A hard look at accelerators April 11, 2016 While many startup success stories like Facebook did not involve accelerators, most entrepreneurs now consider them part of the start and scale journey. This has driven demand for the launch of hundreds of accelerator programs around the world, prompting us to question how differences across accelerator programs influence startup performance.
The main course: project-based learning March 29, 2016 Amy Gale, program officer in Education, reflects on her visit to the Drew Charter School.
The rise of angel investing March 28, 2016 The recent Global Entrepreneurship Congress brought to light new insights for policymakers as to how the world can develop more robust ecosystems for our entrepreneurs and their investors and supporters.
Can Social Insurance Unlock Entrepreneurial Opportunities? March 21, 2016 A new Entrepreneurship Policy Digest examines if a more robust safety net to protect against risk would encourage more people to start companies.
Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Policy Map FAQ March 10, 2016 The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation developed the Entrepreneurship Policy Map as a tool to help identify specific public and private policies that matter most to different entrepreneurs and to illustrate a holistic approach to supporting entrepreneurship across various stages of the entrepreneurial journey.
Big data analytics: What it means and why we should tread carefully March 10, 2016 Big data, made possible by the Internet of Things and analyzed by smart algorithms, is changing the world of statistics. Big data is helping entrepreneurs and policymakers make better decisions and helps consumers reach products they’re most interested in. But, at what cost?
The Entrepreneurship Policy Map March 8, 2016 The Entrepreneurship Policy Map focuses on the policy needs of three stages of entrepreneurship: mew business creation, local small business activity, and, growing and high-growth firms.
Entrepreneurs and the economy – a lot to be optimistic about February 22, 2016 Will entrepreneurs have as big a role as before in the outlook of the U.S. economy and what do we need to know to assess how America is stacking up against its competition?
Little Town, Layered Ecosystem: A Case Study of Chattanooga February 22, 2016 In 2010, Chattanooga was the first city to launch a fiber-optic Internet network that provided residents with high-speed Internet. Chattanooga has welcomed this new addition to their infrastructure and has used it to recognize and recruit entrepreneurs to start businesses in their city. We find this development is based on Chattanooga’s deep history of collaboration […]