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HP Joins the White House in Fueling Innovation and Entrepreneurship

^{Published on 2011-01-31 03:20:45 - Market Wire}
 

PALO ALTO, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--On the occasion of President Barack Obamaa™s launch of Startup America, HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced new support for entrepreneurship through educational and technological outreach to startups and small business owners across the United States.

"More than any other technology provider, HP supports new models that incubate and accelerate innovation and the success that grows from it. This delivers a abest of both worldsa™ approach, combining the momentum of grassroots movements and collaborative models with HP-scale innovation, access to customers, technical resources and product excellence."

HP joins The Startup America Partnership, an independent private sector alliance responding to the Presidenta™s call to action in bringing together top entrepreneurs, startup firm funders, CEOs, university presidents, foundations and other leaders to help entrepreneurial companies start and grow.

HP, represented by [ HP Startup Central ], a network supporting entrepreneurship and startup growth, and HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs [ (HP LIFE) ], a global program that uses technology to help entrepreneurs establish and sustain growth, joins President Obamaa™s coalition, extending the companya™s commitment to empowering innovators through entrepreneurial tools and market access.

aAt HP, we know what it takes to build a startup afrom the garage up,a™ and we see a huge opportunity for our technology, expertise and relationships to support entrepreneurs,a said Stephen DeWitt, senior vice president and general manager, Personal Systems Group, HP. aWhether their agaragea™ days help them grow into small enterprises, move toward successful acquisition or emerge as industry giants, entrepreneurs will find HP is with them all the way.a

aEntrepreneurship is in HPa™s DNA,a said Marc Dangeard, founder of Entrepreneur Commons and StartupCause, a collective of entrepreneur support organizations. aMore than any other technology provider, HP supports new models that incubate and accelerate innovation and the success that grows from it. This delivers a abest of both worldsa™ approach, combining the momentum of grassroots movements and collaborative models with HP-scale innovation, access to customers, technical resources and product excellence.a

Leading technology analyst and entrepreneurial leader Chris Shipley further acknowledged HPa™s role in supporting entrepreneurship: aIf we are to catalyze economic development and job growth in America, we must create a vibrant ecosystem that reaches out from technology innovation centers, grafting entrepreneurial best practices onto the root stock of cities and towns throughout the country and building a rich network to support startups on their path to sustainability. HPa™s Startup Central is a vital node in this network, providing key resources to young, innovative companies and helping them to sustain growth.a

More information about HP Startup Central is available at [ http://www.hp.com/go/startupcentral ], via Twitter at [ http://twitter.com/hpstartup ] and on Facebook at [ http://www.facebook.com/pages/HP-StartupCentral/193744257309372 ].

More information about HP LIFE is available at [ http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/socialinnovation/hplife.html ] and [ http://www.life-global.org/ ] and on Facebook at [ http://www.facebook.com/HPLIFE ].

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The worlda™s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP is available at [ http://www.hp.com ].

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