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Celebrating #StartupDay Across America
Aug 29 2013
Today, Senator Warner met with startup businesses at the UberOffices coworking facility in Arlington to help celebrate Startup Day Across America. As part of Startup Day Across America, startups across the country hosted legislators for town hall meetings and tours
In a Senate Banking Committee Hearing today, Sen. Warner pressed SEC Chair Mary Jo White to introduce regulations for crowdfunding, a tool that allows entrepreneurs and small businesses to raise capital over the internet.
On the Road: Launching Kiva City Richmond
Jul 30 2013
The international crowdlending nonprofit Kiva launched a Richmond location yesterday. Senator Warner attended the launch of the new branch, which will be the seventh Kiva location in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement on the President’s spectrum announcements:
Getting the most out of health IT
Dec 13 2012
Senator Warner spoke yesterday at an annual conference on implementing health care information technology (IT). The Senator stressed the importance of making sure new health IT products can interact effectively with each other, much like how cell phones created by different manufacturers and operating on different networks can still communicate.
Crowdfunding a Startup
Oct 17 2012
“Crowdfunding has the potential to not only change the way that startup businesses access capital, but to allow entrepreneurs to create and keep jobs in places like Danville or Roanoke,” Senator Warner said today in Arlington at the first of a series of events that he’s holding to help Virginia entrepreneurs better understand how crowdfunding can be a tool for business growth.
Senator Warner hosts 2nd annual Young Professionals Summit
Summit draws more than 300 young Virginians
Oct 01 2012
Moving Virginia forward to continued success in a global economy should not include losing sight of important local and statewide connections. That’s what Senator Warner, a co-founder of Nextel and former venture capital investor, told more than 300 young people attending the second annual Virginia Young Professionals Summit in Richmond on Saturday.
Cybersecurity bill a step in the right direction
Aug 01 2012
Senator Warner spoke today on the Senate floor advocating for passage of the Cybersecurity Act, which would work to protect U.S. computer networks from cyberattacks. There have been several high-profile incidents recently, including attacks on websites such as LinkedIn and Yahoo, as well as attempted cyber attacks every day against all sorts of government networks.
Virginia Chamber supports Startup 2.0
Jul 31 2012
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is supporting Senator’s Warner’s bipartisan Startup 2.0 legislation, which would help support and grow small businesses and innovative start-up companies.
Senator Warner promoted bipartisan Startup Act 2.0 legislation he is sponsoring on CNN’s John King last night. Startup aims to jumpstart job creation by helping American entrepreneurs win the global competition for talent. Of course, the Senator could not pass up an opportunity to talk about his continuing efforts to craft comprehensive, bipartisan agreement on the deficit.
