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Hello, I'm Governor Bev Perdue. Thanks for joining us today at this Entrepreneurship Summit
I'd like to be there with you in person because you're doing important work.
The future of America and of North Carolina depends on leaders
just like you who will create support and adopt new products and services and new business models
we need to look ahead and to act very aggressively to keep our economy
racing into the twenty-first century as we partner and compete with India, China
Brazil and the globalizing world economy.
We take that challenge seriously here in North Carolina
Think about how we're transforming our traditional industries
Here in this state, we don't just build furniture anymore although we do that
we also make specialized airplane seats and aircraft components. We don't just
make blue jeans and bed sheets in our textile companies. We produce high tech
fabrics and lightweight components
for even wind turbines.
We don't just grow and sell tobacco in North Carolina.
We are using tobacco to redefine twenty-first century medical treatments
for Alzheimer's, depression and other diseases. We are transforming our
traditional and core industries. With your help
we are redefining North Carolina's role in the twenty-first century economy.
I believe the leaders and innovators in this room
represent the best hope in America for real job creation through new
partnerships, industries and businesses across our region
That's why I created the State's first small business commissioner.
Scott Daugherty is a tremendous resource for us
and i know you're hearing from him a lot at this Summit.
I also pressed our state to be the first in America
to get the Capital Access Program up and running.
We are using $46 million in federal funds from the Small Business Act
to free up more than $800 million for business lending in North Carolina.
Our new Biz Boost program has helped
more than a 1,000 businesses on the verge of closure to save jobs and add new ones
even as they also added tens of millions of dollars in revenue.
I want to thank you all for joining us today and being part of this Entrepreneurship Summit .0:02:19.319,0:02:23.739 Your ambition and your great mind's are going to make sure that North Carolina
leads the way for generations to come. Have a great day. Share your ideas with
me and with others, learn a lot, and leave this meeting today energized and
fully ready for us to compete very effectively in the twenty-first
century economy. Thanks a lot.