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Study: Start-up Rate at 15-Year High
But the high cost of employees may explain why more entrepreneurs are choosing to go at it alone, says a new Kauffman Foundation study.
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Study: Start-ups Create Lasting Job Growth
Though only a fifth of start-ups survive long-term, they replenish the employment market, Kauffman's Robert Litan reports.
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Entrepreneurs to the Rescue?
A survey finds Americans trust small businesses to solve the economic crisis, rather than Congress. Read more
Young People Embracing Entrepreneurship
Many Americans under 21 years old want to be their own boss, a new survey shows. Read more
Carbon Post-it Notes Win National Business Contest
March 19, 2007 -- Carbon Post-it Notes created by students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, S.D., was ... Read more
Kauffman Foundation Pledges $35 Million for College Programs
The grants will be used to help promote entrepreneurship education beyond business schools. Read more
Entrepreneurship: Can the Touch be Taught?
Can you teach someone to be an entrepreneur? With more than 1,500 U.S. colleges offering some sort of entrepreneurship classes -- by the Ewing Mari... Read more
Congress Establishes National Entrepreneurship Week
The first annual celebration will kick off in 2007. Read more
Kauffman Donates $25.5 Million to Universities
The grants, part of a $200 million initiative, will help foster entrepreneurship programs at nine schools nationwide. Read more
Entrepreneurship 101
Can you teach business savvy? The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is giving colleges and universities 35 million reasons to say yes. As Inc. 's J... Read more
Meeting Some Very Smart People
Editor Jane Berentson discusses her recent visit to the headquarters of The Kauffman Foundation, which opened its first charter school in August. Read more
How to Start a College Entrepreneurship Club
Entrepreneurship clubs help students turn their ideas and passions into businesses and develop future business leaders. Read more
Number of Angel Investor Groups More than Doubles
The average group now makes close to six deals a year, investing nearly $1.5 million, according to a new study. Read more
New Trustee at Kauffman Foundation
Dec. 11, 2006 -- Janice Kreamer, a leading figure in the philanthropy sector, is joining the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's board of ... Read more
Grants for Entrepreneurship Studies
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is accepting proposals for its 2007-2008 Dissertation Fellowship Program, organizers said this week. Doctoral ... Read more
Sounding the Sirens
With budget deficits growing, government-sponsored programs for small businesses are being cut back or altered. Yet many government resources are still av... Read more
Center Opens to Help Minority Entrepreneurs
July 21, 2005 --The first center under the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership has opened in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Urban Entrepreneu... Read more
From Chaos to Leadership
Laurel Touby, founder of mediabistro.com, discusses how the September 11 attacks and the economic downturn affected her business and tested her abilities as ... Read more
Bridging the Digital Divide
In the United States, it's an unfortunate reality that basic opportunities and values that come from having a good education are not, traditionally, besto... Read more
Immigrants Driving Startup Growth
A study shows more businesses were launched last year, though fewer by women. Read more
Innovation Network Launched
A new initiative seeks to improve links between universities and the marketplace. Read more
Study: Low Cost Not Driving Offshoring
More companies are sending R D oversees because of intellectual capital and university collaboration. Read more
Containing a Counter Culture
Retail today is all about serving customers, and the people behind the counter need to realize that they are the culture. Techniques are discussed for recrui... Read more
Most Immigrant Entrepreneurs Studied in U.S.
More than half of the immigrant entrepreneurs who have launched U.S.-based technology and engineering businesses in recent years received their highest de... Read more
Reverse Brain-Drain?
A lack of work visas for skilled immigrants could result in a reverse brain-drain and a subsequent decline in U.S. competitiveness, a new study sh... Read more
Study: Start-ups Smaller, Creating Fewer Jobs
Kauffman Foundation analysis shows even successful small businesses aren't adding jobs at the rates they did in previous decades. Read more
Doing It the All-Cash Way
Four years ago, when I co-founded The Baby Einstein Company with my wife to develop products for introducing you... Read more
Missouri Set to Unveil New Entrepreneurship Courses
Jan. 13, 2005 --To help keep pace with the proliferation of offerings at other colleges and universities across the nation, the University... Read more
New York Now: Small Businesses Show Resourcefulness -- But 13,000 Still in Lurch
A group of seasoned company owners are showing resourcefulness in difficult times. Here's how they've been able to survive the economic downturn and the deva... Read more
Study Points to Patent Gender Gap
Male scientists secure patents twice as quickly as female colleagues, according to new research. Read more
The Impact of Equity on Personal Wealth
You can't start a company until you decide how to finance it, and the financing decisions you make along the way will forever affect how you approach your... Read more
Global Entrepreneurship Week Kicks Off
Thom Ruhe from the Kauffman Foundation talks about Global Entrepreneurship Week, which will be marked by more than 25,000 events worldwide. Read more
New Center to Help Businesses Hit by Katrina
The Urban Entrepreneurship Partnership Gulf Coast will provide training and access to capital for minority business owners. Read more
Editor's Letter
You should have been in Savannah. Scott Cook, founder of Intuit, was there, talking about innovation and customer service on the main stage. Carl Schramm... Read more
A Virtual Culture
An entrepreneurial company conducting business virtually needs to rely on the latest communication technologies and to determine the best uses for each. It's... Read more
How Will the Business World Change in 2017?
New research shows women, immigrants, and young people fueling an entrepreneurial boom. Read more
Almost a Tax Plan
The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. Read more
Looking for RightCo., Inc.
My partner and I started our Internet company, NetMarquee, in 1995 with $10,000 and a passion for using the new online medium as a compelling marketing to... Read more
Small Business Summit
More than 1,000 Small Business Development Center staff members will meet in Denver for a conference in September to discuss the latest issues facing smal... Read more
NASVF Announces Investment Conference
Oct. 1, 2004 --With angel investing becoming an increasingly important capital source for small and start-up businesses, the National Asso... Read more
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Outpace Native-Born Americans
A new Kauffman Foundation report also found that more seniors are starting businesses. Read more
Fellowship Encourages Science Start-ups
Kauffman Foundation offers internships and investor connections to help commercialize science and technology ideas. Read more
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