Women Entrepreneurs are Key to Accelerating Growth July 17, 2015 Our new Entrepreneurship Policy Digest explores barriers to women entrepreneurs and offers five policy recommendations to address the gender gap.
Guidelines for Local and State Governments to Promote Entrepreneurship March 10, 2015 This paper provides recommendations for how cities and states can promote entrepreneurship and begin to see results.
How Can Healthier Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Help Women Succeed? June 18, 2015 Women entrepreneurs are essential for a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem, and healthy economic growth. This post overviews 4 indicators for measuring a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem with regard to women.
Do entrepreneurs need a social safety net? May 29, 2015 Kauffman researcher Emily Fetsch highlights new external research that suggests a strong social safety net might increase entrepreneurship.
How Entrepreneurs Access Capital and Get Funded June 1, 2015 An array of policies aim to support entrepreneurs through grants and tax breaks that make capital more easily attainable. However, entrepreneurs most often turn to two forms of private external financing: debt and equity.
Left Behind? The New Generation of Latino Entrepreneurs April 13, 2015 Kauffman researcher Emily Fetsch examines the growth of Latino-American entrepreneurs and the particular challenges they face.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs: A Path to U.S. Economic Growth January 21, 2015 This Entrepreneurship Policy Digest looks at policy ideas at the federal, state and local levels for how to capture the economic benefits and growth that come from entrepreneurial immigrants.
Learning From Other Entrepreneurship Ecosystems March 30, 2015 Kauffman Senior Scholar Amisha Miller explores the notion that entrepreneurship ecosystems can learn from each other, but highlights certain caveats
When Public-Private Misalign: The Case of Private Prisons March 12, 2015 Kauffman researcher Emily Fetsch examines why private enterprise does not always prove to be the solution to public problems.
Why the Lack of Women Leaders is a Problem for Businesses February 16, 2015 Kauffman Foundation researcher Emily Fetsch looks at the lack of women leaders in the business, why it is problematic to the business world, and what can be done to fix it.