A guide to helping small businesses navigate and recover from the COVID-19 crisis March 31, 2020 The Small Business Association (SBA) is the first stop for entrepreneurs seeking relief – plus other options for those who don’t qualify.
The entrepreneurial energy of immigrant business owners – and the hidden barriers they face March 19, 2020 Opportunity America conducted a series of roundtables and a survey of immigrant entrepreneurs, seeking to understand the extraordinary entrepreneurial energy many newcomers bring to the U.S. and how the barriers they face are different from those confronting native-born founders.
The right time – and place – to catalyze equitable opportunity in the heart of America February 27, 2020 The Heartland Challenge RFP addresses the urgent need to grow and strengthen entrepreneurship support in the urban and rural areas of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Investing in people as our most-valuable assets November 14, 2019 Kauffman Director of Education Sherman Whites proposes a shift in how we perceive philanthropy to confront the question, “How do we answer to call to care for each other?”
Navigating the creative tension of education innovation October 24, 2019 The creative disruption needed to transform the process by which our children are prepared for life after education is a challenge, but one stakeholders are embracing.
Would school look different if I had a teacher that looked like me? October 10, 2019 Founder of the Latinx Education Collaborative knows firsthand the importance of representation in schools.
Rethinking education to make graduates – workers – future-proof September 10, 2019 Choosing to invest in the complicated task of evolving education to “future-proof” workers is smarter than trying to future-proof jobs.
How my dad discovered a new American Dream August 29, 2019 Mona Ahmed explores how her dad, Humayun Ahmed, ended up a gas station owner and serial entrepreneur supported by a community that cultivates its own network to overcome barriers to success.
The power of a common vision June 20, 2019 The democratization of entrepreneurship has built burgeoning hubs from Africa to Asia to South America providing evidence that mankind still understands what we can achieve when we work together to improve lives.
What if more startups were founded with social activism as a core value? April 23, 2019 With the impending rise of millennials as the dominant generation, social activism can no longer be an afterthought in business. Now, and into the future, businesses must be formed with a social consciousness as part of their core values.