The SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program only reinforced already jarring statistics. We need new, alternative funding models that are inclusive and equitable – we must rebuild better and Capital Access Lab is a start.

To give all entrepreneurs an equal shot, they will need equal access to capital.

A nationally representative survey of 850 business owners conducted between April 7 and June 2, 2020, reveals changes in the perception of the business environment under COVID-19 conditions.

A successful entrepreneurship ecosystem promotes diversity, fosters inclusion, and improves equity for everyone.

Parents were thrown into helping more with their children’s educations in the spring, but they will need to be partners to teachers going forward.

In a country of such promise, too many are left out of our economy. Systems change in social justice and equity are embedded in our entrepreneurship strategy.

Kauffman’s Nathan Madden evaluates the crisis that pre-dates our current crises – the crisis of what or whom to believe.

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 is a real world learning officer – educator programming and instructional design in Operating Programs for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where she leads the efforts related to Real World Learning’s Student Voice Ambassador Program and supports the RWL learning management system. Simmons serves as our subject-matter-expert for the Internship Market Value Asset. Prior […]

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.