The Marion Years | 1946-1967 Milestones and pivotal moments from Ewing Kauffman’s employment as a pharmaceutical salesman to receiving the Horatio Alger Award. Ewing Kauffman leaves a sales job to start his own venture and he never looks back. He has an engaging manner, charm, and gleaming blue eyes. He emerges as a legendary pharmaceutical salesman, challenges a motivated team […]
Making inclusive entrepreneurship a reality March 7, 2018 The message delivered to policymakers on Capitol Hill was simple: How will you champion ALL entrepreneurs?
Redefine, reclaim, rethink entrepreneur February 28, 2018 It’s time to rethink the word ‘entrepreneur’ to include all the makers, doers, and dreamers, who are as diverse and unique as the communities they call home and the businesses they create, because they are the job creators. They are the innovators. And they don’t fit into a single stereotype.
Uncommon voices January 3, 2019 You might have to intentionally look beneath all the rethinking, reimagining, frustration, and setbacks of 2018 to see progress, but it was there. The sparks of progress were lit, and kept burning, by some uncommon folks.
Entrepreneurs say it’s a great big economy December 13, 2018 Get past easy headlines and political angling to see what entrepreneurs are really telling legislators.
The shutdown’s long shadow January 17, 2019 The damaging impact of the current government shutdown on entrepreneurship will far-outlast its record-setting duration.
How the dog grooming market could break the poverty cycle February 2, 2018 Natasha Kirsch may not define herself first as an entrepreneur. Her success won’t be measured by revenue or sales. Instead, Kirsch’s success will be measured by her ability to help stabilize homeless families.
Taking the voice of entrepreneurs to Capitol Hill February 22, 2018 35 entrepreneurs, grantees, and entrepreneur advocates visited Capitol Hill to discuss the barriers that America’s makers, doers, and dreamers face in starting and growing businesses. The Kauffman Foundation asked three of them questions about entrepreneurship and policy.
Steve Case: On the midterms, Amazon HQ, and how every big idea starts with a crazy one November 19, 2018 If policy and economic development favored entrepreneurs more than big business, and everyone got a fair shot to make their ideas a reality, America might just keep its competitive edge – a conversation with Kauffman’s Larry Jacob and the AOL co-founder at the NationSwell Summit.
What you do matters. A tribute to my fellow ecosystem builders. April 11, 2019 Anika Horn, founder of Social Venturers, wrote a letter of encouragement to her fellow ecosystem builders.