'Jobless Entrepreneurship' Tarnishes Steady Rate of U.S. Startup Activity, Kauffman Study Shows 
During the Great Recession, more Americans have become entrepreneurs than at any time in the past 15 years. However, while the economy and its high unemployment rates may have pressed more individuals into business ownership, most of them are going it alone, rather than starting companies that employ others.
2012 State of Entrepreneurship Address
With campaign season in full swing and the economy far from strong, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation interim president and CEO Benno C. Schmidt, along with National Governors Association (NGA) leaders Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and Delaware Governor Jack Markell, called for state and local government policy changes to foster entrepreneurship and accelerate economic growth.
2013 State of Entrepreneurship Address: Financing Entrepreneurial Growth
The Kauffman Foundation addresses challenges and opportunities in financing new and young companies at its fourth annual State of Entrepreneurship Address at the National Press Club in Washington.
A Clean Energy Roadmap: Forging the Path Ahead
If the United States fails to act now to harness its resources and ingenuity in clean energy production, we risk falling far behind in the twenty-first century global economy.
A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: New Kauffman Paper Highlights Different Types and Their Roles in Economy
The distinctive differences between innovation-driven enterprises (IDEs) and traditional small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – and their importance for governments and policymakers wanting to support long-term economic growth – is the subject of "A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy," which examines IDEs and SMEs, their roles in local, regional and global economies, and their differing needs in terms of financial and policy support.
Blogging Opportunities and Challenges are Focus of Kauffman Foundation’s Fifth Annual Economics Bloggers Forum
Taking their provocative online discussions face to face, leading economics bloggers will gather for the fifth annual Economics Bloggers Forum at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on April 12, 2013.
Business Dynamics Statistics Briefing: Where Have All the Young Firms Gone?
Building on a long-term trend, the nation's business startup rate fell below 8 percent for the first time in 2010, marking the lowest point on record for new firm births. New firms as a percentage of all firms continued a steady downward trend in 2010 – going from a high of 13 percent (as a percentage of all firms) in the 1980s to just under 11 percent in 2006 before making a steep decline to the 8 percent in 2010 – the most current year of data available.
Canaries in the Coal Mine
Financial plumbing is taken for granted, except when things go wrong. It was only a few years ago, for example, that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York saw the mess in the derivatives market, where transactions were recorded on slips of paper and sometimes misplaced before the Fed forced the major banks that were part of that market to clean up their act.
Carl Schramm discusses coming entrepreneurial boom on CNBC
He was interviewed on "Squawk on the Street" with Erin
Burnett and Mark Haines. The segment was focused on the role that older
entrepreneurs are playing in this recession.
Causes for Firm Formation and Job Creation Reveal Keys to Growing Economy, According to New Kauffman Study
Startups and young companies dominate net job creation in the United States – and have done so for the last 30 years. This economic phenomenon occurs because of the patterns of firm formation and survival, according to a report released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Economic Bloggers and the Renewal of Entrepreneurial Capitalism
Some of the country's most widely read economic bloggers share their insights in a newly released video produced by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Ensuring State and Municipal Solvency
It's clear that achieving long-term solvency for states and municipalities will require painful paradigm shifts.
Entrepreneur Expert Carl Schramm to Attend Obama Jobs Summit
Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has been invited by President Barack Obama to participate in the White House forum on jobs and economic growth on Thursday, December 3.
Entrepreneurial Activity Declines as Jobs Rise in 2012, according to Kauffman Report
According to the annual Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, the 2012 rate declined slightly from 0.32 percent of American adults per month starting businesses in 2011 to 0.30 percent in 2012.
Entrepreneurs' Gloom Contradicts Wall Street Optimism
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced the results of a
new survey of American entrepreneurs showing that entrepreneurs and
small businesses continue to struggle despite increasing optimism on
Wall Street.
Entrepreneurs’ Economic Confidence Slipping, Third-Quarter Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index Shows
According to the third-quarter Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index, released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, expectations for the U.S. economy declined overall, but there is a significant optimism gap between older entrepreneurs and those between the ages of 18 and 40.
Entrepreneurs’ Movement featured in Huffington Post op-ed
Calling it "a cause for our economy," Kauffman Foundation President and
CEO Carl Schramm posted an opinion piece on the Huffington Post weblog
about the newly launched Entrepreneurs' Movement.
Experience, Management and Luck are Keys to Entrepreneurial Success, Say Company Founders
In the years immediately following the 1990-1991 and 2001 recessions,
net job creation came from small, entrepreneurial companies, according
to the U.S. Small Business Administration. While fostering new business
creation could again help the United States move more swiftly toward
ending the current recession, little has been known about the factors
that cultivate and support entrepreneurialism.
Exploring Firm Formation: Why is the Number of New Firms Constant?
Recent entrepreneurship research has shed new light on how important new companies—firms less than five years old—are to economic growth, so the next question raised by economists and policymakers might be: How do we increase the number of firm formations? In a review of research into entrepreneurial orientation to help find answers, another important question has arisen: Why does the level of firm formation remain virtually consistent from year to year?
Extend the Debt Limit Without Conditions, Say a Majority of Leading Economics Bloggers
Optimism is out; pessimism is in among the country's top economics bloggers as they look to 2012 and beyond, particularly regarding jobs. A new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey released today shows that only 50 percent of respondents anticipate employment growth, a decrease of 20 percent from second quarter.
Financialization and Its Entrepreneurial Consequences
The implications of financialization for the structure of the U.S. economy, in particular for entrepreneurship
Frontier Economics: Why Entrepreneurial Capitalism is Needed Now More than Ever
Immediately following the 2008 global financial crisis, many economists and market observers hastened to declare that the era of free markets was now over. America, and the world as a whole, they said, were trending toward greater reliance on government controls.
High-Growth Firms Account for Disproportionate Share of Job Creation, According to Kauffman Foundation Study
According to a new study released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the current national conversation on economic recovery would be more productively focused on creating a favorable environment for entrepreneurship—and particularly high-growth entrepreneurship—because top-performing companies are the most fertile source of new jobs.
High-Growth Firms and the Future of the American Economy
Into early 2010, more than two years after the recession began, the American economy continues to send out mixed signals with respect to economic recovery: GDP growth looks set to recover, while unemployment is projected to remain high for many more years. The most important economic matter facing the country is job creation, not only in terms of employment itself but also for boosting sectors such as housing, which will not fully recover until job creation recovers.
High-Growth Firms Flourish in Unexpected Locations and Industries, Kauffman Studies Show
"The Ascent of America's High-Growth Companies," a report series released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, reveals that high numbers of fast-growing firms are concentrated in unexpected regions and industrial sectors.
Historically Large Decline in Job Creation from Startup and Existing Firms in the 2008–2009 Recession
The Census Bureau's Business Dynamics Statistics show a very large decline in gross job creation from existing firms as well as startups in the recession.
How Do We Make More Entrepreneurs More Successful?
If the best indicator of a country’s growth is the number of new firms started every year, as Kauffman Foundation research indicates, how do we get more companies to start and grow? What’s the magic sauce
Job Creation in the U.S. Hits 29-Year Low at Peak of Great Recession, According to New Census Bureau Data
In 2009, at the height of the Great Recession, the economy saw historically large declines in job creation rates from startup and existing firms—the lowest rates in nearly 30 years—while job losses also increased. From 2006 to 2009, the overall job creation rate fell 4 points (from 16.5 percent), and among startups the job creation rate fell by 1 point (from 3 percent). However, compared to 2006 rates this represents a 25 percent decrease in overall job creation and a 34 percent decline among startups. Despite this grim reality, new and expanding firms still created more than 14 million new jobs.
Kauffman Economic Outlook 1Q 2008
Economics bloggers are less pessimistic in their outlook on the U.S. economy than they were at the end of 2010, though 77 percent believe overall conditions are mixed, facing recession, or in recession.
Kauffman Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economic Bloggers, Third Quarter 2011
Optimism is out; pessimism is in among the country's top economics bloggers as they look to 2012 and beyond, particularly regarding jobs. A new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey released today shows that only 50 percent of respondents anticipate employment growth, a decrease of 20 percent from second quarter.
Kauffman Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economics Bloggers
Beginning in January 2010, the Kauffman Foundation tapped the insights of America's top economics bloggers in a series of quarterly surveys.
Kauffman Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economics Bloggers, First Quarter 2010
Despite promising economic growth numbers in the last quarter of 2009, economics bloggers have a grim outlook, according to the first quarter 2010 Kauffman Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economics Bloggers.
Kauffman Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economics Bloggers, Second Quarter 2011
Pessimism about the U.S. economy is making a comeback among the country's top economics bloggers after a slightly sunnier outlook earlier this year. According to the second quarter Kauffman Economic Outlook survey released today, 85 percent of respondents view current economic conditions as "mixed" or "facing recession," an increase of 8 percent from first quarter. However, 70 percent see hope for one key factor during the next three years: employment growth.
Kauffman Foundation Analysis Emphasizes Importance of Young Businesses to Job Creation in the U.S.
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today released a study showing
that newly created and young companies are the primary drivers of job
creation in the United States. Though perhaps showing some improvement,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics update on U.S. employment due out Nov. 6
will likely still show a dismal picture for American workers.
Kauffman's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data showing that companies
less than five years old created nearly two-thirds of net new jobs in
2007 could not be timelier.
Kauffman Foundation Launches Online Energy Innovation Network to Help Scale New Energy Economy
With more than $80 billion already invested in U.S. clean energy development and another $150 billion being proposed, this emerging industry has been tagged as essential to jump-start the economy and create new jobs. Yet significant barriers plague this highly regulated, complex sector that prevent it from making the kind of progress that such high expectations demand.
Kauffman Foundation Leaders to Participate in White House Energy Innovation Conference
Tomorrow's White House Energy Innovation Conference is expected to be a breakthrough event for leaders in an industry wrought with regulatory challenges and disparate players who need to find ways to connect in order to meet the growing demand for innovations.
Kauffman Foundation Presents a Conversation about the Future of Global Equities Markets
Learn how a turbulent financial market combined with accelerating
technologies will affect tomorrow's equity markets in a videotaped
conversation just released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation that
features three of the nation’s leading market experts.
Kauffman Foundation Research Series: Firm Formation and Economic Growth
The Kauffman Foundation Research Series on Firm Formation and Economic Growth consists of reports that explore the relationship between firm formation and economic growth in the United States from a variety of angles. The first reports in the series
Kauffman Foundation Spearheads First-Ever Entrepreneurs' Movement
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today officially launched "Build a
Stronger America," a movement to unite entrepreneurs and help give them
a stronger voice in the public discussion about the country's economic
future.
Kauffman Foundation Study Finds More than Half of Fortune 500 Companies Were Founded in Recession or Bear Market
According to a new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, challenging economic times can serve as the rebirth of entrepreneurial capitalism, leading to the creation of much-needed new jobs.
Kauffman Foundation Unveils 'Startup Act' Proposal to Boost Growth of New Businesses and Add Jobs to U.S. Economy
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today presented a proposal to jump-start the ailing U.S. economy and increase job creation by accelerating the growth of startups and young businesses. The "Startup Act" proposal was unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington by Kauffman President and CEO Carl Schramm and Vice President of Research and Policy Robert Litan, followed by videotaped remarks from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Senator Jon Tester (D-MT).
Kauffman Foundation Unveils the 'Entrepreneur's Pledge' as Part of its 'Build a Stronger America Movement'
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today unveiled the "Entrepreneur's Pledge," a new component of the Entrepreneurs' Movement that the Foundation launched last fall at www.BuildAStrongerAmerica.com. The Pledge went "live" before more than 500 entrepreneurs at the DC10 Summit Series, an invitation-only event in Washington this week for some of the nation's top young innovators, entrepreneurs and thought leaders.
Kauffman Foundation's 2013 State of Entrepreneurship Address Proposes Policies to Expand Financing Entrepreneurial Growth
The Kauffman Foundation addressed current challenges and opportunities in financing entrepreneurial growth, a key driver of job creation and economic expansion, at its fourth annual State of Entrepreneurship Address.
Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity 2010 Report
In 2009, the number of people reporting entry into entrepreneurial activity in the United States reached its highest point over the last fourteen years.
Kauffman Offers Facts and Figures on Job Creation
In light of President Obama's State of the Union pledge to make the
creation of a million jobs his priority in the year to come, the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation has compiled a list of facts about
entrepreneurship—the primary engine of job creation in the United
States.
Kauffman Unveils Enhanced Growthology Blog with Sketchbook Video Featuring Renowned Blogger Tyler Cowen
The Kauffman Foundation revealed enhancements to its blog, Growthology.org, to a room full of the nation's top economics bloggers today at the Foundation's fourth annual Economics Bloggers Forum in Kansas City, Mo., with the presentation of its latest "Sketchbook" video featuring renowned MarginalRevolution.com blogger, Tyler Cowen.
Kauffman's Hottest Research Topics in 2009: Entrepreneurship, Jobs and Recovery Top the List
The most popular studies emanating from the nation's largest funder of
entrepreneurial research are largely related to the top story of the
year: the economy. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has compiled
its most in-demand research for 2009—research that was mentioned in
news stories generating more than 5 billion media impressions.
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.
Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index 3Q 2012
The Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index for 3Q 2012 suggests that 79 percent of entrepreneurs are confident or very confident that their businesses will be more profitable in the next 12 months than they are today, a slip of 3 percent from the second-quarter survey.
Leading Economics Bloggers Believe Tax Cuts Extension May Stimulate Job Growth, But Not This Year
After a year of increasing pessimism about the U.S. economy, the country's top economics bloggers see a bit of hope on the horizon in 2011, according to a new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey released today. Although 77 percent continue to describe the economy's overall condition as "mixed," "facing recession" or "in recession," 23 percent now believe the economy is "strong and growing" or "strong with uncertain growth" – an increase from last quarter.
Leading Economics Bloggers Pessimistic, According to Kauffman Foundation Survey
Top economics bloggers are feeling a renewed sense of pessimism about the U.S. economy, according to a new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey released today. Sixty-eight percent of economics bloggers who responded to the mid-July survey described the economy’s overall condition as "mixed," with the rest split three to one toward an assessment of "weak" rather than "strong." Worse, only 5 percent of respondents believe the economy is "better than official government statistics show," while 47 percent think it is worse.
Leading Economics Bloggers See Improvement, According to Kauffman Foundation Survey
The U.S. economy's continued expansion gives leading economics bloggers a more balanced – if not exactly sunny – outlook than last quarter, according to a new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey released today.
Leading Economics Bloggers Share Bleak Outlook, According to Kauffman Foundation Survey
Despite promising economic growth numbers in the last quarter of 2009,
economics bloggers have a grim outlook, according to a new Ewing Marion
Kauffman Foundation survey released today.
Leading Economics Bloggers Share Negative but Improving Outlook for 2012; Project Rising Employment in Next Three Years
Despite a continued cloudy view of the U.S. economy, some top economics bloggers are beginning to see a ray of hope on the horizon. According to a new Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey released today, 14 percent of respondents now believe the economy is "strong and growing" or "strong with uncertain growth," an improvement over last quarter
Leading Economics Bloggers’ Outlook Steadily Declines, but They Believe Stimulus Package Helped Fight Unemployment
For the fourth quarter in a row, the nation's top economics bloggers have conveyed a steadily deteriorating view of the U.S. economy in responses to a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation survey released today. In the fourth Kauffman Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economics Bloggers respondents' outlook on the U.S. economy is more pessimistic than in any previous quarterly survey in 2010, with 99 percent saying that conditions are mixed, facing recession or in recession. When asked about the probability of a double-dip recession in the United States, the average response is a 41 percent probability; two-fifths see a 20 percent probability, and opinion declines toward higher probabilities.
Lost Sales and Tighter Lending Restrictions Challenge Young Firms in Post-Recession Economy, According to Kauffman Study
The world's largest longitudinal survey of new businesses identified a marked increase in 2009 in firms being denied bank loans or credit due to tougher lending restrictions – and firms not applying for needed loans because they feared being denied.
Michigan Offers Statewide Effort to Cultivate Entrepreneurship and New Jobs Amid Recession
In response to record unemployment rates in Michigan, the Michigan
Small Business and Technology Development Center in partnership with
the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is making FastTrac®
entrepreneurship training available for those interested in starting a
new business or retooling an existing business that is struggling in
the current economy.
Michigan's Statewide Initiative FastTrac Launchpad Fact Sheet
Facts and figures, and more details about the Launchpad program in Michigan.
Nation’s Entrepreneurs Expect Profits to Climb in the Year Ahead, Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index Shows
While a majority of startup business owners do not believe the economy will grow in the next 12 months, 83 percent are nonetheless confident that their own profits will, according to the fourth-quarter Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index, released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom.
New Business Startups Declined in 2011, Annual Kauffman Study Shows
Entrepreneurship is alive and well in the wake of the Great Recession, although the rate of new business creation dipped during 2011 and startup founders remained more likely to fly solo than employ others. That's the big take away from the "Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity," a leading indicator of new business creation in the United States published annually and released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
