What you do matters. A tribute to my fellow ecosystem builders. April 11, 2019 Anika Horn, founder of Social Venturers, wrote a letter of encouragement to her fellow ecosystem builders.
Gaming at the speed of innovation April 8, 2019 EA’s head of profitable creativity believes a safe space to “play” keeps teams ahead of the game.
A day of advocacy was a day of connecting people and ideas April 4, 2019 Entrepreneurs, and those who support them, took to Capitol Hill to educate policymakers on the value and challenges of entrepreneurship in America.
Tiny homes aim for huge impact April 4, 2019 Akili and Ashlee Kelly may have faced obstacles in starting Jackson, Mississippi’s first tiny home community, but their resilience has resulted in a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem in Jackson State University’s backyard.
March Madness: Innovating the game and building a business in the heart of basketball country March 28, 2019 Our Q&A with ShotTracker co-founder, Davyeon Ross, hits on what it takes to build a championship team, his measurement mantra, and how sometimes entrepreneurs need hugs – lots of them.
Confessions of a Major League Owner March 27, 2019 When Ewing Kauffman established the Kansas City Royals baseball team in 1968, he told reporters, “Kansas City has been good to me and I want to show I can return the favor.” Kauffman came to the sport reluctantly, but with his wife Muriel Kauffman’s support and encouragement, he stepped up to the plate when he […]
Women’s work: Voices for change converge at SXSW March 15, 2019 The annual conference in Austin, Texas, elevated the voices of Arlan Hamilton and others who work to close gaps for the underserved and underestimated – especially women – to overcome systemic barriers and move entrepreneurship forward.
Learning from grantees to become better grantmakers March 6, 2019 In this Q&A, Matthew Carr, director of Evaluation at the Kauffman Foundation, talks about some of the key insights the Kauffman Foundation learned from grantees in 2018, and how the Foundation will use those lessons to become a better grantmaking organization.
Collaboration in action: Researchers share Uncommon Methods and Metrics February 28, 2019 As communities across the nation continue to adopt a new economic model that infuses entrepreneurship into their economies, a group of researchers is collaborating to develop new ways to measure these efforts.
Indicators provide early-stage entrepreneurship data February 21, 2019 A new approach tracks entrepreneurial activity across two decades, geographies, and demographic groups, focused on the crucial first year of business.