Can Social Insurance Unlock Entrepreneurial Opportunities? March 21, 2016 A new Entrepreneurship Policy Digest examines if a more robust safety net to protect against risk would encourage more people to start companies.
Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Policy Map FAQ March 10, 2016 The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation developed the Entrepreneurship Policy Map as a tool to help identify specific public and private policies that matter most to different entrepreneurs and to illustrate a holistic approach to supporting entrepreneurship across various stages of the entrepreneurial journey.
Big data analytics: What it means and why we should tread carefully March 10, 2016 Big data, made possible by the Internet of Things and analyzed by smart algorithms, is changing the world of statistics. Big data is helping entrepreneurs and policymakers make better decisions and helps consumers reach products they’re most interested in. But, at what cost?
The Entrepreneurship Policy Map March 8, 2016 The Entrepreneurship Policy Map focuses on the policy needs of three stages of entrepreneurship: mew business creation, local small business activity, and, growing and high-growth firms.
Entrepreneurs and the economy – a lot to be optimistic about February 22, 2016 Will entrepreneurs have as big a role as before in the outlook of the U.S. economy and what do we need to know to assess how America is stacking up against its competition?
Little Town, Layered Ecosystem: A Case Study of Chattanooga February 22, 2016 In 2010, Chattanooga was the first city to launch a fiber-optic Internet network that provided residents with high-speed Internet. Chattanooga has welcomed this new addition to their infrastructure and has used it to recognize and recruit entrepreneurs to start businesses in their city. We find this development is based on Chattanooga’s deep history of collaboration […]
2016 State of Entrepreneurship Address February 19, 2016 The Seventh Annual State of Entrepreneurship Address ‘America’s New Entrepreneurial Growth Agenda’ Wednesday, February 17, 2016 National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor– Washington, D.C 2016 State of Entrepreneurship Address Kauffman Foundation President and CEO, Wendy Guillies Wendy Guillies presented the 2016 State of Entrepreneurship Address highlighting an actionable policy agenda for renewing […]
Top entrepreneurship papers: what made the list? February 12, 2016 Recent top new papers in entrepreneurship, as found on the Social Science and Research Network’s (SSRN) Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network (ERPN).
The “what if” questions I ask February 12, 2016 The Teach For America 25th Anniversary Summit prompted Jacqueline Erickson Russell to return with hope for improving education for Kansas City students.
The future of entrepreneurship data – getting to know CrunchBase February 11, 2016 Arnobio Morelix explores CrunchBase data and reports on co-hosted CrunchBase-Kauffman session in San Francisco.