For researchers only: best ways to publicize your work November 10, 2015 As a scholar, it can be hard to make sure your research is available in an aggregated, easy-to-find format. There are some tools out there that can build and promote your digital academic research footprint. All are free, and most only take a few minutes of your time to set up and maintain.
Top entrepreneurship papers of October 2015: What made the list? November 5, 2015 Each month I seek to learn what scholars studying entrepreneurship are reading. Here’s what I’ve learned for October.
How to Cook Up a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem November 3, 2015 Local policymakers are increasingly turning to entrepreneurship—a proven driver of economic growth and a catalyst of upward economic mobility.
Innovating the innovation community: strategies to include women entrepreneurs November 2, 2015 This research paper examines emerging practices to include a diverse set of entrepreneurs (e.g. women and minorities) by entrepreneurship support organizations in St. Louis, and at the same time, identified more demands from entrepreneurs for this purpose.
Orlando entrepreneurship: You don’t know the half of it October 29, 2015 In order to better understand the functioning of entrepreneurship ecosystems, Kauffman researcher Colin Tomkins-Bergh has been investigating entrepreneurship ecosystems from a ground-level perspective along with aggregated datasets.
The evolution of entrepreneurship on college campuses October 29, 2015 Exploring the evolution of entrepreneurship on college campuses — a timeline.
Big Business Gets Dominant Share of Economic Development Incentives October 20, 2015 An analysis of more than 4,200 economic development incentive awards in fourteen states finds that large companies receive dominant shares: 70 percent of the deals and 90 percent of the dollars. The deals, worth more than $3.2 billion, were granted by programs that are facially accessible to both small and large companies. That is the […]
Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding Rules October 19, 2015 Crowdfunding is opening up large amounts of early stage capital for entrepreneurs. As regulators struggle to write new rules for this exploding phenomenon, they might do well to crowdsource their own questions and experiences.
Challenging a risk-averse government procurement culture October 5, 2015 Young companies face bigger challenges when bidding for government contracts. Yet, until recently, procurement reform has been absent from the discussion table when policymakers debate the role of government in supporting startups.
City, Metro, and Regional Entrepreneurship October 2, 2015 The Kauffman Foundation Research Series on City, Metro, and Regional Entrepreneurship consists of reports that explore the entrepreneurial ecosystems of medium-tier cities, as well as ways to measure and support entrepreneurial ecosystems. Reports in the series include: