Leveraging Regional Assets: Insights from High-Growth Companies in Kansas City July 15, 2013 Based on interviews with local Inc. 500/5000 companies, this study found that, while the Kansas City region has many entrepreneurial strengths, those assets could be tapped further to help young companies attain even greater success.
Kauffman Firm Survey Series June 15, 2013 As part of an effort to understand the dynamics of new businesses in the United States, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation sponsored the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), a panel study of new businesses founded in 2004 that are being tracked annually over their first eight years of operation.
An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from 2011 Business Activities June 15, 2013 The Kauffman Firm Survey started with a cohort of nearly 5,000 firms that began operations in 2004. This cohort is tracked annually and asked an extensive set of detailed questions that cover a range of topics such as the background of the founders, the sources and amounts of financing, firm strategies and innovations, and outcomes such as sales, profits, and survival. This report, with results through 2011, is the final iteration of the Kauffman Firm Survey.
The Constant: Companies That Matter May 10, 2013 The pace at which the United States produces $100-million companies has been stable over the last 20 years despite changes in the economy. However, according to this paper, the locations and sectors in which those companies are created are changing.
From Lab Bench to Innovation: Critical Challenges to Nascent Academic Entrepreneurs May 8, 2013 This study examines the particular experience of nascent academic entrepreneurs (NAEs) and the implications of this experience for universities and policymakers.
A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy May 2, 2013 Not all startup companies are created equal. Although both innovation-driven enterprises (IDEs) and traditional small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can provide valuable products and services and create jobs, IDEs – startups focused on addressing global markets based on technological, process or business model innovation – can potentially create hundreds or even thousands of high-skill jobs if they succeed.
H-1B Visas Essential to Attracting and Retaining Talent in America – NFAP Policy Brief May 1, 2013 H-1B temporary visas have been an essential avenue for allowing high-skilled foreign nationals to work in America, according to a Kauffman Foundation-funded National Foundation for American Policy report.
Ready, Willing, and Able? Kansas City Parents Talk About How to Improve Schools and What They Can Do to Help April 18, 2013 Schools seeking to boost parental involvement will need to tailor their approaches to match parents’ differing views and concerns, according to a new report funded by the Kauffman Foundation.
Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity 1996–2012 April 17, 2013 As the unemployment rate fell in 2012, another economic indicator dropped too: the overall business creation rate. According to the annual Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, the 2012 rate declined slightly from 0.32 percent of American adults per month starting businesses in 2011 to 0.30 percent in 2012.
2013 Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey: Methodology & Analysis April 2, 2013 This, the second-annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showed that Utah, Alabama, New Hampshire, Idaho and Texas rated as the top-five friendliest states for small business.