The Contributions of Immigrants to Cancer Research in America – NFAP Policy Brief March 12, 2013 More than 40 percent of the cancer researchers at America’s top cancer institutes are immigrants, according to a Kauffman Foundation-funded National Foundation for American Policy report released.
Give Me Your Entrepreneurs, Your Innovators: Estimating Employment Impact of a Startup Visa February 12, 2013 Startup Visas would unleash a torrent of entrepreneurial energy among foreign-born individuals in the United States, according to a white paper released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
The Start Uprising: Eighteen Months of the Startup America Partnership December 6, 2012 How does a newly formed nonprofit organization tasked with helping entrepreneurs across America effectively serve startups that are in different places, in different industries and with wildly different needs? Region by region, is the central lesson this white paper.
High-Growth Firms Flourish in Unexpected Locations and Industries, Kauffman Studies Show December 5, 2012 The studies examined geographic trends of firms included in the 1982 to 2010 Inc. 500 lists to analyze for the first time how regional characteristics are associated with high-achieving companies and innovations.
Voices of Small Business: Discussion and Policy Implications December 5, 2012 Potential job creators – U.S. small business owners – do not view high tax rates as the biggest barrier to their success; it’s the complexity of the tax code that they find most troublesome. Other key concerns they have include overly complicated regulations and licensing requirements.
Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity by Veteran Status 1996–2011 December 3, 2012 Stories of soldiers’ service and courage abound, but until now, little has been known about veterans’ role in one of America’s most important fields: entrepreneurship.
Business Dynamics Statistics November 20, 2012 Tracking Annual Changes in Employment for Growing and Shrinking Businesses There are more than 6 million establishments with paid employees in the United States. These businesses are dynamic: opening and closing, adding and losing employees. Funded by the Kauffman Foundation, in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies, the Business Dynamics Statistics […]
Defying Gravity: High-Growth Entrepreneurs Buck the Macroeconomic Factors Challenging Other Companies November 15, 2012 Resilience, innovation and a unique perspective on risk taking are just three of eight critical factors that separate the very best entrepreneurs from others, according to Ernst & Young LLP, which honored America’s top entrepreneurs at its 26th annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® gala in Palm Springs on Saturday, November 17.
Entrepreneurial Community in Kansas City: From Fragmented to Collaborative? November 12, 2012 Kansas City has many of the attributes it needs to become an entrepreneurial hot spot: talented innovators, investors and large firms specialized in technology and life sciences. The problem is, Kansas City is not aware of those assets. Yet.
Business Dynamics Statistics Briefing: Job Creation, Worker Churning, and Wages at Young Businesses November 1, 2012 The pace of recovery in hiring and job creation since 2008 is stronger in newer firms — those two years old or younger — than in more established companies, according to this report.