HP Joins the White House in Fueling Innovation and Entrepreneurship


PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 31, 2011 - On the occasion of President
Barack Obama's launch of Startup America, HP today
support for entrepreneurship through educational and technological
outreach to startups and small business owners across the United States.

HP joins The Startup America Partnership,
alliance responding to the President's call to action
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
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 Obama
coalition, extending the company's commitment to empowering
innovators through entrepreneurial tools and

"At HP, we know what it takes to build a startup
and we see a huge opportunity for our technology, expertise and
relationships to support entrepreneurs,"
president and general manager, Personal Systems Group, HP.
their 'garage' days help them grow into small
successful acquisition or emerge as industry giants, entrepreneurs will find
HP is with them all the way."

"Entrepreneurship is in HP's DNA," sa
Entrepreneur Commons and StartupCause, a collective of ent
support organizations. "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
combining the momentum of grassroo
models with HP-scale innovation, access to customers, technical resources
and product excellence."

Leading technology analyst and entrepreneurial leader Chris Shipley
further acknowledged HP's role in supporting entrepreneurs
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. HP
Central is a vital node in this network, providing key resources to young,
innovative companies and helping them to sustain growth.

More information about HP Startup Central
http://www.hp.com/go/startupcentral
http://twitter.com/hpstartup and on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/HP
StartupCentral/193744257309372.

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

About HP

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on people, businesses, governments and society. The world'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 (NYSE: HPQ) is available
at www.hp.com.

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