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Entrepreneurship

Paving the Way to Success

The Kauffman Foundation is working to further understand the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, to advance entrepreneurship education and training efforts, to promote entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and to better facilitate the commercialization of new technologies by entrepreneurs and others, which have great promise for improving the economic welfare of our nation.

Insights

Top of the Entrepreneurial Mind

In this weekly video blog, Thom Ruhe, Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, discusses issues affecting entrepreneurs and sits down with guests to discuss entrepreneurship.

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Highlights

Six Myths About Venture Capital Offer Dose of Reality to Startups in Harvard Business Review article

To empower founders when negotiating with VCs, Kauffman Director of Private Equity Diane Mulcahy debunks common myths about venture capital in the May issue of the Harvard Business Review.

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New ‘ID8 Nation’ Web Channel on www.entrepreneurship.org

ID8 Nation, a multimedia channel on Kauffman’s website, entrepreneurship.org, explores cities' entrepreneurial ecosystems to provide insights on what grows in them and why. The first city profiled is Pittsburgh.

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Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index

Owners of startup companies are surprisingly optimistic about 2012, according to the first Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom.
Starting Smaller; Staying Smaller: America's Slow Leak in Job Creation

Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform

Neutralism and Entrepreneurship: The Structural Dynamics of Startups, Young Firms and Job Creation

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Kauffman Foundation’s 1 Million Cups Begins Brewing in Chattanooga Today (05/29/13)

1 Million Cups™, a program to educate and connect entrepreneurs, chugs into its newest U.S. city this morning. Chattanooga, Tenn., is on track as the seventh city to host the weekly gathering that is building startup communities over cups of coffee and conversation.
Kent State Partners With Kauffman Foundation to Offer Ice House Entrepreneurship Program (05/20/13)

Number of U.S. Companies that Reach $100-Million in Annual Revenues Remarkably Stable Over Past 20 Years, According to Kauffman Paper (05/9/13)

New Research Finds Despite Proposed Legislative Restrictions, H-1B Visas Remain Essential to Attracting and Retaining Talent in the United States (05/1/13)

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Kansas University Endowment Association
Lawrence, KS | Approved Date: 12/10/2008 | Approved Amount: $8,100,000
Support to establish the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation at the University of Kansas.

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Featured Resources

2013 Kauffman Foundation Fact Sheet

Learn more about the Kauffman Foundation's key education and entrepreneurship programs, resources and initiatives.
The Founder’s Dilemmas

Bad decisions at the inception of a promising venture lay the foundations for its eventual ruin. The Founder’s Dilemmas is the first book to examine the early decisions by entrepreneurs that can make or break a startup and its team.

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Upcoming Events

Kansas City Maker Faire June 29, 2013, Kansas City, Mo

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