How Quickly do New Employer Businesses Hire? March 20, 2020 Entrepreneurship is often heralded as important to the economy because of its job creation effects. These jobs come from new employer businesses, a small but important subset of entrepreneurial activity in the United States.
From the CEO: Working together for a way forward March 19, 2020 Our mission remains as we find our way through this challenging time.
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.
Chhaya Kolavalli, Ph.D. Dr. Chhaya Kolavalli is a senior research officer for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where she manages a portfolio directed at tracking, answering, and anticipating the most pressing challenges for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship supporters and policymakers, as well as program staff, and internal and external partners. Prior to joining the Kauffman Foundation, Dr. Kolavalli was an […]
The Risk Optimistic The Risk Optimistic explores the value of risk, the opportunity of risk, and the belief that taking a chance is worth it.
The hustle of social capital March 12, 2020 Founder Simion Collins shares first-hand how having a black, male mentor take a chance on him has been life-changing for his business and as a young, black filmmaker.
A letter from the editors: Our Bootstrap Obsession March 12, 2020 Let each of us own our success, exhibit the risk-taking, grit, and determination it takes to forge our own paths to define and achieve it, but with the recognition that we don’t get there alone.
Impact beyond a diversity statement March 12, 2020 People and organizations are working together to build inclusive work cultures to retain and attract the most talented workforce to the Kansas City region.
We need to clean the pond, not fix the fish March 12, 2020 Data and fact-based training is helping Kansas City residents understand the systemic issues behind racial inequities.
2019 Annual Learning Report At the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, we believe that collecting and analyzing data and reflecting on the results can lead to important learnings and improve our work moving forward. Over the past year, associates, grantees, and other partners developed hundreds of new insights and lessons through grant reports, external evaluations, community engagements, and other strategic […]