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A wide-angle photo of Baghdad, Iraq, shows dozens of people walking down a city street holding umbrellas to block the sun. A building in the background features a large banner image of an astronaut.

To mark the 15th annual Global Entrepreneurship Week, Global Entrepreneurship Network President Jonathan Ortmans shares what observing ecosystem builders across the world can teach us here at home.

Kansas City entrepreneurs sit on a panel on stage in front of a live audience. From left to right: Michael Carmona, Ruben Alonso, Jackie Nguyen, Samuel Morris, and India Wells-Carter.

A panel discussion offered insights from local entrepreneurs as well as promising developments in equitable access to financing and technical support needed for entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses in the Kansas City.

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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.

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

Three people pose for a selfie in front of various world flags.

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

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