How Prioritizing Community Expertise Can Inform Engaged Research This forum features various researchers and heartland community partner organizations from the Kauffman Foundation’s Inclusive Ecosystem portfolio – comprised of three-year projects that explore entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Heartland states, these grants emphasize holistic, community-led approaches to research on entrepreneurial ecosystems.
The U.S. has a competitive economic edge: Equity and entrepreneurship are keys to unlock a more muscular economy November 22, 2022 When it comes to building a more powerful, resilient economy, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo stresses that equity is essential – and nonnegotiable.
Seek out and share insights beyond our borders November 10, 2022 To mark the 15th annual Global Entrepreneurship Week, Global Entrepreneurship Network President Jonathan Ortmans shares what observing ecosystem builders across the world can teach us here at home.
Kansas City’s entrepreneurship community leverages funding innovation, technical support, and the drive to succeed November 8, 2022 A panel discussion offered insights from local entrepreneurs as well as promising developments in equitable access to financing and technical support needed for entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses in the Kansas City.
Findings from the NORC Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey Are you interested in the landscape of entrepreneurship in your local community? Watch this Data Dive into a new survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and funded by the Kauffman Foundation. NORC scholars discuss their first-year findings as part of a 5-year, cross-sectional, nationally representative survey designed to capture an accurate measure of entrepreneurship status among the U.S population.
‘To get to an equitable world, we have to have an equitable economic foundation.’ November 4, 2022 From banking to higher education to the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Henry McKoy is always working to use the power of entrepreneurship to improve people’s quality of life.
‘To have a great America, there must be a great Black America.’ October 26, 2022 Ron Busby, Sr., president and CEO of U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., discusses the state of Black business, how policy can impact a more equitable economy, and what’s making him optimistic about the future.
Entrepreneurship is a pathway for founders with disabilities to address wealth and employment gaps October 26, 2022 2Gether-International Founder and CEO Diego Mariscal says there is no inclusive entrepreneurship or economic development without disabled founders.
Inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems are our moral and economic imperative October 19, 2022 Kauffman Vice President of Entrepreneurship Philip Gaskin leads a Clinton Global Initiative panel discussion on supporting underserved entrepreneurs.
Kansas City Credit Enhancement Fund Increasing access to capital to help all entrepreneurs reach their full potential.