After 11,000 miles in his Rise of the Rest tour bus, Steve Case has had a first-hand look at American entrepreneurship and, as we well know, vibrant ecosystems and tech innovation isn’t just found in Silicon Valley.

This month, the Kauffman Foundation Board of Trustees formed a committee charged with selecting a firm to conduct a comprehensive national search for Kauffman’s next CEO.

Tina Metzer writes how rural entrepreneurship stands in direct opposition to antiquated tropes, building vibrant, inclusive economies in their communities.

La directora ejecutiva de AIRR, Karla Juárez, habla sobre la importancia del programa Inmigración 101 para apoyar a los estudiantes de familias inmigrantes.

AIRR Executive Director Karla Juárez discusses the importance of the Immigration 101 program to support students of immigrant families.

Kansas Leadership Center’s Lucy Petroucheva says in vibrant rural entrepreneurial communities, leadership is “an activity, not a position.”

The 2022 Knowledge Challenge RFP is intended to support activities that improve our understanding of entrepreneurship and generate practical, actionable, and rigorous evidence to inform decision making and change systems. 

Experts in the field of rural entrepreneurship discuss how data and community-led economic development supports a better understanding of rural America and what it needs to drive economic growth.

Three entrepreneurship leaders reflect on Black Business Month, providing insights into the state of Black business, persistent barriers, and reasons to hope – as well as ways communities and policymakers can strive for greater equity and inclusion in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Under the Kauffman Foundation’s Kansas City Civic portfolio, Key City Assets was a strategy to identify and strengthen important civic and cultural institutions that anchor community life in Kansas City.