{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox organization | name = Engine Advocacy | established = September 2011 | headquarters = San Francisco, California | board_of_directors = Marvin Ammori, Leah Belsky, Josh Mendelsohn, Derek Parham, Julie Samuels | website = {{URL|https://www.engine.is/}} }}
'''Engine''' is a non-profit group advocating for public policies that encourage the growth of technology startups in San Francisco, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-13/apple-among-most-sued-as-patent-shakedowns-skew-to-unpredictable |title=Apple Among Most-Sued as Patent Shakedowns Skew Market |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=May 13, 2014 |accessdate=September 25, 2014 |author=Decker, Susan |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912043839/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-13/apple-among-most-sued-as-patent-shakedowns-skew-to-unpredictable |archivedate=September 12, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url= https://time.com/111639/patent-reform/ | title = This Is How the Patent Trolls and Trial Lawyers Won |magazine=Time |date= May 24, 2014 |access-date=September 24, 2014 |author= Gustin, Sam}}</ref> Engine is composed of a 501(c)(3) organization called Engine Research Foundation and a 501(c)(4) called Engine Advocacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nonprofitquarterly.org/philanthropy/868-stoking-the-nonprofit-advocacy-engine.html|title=Stoking the Nonprofit Advocacy Engine|author=Gita Gulati-Partee|publisher=Nonprofit Quarterly|date=December 21, 2008|accessdate=October 2, 2014}}</ref> Engine Advocacy and Engine Foundation are the two branches of a non-profit organization that conducts economic research and policy analysis research and provides support and advice to technology startups.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://3dprint.com/97199/shapeways-net-neutrality/| title=Shapeways Helping to Keep 3D Technology Open, the Web Neutral| author=Debra Thimmesch| date=September 25, 2015| publisher=Meckler Media| accessdate=October 19, 2015}}</ref> Engine Advocacy was an instrumental partner in the effort to defeat PIPA and SOPA back in 2012. The organization researches and advocates around the issues of open Internet, intellectual property reform, privacy laws, Internet and spectrum access and immigration reform.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mashable.com/2012/01/28/engine-advocacy/ |title= Engine Advocacy Turns Tech Nerds Into Political Experts |work= Mashable |date= January 28, 2012 |accessdate =September 25, 2014 |author= Fitzpatrick, Alex}}</ref> Google, SV Angel, 500 Startups, Mozilla, Yelp and the Startup Genome support the organization.<ref name = "Venture Beat April 2013">{{cite web | url = https://venturebeat.com/2013/04/18/startups-and-immigration-500-startups-google-and-creative-commons-backed-engine-speaks-to-house-committee-on-small-business/ |title= Startups and immigration: 500 Startups, Google, and Creative Commons-backed Engine speaks to Congress |work= Venture Beat |date= April 18, 2013 | accessdate= September 25, 2014 |author = Koetsier, John }}</ref>
==History== Engine Advocacy was founded in September 2011 to advocate for public policies that benefit the startup economy.<ref name = "cnet January 2012">{{cite web | url = http://www.cnet.com/news/the-new-politics-of-silicon-valley-revenge-of-the-nerds/ | title = The new politics of Silicon Valley: Revenge of the nerds | work = cnet | date = January 5, 2012 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Downes, Larry}}</ref><ref name = "Peninsula Press February 2013">{{cite web | url = http://peninsulapress.com/2013/02/12/engine-founder-advocates-for-immigration-reform-saying-silicon-valley-talent-is-at-risk/ | title = Engine founder advocates for immigration reform, saying Silicon Valley talent is at risk | work = Peninsula Press | date = February 12, 2013 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Estabrook, Rachel}}</ref><ref name = "pandodaily September 2012">{{cite web | url = https://pando.com/2012/09/07/startups-get-political-how-engine-advocacy-is-bridging-washington-and-the-valley/ | title = Startups Get Political: How Engine Advocacy Is Bridging Washington and the Valley | work = pandodaily | date = September 7, 2012 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = McKenzie, Hamish}}</ref> In December 2011, over 300 entrepreneurs and investors attended Engine Advocacy's first meeting.<ref name = "cnet January 2012"/> Engine supported the 2011 Startup Visa Act, a proposed amendment to the United States immigration law to create a visa category for foreign entrepreneurs who have raised capital from qualified American investors and the Startup Act and Startup Act 2.0.<ref name = "Peninsula Press February 2013"/> These pieces of legislation were intended to make the immigration process for entrepreneurs and startup employees easier.<ref name = "Peninsula Press February 2013"/> In 2012, Mike McGeary represented Engine Advocacy at the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention.<ref name = "pandodaily September 2012"/> Engine Advocacy was involved in stopping SOPA passing the JOBS Act that year.<ref name = "pandodaily September 2012"/>
In April 2013, Engine Advocacy met with the United States House Committee on Small Business in Washington, D.C. to advocate for startups.<ref name = "Venture Beat April 2013"/> Engine advocacy supported #iMarch, a virtual march on Washington in support of bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform in May 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://peninsulapress.com/2013/05/24/silicon-valley-execs-share-personal-immigration-woes-at-virtual-imarch/ | title = Silicon Valley execs share personal immigration woes at virtual #iMarch | work = Peninsula Press | date = May 23, 2013 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Li, Anna}}</ref> The organization launched the "Keep Us Here" campaign in June 2013.<ref name = "Silicon Valley Business Journal June 2013">{{cite web | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/06/05/here-are-the-tech-tools-silicon-valley.html?page=all | title = Here are the tech tools Silicon Valley hopes will sway the Senate on immigration | work = Silicon Valley Business Journal | date = June 6, 2013 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Hepler, Lauren}}</ref> The campaign aimed to facilitate communication between entrepreneurs, investors and D.C. policymakers with the use of a website that featured various methods of contact.<ref name = "Silicon Valley Business Journal June 2013"/> In 2013, Engine Advocacy mapped where technology jobs are located in the United States based on the United States Census.<ref name = "SFGate January 2013">{{cite web | url = https://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Engine-Advocacy-group-lobbies-for-startups-4209834.php | title = Engine Advocacy group lobbies for startups | work = SFGate | date = January 22, 2013 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Milian, Mark}}</ref> The project's goal was to raise awareness of the technology industry's widespread impact.<ref name = "SFGate January 2013"/>
Engine Advocacy and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute organized a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission in May 2014 to express alarm over proposed net neutrality rules and urge regulators to protect Internet openness.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://time.com/96688/net-neutrality-plan-in-chaos/ | title = FCC Net-Neutrality Plan in Chaos | magazine = Time | date = May 12, 2014 | access-date = September 25, 2014 | author = Gustin, Sam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.rollcall.com/technocrat/net-neutrality-proposal-sees-call-for-delay-and-letter-from-internet-companies/?dcz= |title=Will the FCC Delay Its Net Neutrality Vote? |work=Roll Call |date=May 8, 2014 |accessdate=September 25, 2014 |author=Kim, Anne L. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102935/http://blogs.rollcall.com/technocrat/net-neutrality-proposal-sees-call-for-delay-and-letter-from-internet-companies/?dcz= |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-netneutrality-companies-idUSBREA4615420140508 | title = Tech companies urge U.S. FCC to scrap 'net neutrality' plan | work = Reuters | date = May 7, 2014 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Selyukh, Alina}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://associationsnow.com/2014/05/net-neutrality-teaches-advocacy-21st-century/ | title = What The Net Neutrality Debate Teaches About Advocacy In The 21st Century | work = Associations Now | date = May 13, 2014 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Smith, Ernie}}</ref>
Engine Advocacy appointed Julie Samuels as executive director and president in 2014.<ref name = "Managing Intellectual Property March 2014">{{cite web |url = https://www.managingip.com/Article/3316159/Julie-Samuels-joins-Engine-from-EFF.html | title = Julie Samuels joins Engine from EFF | work = Managing Intellectual Property | date = March 5, 2014 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Loney, Michael}}</ref> Samuels served as a member of the board since the organization's foundation in 2011.<ref name = "Managing Intellectual Property March 2014"/>
In 2014, Engine Advocacy lobbied on behalf of more than 500 technology startups and investors.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/net-neutrality-tech-startups_n_5247506.html | title = Tech Startups May Be The Last Line Of Defense For Net Neutrality | work = Huffington Post | date = May 2, 2014 | accessdate = September 25, 2014 | author = Smith, Gerry}}</ref> In April of that year, Engine Advocacy hosted, along with the Consumer Electronics Association, a fly-in to Washington D.C. for tech entrepreneurs to lobby for patent reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/202868-friction-tests-patent-reform-push/|title=Friction tests patent reform push|author1=Megan R. Wilson|author2=Kate Tummarello|work=The Hill|date=July 4, 2014|access-date=February 10, 2014}}</ref>
In 2023, Engine worked with Leveraged Play and Copia to release ''Moderator Mayhem'' a video game intended to teach policymakers about the difficulty of content moderation<ref name=pcmag> {{cite news | last = Pegoraro | first = Rob | date = May 15, 2023 | title = Think You Can Be a Content Moderator? Test Your Skills With This Game | url = https://www.pcmag.com/news/think-you-can-be-a-content-moderator-test-your-skills-with-this-game | work = PCMag | access-date = 2023-07-05 }} </ref>
==Research==
Engine Research Foundation has conducted original research on high-tech entrepreneurship. In 2012, Engine commissioned a study<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/media/files/pdf/TechReport.pdf |title=Technology Works: High-Tech Employment and Wages in the United States |date=December 2012 |accessdate=February 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627013011/http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/media/files/pdf/TechReport.pdf |archivedate=June 27, 2013 }}</ref> on high-tech employment and wages in the United States from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute; the study found that the creation of one high tech job accounts for the creation of 4.3 other jobs in a local economy. A joint report with the Kauffman Foundation in 2013 found that high-tech startups are a key driver of job creation throughout the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kauffman.org/~/media/kauffman_org/research%20reports%20and%20covers/2013/08/bdstechstartsreport|title=Tech Starts: High-Technology Business Formation and Job Creation in the United States|date=August 2013|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}</ref>
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