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Engine releases Startup Policy Playbook for 2026
Today, Engine published the 2026 Startup Policy Playbook, highlighting the policy issues coming up this year that will impact startups.
Engine releases Startup Policy Playbook for 2024
Engine released the 2024 Startup Policy Playbook, to help give members of the startup ecosystem—startup founders and employees, investors, and support organizations—an overview of the policy conversations happening this year and how they can get involved in amplifying the startup voice.
Engine releases 2024 Startup Agenda
Engine released the 2024 Startup Policy Agenda, highlighting for policymakers the issues impacting the startup ecosystem, including the startup companies, investors, and support organizations across the country. The Agenda features startup founders discussing in their own words the obstacles they’ve faced as they launch new and innovative businesses and the ways policies have helped and hurt them.
Engine and CCIA release Tools to Compete Report
The startup ecosystem is an interdependent system of startups, support organizations, investors, service providers, and others working to support startup growth and success through the provision of guidance, capital, and other critical resources. Each of these components is critical to the success of individual startup ecosystems all across the country and the growth of the overall U.S. startup ecosystem.
Startups, Content Moderation, and Section 230
Debates about the intermediary liability framework provided by Section 230 have animated policy conversations as lawmakers grapple with harmful online content, including around election integrity, health information, and children’s safety. But those debates are almost exclusively focused on the largest Internet companies. Section 230, however, applies to all services of all sizes that host all types of user-generated content, including startups.
Engine Releases Report On the State of the Startup Ecosystem
Today, Engine, along with the Charles Koch Institute and Startup Genome, issued a report looking at the overall health of the startup ecosystem. We hope this report can serve as a resource for policymakers considering a wide range of policy issues that impact early-stage companies across the country.
Engine Releases Startup Agenda 2021
It may sound like a cliched talking point, but it’s true—small businesses are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. And that includes the small businesses of the technology sector, the thousands of innovative, tech-enabled, high-growth companies across the country that make up the U.S. startup ecosystem.
Report: Nuts & Bolts of Content Moderation
In this report, and through a series of events in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2019, Engine and the Charles Koch Institute sought to unpack the nuts and bolts of content moderation. We examined what everyday content moderation looks like for Internet platforms and the legal framework that makes that moderation possible, debunked myths about content moderation, and asked attendees to put themselves in the shoes of content moderators.
Primer: California Consumer Protection Act
A primer on the California Consumer Protection Act and what it means for startups.
Primer: Immigration
A primer about why immigration policies can have an important impact on startups.
Primer: Creating a Workforce for Startups
A primer about why supporting STEM and diversity can help provide more talent for startups.
Primer: Online Sales Tax
A primer about online sales taxes and why they matter to startups.
Primer: Value of Section 230
A primer on the costs of Section 230 and why even the threat of lawsuits can hurt startups.
Primer: Copyrights
This primer provides an overview of copyright issues and what they mean for startups.
Primer: Patents
A primer that provides an overview of patent issues and what they mean for startups.
Primer: Telecom
A primer on Telecom—specifically Net Neutrality and Broadband Access—and why it matters to startups.
Engine Weighs in on Proposed H-1B Visa Requirements
Engine filed comments with the Department of Homeland Security on a proposed rulemaking that would change the registration requirements for H-1B visas.
Report: Nuts & Bolts of User-Generated Content
An ebook for policymakers on the laws surrounding user-generated content and intermediary liability on the Internet.