Amos Jaimes Amos Jaimes is a program and data manager for Real World Initiatives at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where he is responsible for leading the project management efforts and is the primary resource for collecting, analyzing, and reporting program data to support organizational decision-making for ProX. Previously, Jaimes served as a Kauffman Foundation intern researching […]
2022 Uncommon Voices: Building Momentum December 14, 2022 As we enter the New Year, those who work toward an economy that works for everyone share their enthusiasm, apprehensions, and projections as they consider what’s next.
Community-Engaged Entrepreneurship Research: Methodologies to Advance Equity and Inclusion December 12, 2022 Historically, research on entrepreneurship and innovation has rarely been conducted using community-engaged methodologies – even in work that seeks to address barriers to entrepreneurship in systemically marginalized communities. We believe that including the voices of entrepreneurs in the research process may produce more nuanced and robust findings that, ultimately, can serve as the basis for programs and policies that could truly change the landscape of entrepreneurship in the United States.
Michael Robins Michael Robins is a director of outreach for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where he will ensure the strategic vision, mission, and goals set for the ProX summer program benefit both the students and employers participating in the program. Prior to joining the Foundation, Robins served as vice principal with Central High School in Kansas […]
Parents and educators: Know the history and stand together to make student achievement the priority December 5, 2022 Education advocate Spark Bookhart connects the impact of race, place, and money to the quality of education received by marginalized communities in Kansas City, Missouri, and how it still impacts students today.
How Prioritizing Community Expertise Can Inform Engaged Research This forum features various researchers and heartland community 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.