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The purpose of this report is to provide practitioners and policymakers with insights regarding the use of business incentives and guidance for offering incentives to entrepreneurial firms.

Researchers Rahul C. Basole, Travis Howe, Yushim Kim, Scott LaCombe, Karen Mossberger, and Caroline Tolbert explore the evolving nature of big data and its relevance to entrepreneurship research.

Kauffman President and CEO Wendy Guillies writes that we have a rare opportunity to address the widening wealth and income gap by strategically deploying historic federal funding – and encourages us to not miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance.

ECOSYSTEMS IN ACTION: PRACTICES FROM THE FIELD Jump to Section Scroll below I. Building a Backbone Collective Impact and Ecosystem Building: Backbone Support and the Role of Initiative Director II. Establishing a Common Agenda Creating Shared Context and Focusing on Local Strengths A Year of Listening and Planning III. Creating Mutually Reinforcing Activities Setting Up […]

Entrepreneurship Issue Forums provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to come together to share evidence and insights on specific topics related to entrepreneurship. Forum speakers highlight what we know from research and what this means for policy and practice. They also bring to light the experiences of entrepreneurs and those working to support them. […]

In this conversation, Mark Stodola, former Mayor of Little Rock and policy leader on the future of work, is joined by Chattanooga, Tennessee Mayor Andy Berke; Huntington, West Virginia Mayor Steve Williams; Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin; Des Moines, Iowa Mayor Frank Cownie; and Juliet Schor, Economist and Sociology Professor at Boston College. The discussion ranged from whether the gig-economy lived up to the hype, or did it merely exacerbate already existent issues. Also, they discussed what a prepared workforce might look like, and how that might impact entrepreneurship in cities.

Three entrepreneurship advocates share best practices for effective meetings with policymakers.

Fresh on the heels of Kauffman’s annual Mayors Conference on Entrepreneurship, elected leaders from four cities across the United States joined host RJ Berry, former mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss how to best help small businesses prosper as part of their communities’ broader coronavirus recovery strategies.

By Dane Stangler From the moment Ewing Kauffman established his philanthropic foundation, he wanted to do things differently. He had already pushed out the frontier of innovation within baseball as owner of the Royals, and had innovated his way to a billion-dollar multinational company. His philanthropic work would similarly reflect that innovative spirit. One of his […]

As one of just a handful of private foundations with an emphasis in entrepreneurship, Kauffman has felt called to re-think its program strategies, for two reasons. The field has been changing dramatically, and the need is great. Despite a plethora of new efforts to create and support startups across the United States, startup rates actually […]