Fireside Chat, Interview, Conference Presentation, Keynote
Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Standing Up for Small Businesses
Goldman SachsKevin McCarthy, John F.W. Rogers, Tyler Perry, Danny Meyer, Sarah Kauss, Wilbur L. Ross, Sara Blakely, Michael Bloomberg, Gina Raimondo, Rick Snyder, Marco Rubio, Lloyd Blankfein, Richard Branson, Warren Buffett
- Small businesses are projected to create more jobs than any large corporation in U.S. history.
- Adopting relationship-building strategies, such as inviting members to businesses and maintaining communication, is expected to contribute to the nation's recovery.
- The Innovation Initiative, which began more than a year ago, aims to redirect congressional focus from immediate issues to long-term national outcomes spanning 50 to 100 years.
- The initiative forecasts success in securing bipartisan support for legislation without mandating bipartisanship as a prerequisite condition.
- Small business owners sharing personal stories and inviting legislators to their workplaces are anticipated to effectively communicate entrepreneurial challenges to lawmakers.
- A unified, cross-cultural vision of America is implied as a pathway toward achieving a "more perfect union."
- The unique concepts of liberty and equality articulated in the Gettysburg Address are expected to be recognized as a distinct American exceptionalism compared to prior nations.
- Attendees are expected to perceive an improvement in the state of small businesses and the political climate in the future.