Historical Kauffman Index The Kauffman Index, from 1996-2014 and from 2015-2016, was among the most requested and far-reaching entrepreneurship research in the United States, and, arguably, the world. View the historical KIEA reports > | View the historical KIEA microdata > From 1996 to 2014, the original Kauffman Index – authored by Robert W. Fairlie – was an […]
Historical Kauffman Index Reports The Kauffman Index produced annual reports since 1996, and three new types of reports after the relaunch in 2015: state, national, and metropolitan/city trends.
A letter from the editors: Embracing our Interdependence April 30, 2020 In a country born out of the notion of individualism, our greatest strength can actually be our interdependence.
Entrepreneurship Scholars December 14, 2019 The Kauffman Foundation has funded a series of programs and initiatives designed to support the overall goal of advancing the study of entrepreneurship. By assisting talented young scholars in their efforts to earn their Ph.D., encouraging early-career research and recognizing ground-breaking research, the Kauffman Foundation has encouraged the best and the brightest to focus their […]
Derek Ozkal Derek Ozkal is a senior research officer for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where he leads problem-based grantmaking initiatives. Ozkal manages a portfolio of research projects and provides thought leadership on key issues, including the changing nature of entrepreneurship, the “future of work,” declining business dynamism, and developing a holistic and inclusive research community. Prior […]
The 2018 Mayors Conference on Entrepreneurship Please note that the following content is specific to the 2018 Mayors Conference on Entrepreneurship. Updates for the 2020 convening can be found here. In 2018, more than 142 city officials, including 102 mayors, attended the Mayors Conference on Entrepreneurship in Kansas City, Missouri. The themes of the conference included: mayors understanding their own data […]
Entrepreneurs’ Policy Network In 2017, the Kauffman Foundation awarded grants to five nonprofit organizations to form the backbone of the Entrepreneurs’ Policy Network. As the cohort continues to expand and involve other organizations that support entrepreneurs, it has formed into a community of practice that provides training, support, and peer-learning for entrepreneurship advocates. To select the grant recipients, […]
Doctoral Consortia December 14, 2019 As a part of the Kauffman Foundation’s work to improve the quality of research on entrepreneurship, we supported a variety of scholarly training and development activities across the United States. Typically these training opportunities happened as a part of academic annual meetings or at smaller, regional meetings with a heavy focus on doctoral scholars. The […]
Entrepreneurship Data Resources December 14, 2019 The Kauffman Foundation creates data overviews that provide guidance on how to use certain datasets. The data overviews serve several purposes: 1. Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) Data Overview The Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) data provides a snapshot of select economic and demographic characteristics of employer firms and business owners in 2014 by the 2-digit 2012 North […]
Kauffman Dissertation Fellows December 15, 2019 The Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship (KDF) was an annual competitive program that awarded up to 20 Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to Ph.D., D.B.A., or other doctoral students at accredited U.S. universities to support dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship from 2003-2018. From its establishment in 2003, the KDF supported 208 dissertations on various topics […]