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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.
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. Read More
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. Visit the Channel
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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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)
In the paper, "The Constant: Companies that Matter," Kauffman Foundation Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky explores the rate and founding locations of companies in the United States that "matter" from 1980 to present.
New Research Finds Despite Proposed Legislative Restrictions, H-1B Visas Remain Essential to Attracting and Retaining Talent in the United States (05/1/13)
Kauffman Foundation and PBS Distance Learning Expand Availability of Ice House Entrepreneurship Facilitator Training (04/24/13)
William Jewell College Receives $500,000 Grant from Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to Build Entrepreneurial Programming (04/23/13)
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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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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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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.