Believe in data July 9, 2020 Kauffman’s Nathan Madden evaluates the crisis that pre-dates our current crises – the crisis of what or whom to believe.
Who is the Entrepreneur? Race and Ethnicity, Age, and Immigration Trends Among New Entrepreneurs in the United States, 1996–2019 July 6, 2020 Learn more about the trends in race and ethnicity, age, and immigration among new entrepreneurs in the United States between 1996 and 2019.
Angee Simmons Angee Simmons is a communications and engagement program leader at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where she is responsible for ensuring that comprehensive, quality communications and marketing strategies, plans, and materials exist to support scaling of Real World Learning (RWL) experiences so that all students graduate with market-valued assets and skills. Prior to joining the […]
New Business Applications in the Heartland: Early 2020 Weekly Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic June 30, 2020 Business responses to COVID-19 are rapid and can change quickly. This brief takes a closer look at how new business applications vary by geography in four Heartland states (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) between mid-January and late May 2020.
A focus on support for those who support our community June 25, 2020 Nonprofit leaders discuss the heightened challenges organizations face as they serve communities through crisis.
Challenges for Entrepreneurs in the Heartland June 22, 2020 How do entrepreneurs in the Heartland – Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska – perceive challenges compared to entrepreneurs nationally? We asked Heartland and nationwide entrepreneurs to rank the order of the three to five most challenging barriers from a list of 13 barriers to discover what matters most to them.
Characteristics of the Large Early 2020 Decline in New Businesses during COVID-19 June 12, 2020 This working paper analyzes one important factor of entrepreneurship – new business applications – in the first 16 weeks of 2020 and historically. Week 16 in 2020 ended on April 18.
Getting beyond the grant June 11, 2020 We come together to make sure students have backpacks and hotspots, but all the money in the world won’t solve what can be done when we partner with communities to do the hard work that can create long-lasting impact.
Rebuild better, block by block June 4, 2020 In conversation for the Social Innovation Summit, Minneapolis-based founder and CEO Tawanna Black and Kauffman’s Philip Gaskin discuss how to build a just economy where everyone is able to write their own story through entrepreneurship and business ownership to create a true American Dream.
Interest in Starting and Closing a Business: Google Searches in the COVID-19 Context June 3, 2020 Given the rapid and widespread changes in the economy due to COVID-19, internet searches may offer some insight into how people are thinking about their current economic situation. This brief looks at trends in Google searches related to entrepreneurship.