them about what processes and regulations we need to change and improve to build a more supportive environment for entrepreneurship and innovation. As President Obama has made clear, support for startups and entrepreneurs will be part what it takes to grow America’s economy and win the future.

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We joined with the White House and other governmental agencies and went around the country asking entrepreneurs for proposed solutions to their greatest challenges. Here is what we heard:

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We've heard your feedback and taken action. Take a look at all that has been accomplished:

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Using the input from the roundtables and broader public participation, the Administration put together a list of the best ideas to streamline and simplify unnecessary barriers to America’s entrepreneurs and innovators. These ideas will be incorporated into the agencies’ responses to the President’s Executive Order instructing federal agencies to identify and take steps to eliminate or reduce regulations that are outdated or overly burdensome to entrepreneurs. Additionally, these ideas were consolidated and analyzed in a report to the President.

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SBA’s Office of Ombudsman helps small businesses when they experience unfair regulatory enforcement. Small business owners can file a complaint with the Office of Ombudsman, which will follow-up with the regulatory agency and work to resolve the matter.

SBA’s Office of Advocacy is an independent voice for small business within the federal government and is the watchdog for the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). Advocacy advances the views and concerns of small business before Congress, the White House, the federal agencies, the federal courts and state policy makers.