American entrepreneurs are beginning to flourish again. What’s good for the American entrepreneur is good for America. The engine of American prosperityEntrepreneurs and small businesses are the engine of our economic vitality — they make up 99.9% of all U.S. businesses. What held entrepreneurs backNot so long ago, our small businesses were languishing. Business applications rose from about 3.0 million in 2016 to 3.5 million by 2018-19, while the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index soared to multidecade highs.