The nurturing of new and young firms has so far not been given much attention in prominent global gatherings. International government meetings have mostly concentrated on passive SME policy and others like the World Economic Forum have treated entrepreneurs as a side ring at the circus. The maturing of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) to fill this gap is thus a welcome development.

In what some might consider an ironic twist, technology seems to play a lesser role in building a local entrepreneurial community for startups than good old-fashioned face-time and word of mouth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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 […]

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.