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A recent global index shows the U.S. on the outside looking in of the world’s most prosperous countries.
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A recent global index shows the U.S. on the outside looking in of the world’s most prosperous countries.
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A recent global index shows the U.S. on the outside looking in of the world’s most prosperous countries.
The 2012 Legatum Prosperity Index shows the trio of Scandinavian countries—Norway, Denmark and Sweden—at the top of the list while the U.S. has fallen out of the top 10 for the first time.Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
What are the leading myths about building more effective startup communities?Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
See you at 1 Million Cups at the Google Fiber Space, 1814 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Missouri, this morning from 9-10. (Don't go to Kauffman Labs this morning!)Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
Dream big, entrepreneurs, and surround yourself with great mentors.
"When you’re a mentor, you’ve got to realize that people are often sharing their dreams, and I think it’s human nature to be a critic. We’re skeptics. As you get older and more experienced, wisdom is great, but you also have to be careful not to automatically impose your mental framework and your lessons."Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation added 4 photos to the album Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
- "The Half-Life of Facts" features Sam Arbesman, senior scholar in Research and Policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and author of "The Half-Life of Facts."
http://www.kauffman.org/sketchbook.aspx?VideoId=2023577807001&type=M - As the year comes to a close, we're looking back on some of our most popular online content of 2012 — as decided by your clicks, downloads and social shares.
Revisit our top eight reports, infographics and videos of the year.
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1 Million Cups, the weekly entrepreneur pitch program held inside Kauffman Labs at the Foundation, welcomes two more startups to our growing community.
Join via Livestream to see who's pitching!- As board members, executives, entrepreneurs, VCs, and STEM employees, women still remain an underrepresented group.
To address these issues, researcher Vivek Wadhwa and Lesa Mitchell of the Kauffman Foundation are leading a study on women entrepreneurship with the support of Women 2.0.
Please take 10 minutes to participate in this important study.
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What are the leading myths about building more effective startup communities?
Brad Feld and Rich Florida discuss — what do you think?Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link via 1 Million Cups.
Kansas City is a bustling place for female entrepreneurs.
Read why our city made it into Forbes' top 15 list of "Best Cities For Female Entrepreneurs."- Take a look at the construction of the new Ewing Marion Kauffman School in Kansas City — it's progressing nicely!
- Congratulations to Mary McLean, our new Chief Investment Officer for the Foundation.
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/kauffman-foundation-names-mary-mclean-chief-investment-officer.aspx Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
There's more to Kansas City than barbecue.
Read how the KC and the "Silicon Prairie" is flourishing with entrepreneurs, startups and the desire to create the next big thing in business.- In this week's "Top of Mind," VP of Entrepreneurship Thom Ruhe talks digital media and startups with Silicon Prairie News co-founder Jeff Slobotski.
http://www.entrepreneurship.org/en/e360tv/top-of-mind.aspx?video=1 - Do you have a "founder" mindset or a "joiner" mindset?
http://www.growthology.org/growthology/2012/12/influences-of-founder-or-joiner-mindsets.html - Thom Ruhe, our VP of Entrepreneurship, chats with Wamda about how data, education, and angel investment work to support entrepreneurs.
http://www.wamda.com/2012/12/the-story-of-kauffman-foundation-s-support-for-entrepreneurship-a-chat-with-thom-ruhe - 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.
This is the... central lesson found in "The Start Uprising," a white paper released by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation that examines where the Startup America Partnership started and where it is now. It is a story chock full of lessons for anyone interested in being a catalyst for entrepreneurship.
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/story-of-a-startup-catalyst-points-to-the-power-of-regions-in-kauffman-foundation-paper.aspxSee More - Read what's new with the Startup Act 2.0 (via The Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204707104578095372710657846.html#articleTabs%3Darticle - Immigrants looking to start a firm and remain in the U.S. have a new tool at their disposal—a portal launched by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service to help them navigate the process of registering for and securing visas to extend their stay in the country.
http://www.entrepreneurship.org/en/Blogs/Policy-Forum-Blog/2012/December/New-Portal-to-Help-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs.aspx - Congratulations to Canadian startup team Groupnotes, the winner of the 2012 Global Startup Battle presented by Startup Weekend and Global Entrepreneurship Week.
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/startup-weekend-names-canadas-groupnotes-the-global-startup-battle-champion.aspx Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
Join us for 1 Million Cups inside Kauffman Labs this morning to hear two startups pitch their businesses.
Can't come? Watch via Livestream!- Please join us in welcoming our new CEO, Tom McDonnell, and our new chairman of the board, Jan Kreamer, to the Kauffman Foundation.
An experienced business leader with a track record of building global organizations that are both innovativ...e and philanthropic, Tom has been a Kauffman trustee since 2003 and chairman of the board since 2006.
Jan has served as a Kauffman trustee since 2006 and is known nationally for her leadership of community foundations, especially for her pioneering work with donor-advised products for community foundations.
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/tom-mcdonnell-elected-ceo-of-kauffman-foundation-jan-kreamer-elected-chairman-of-the-board.aspxSee More Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
What made CNN send its reporters to the Silicon Prairie?
YOU, entrepreneurs!
Watch this report on how Google Fiber, 1 Million Cups, and the KC Startup Village are shaking up the startup scene in Kansas City.Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
Our researcher debriefs us on Tyler Cowen's highlight of a forthcoming paper about family-owned businesses, marriage, and adoption in Japan.Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
Could entrepreneurs be about to lead the country out of our stubborn job slump?Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
The newly released census brief, "Business Dynamics Statistics Briefing: Job Creation, Worker Churning, and Wages at Young Businesses," helps answer questions about the differences between young, small firms and more mature, larger companies.Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation added 3 photos to the album Books.
- Three steps to boost female entrepreneurship in the United States:
1. Not-for-profit initiatives that advance opportunities for high-growth women entrepreneurs need greater funding and support from women executives, philanthropy leaders an...d industry. Networking and collaborative events between startup founders and big companies are critical to provide women entrepreneurs access to networks that can produce potential customers.
2. Successful women entrepreneurs and inventors should make themselves visible and available. Role models are critical to young women considering entrepreneurship.
3. Women must be invited at a much higher rate to join science advisory boards of high-tech companies.
http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/overcoming-the-gender-gap-women-entrepreneurs-as-economic-drivers.aspxSee More Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation added 34 photos to the album Studies and Reports.
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Can America create 8.8 million jobs by boosting immigrant startups? This Forbes piece dives into the hot topic.- CityAge: The New American City (7 photos)CityAge is a platform for dialogue, designed to amplify new ideas in business, government and society. CityAge events are held across North America to explore and develop the partnerships between business, decision makers and thought leaders who are building our 21st-Century's urban future. — at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
- If you're in Kansas City and want to network with entrepreneurs, head to Snow & Company (1815 Wyandotte) tonight at 7 p.m.
We're hosting, along with our friends from Kauffman Labs, LaunchKC and CityAge, the KCStartup City Welcome in connection with the CityAge Conference.
See you there! Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
What do you think about Kansas City's potential as an entrepreneurial city?
Read the new paper "Entrepreneurial Community in Kansas City: From Fragmented to Collaborative?" to learn what Heike Mayer, professor of economic geography at the University of Bern, Switzerland, thinks Kansas City is capable of.Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
This week on Top of Mind with Thom Ruhe, we travel to Mentor, Ohio, to visit the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative and learn more from co-founder Gary Shoeniger about the myths surrounding entrepreneurship.Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
Six U.S. cities find themselves in the top 10 of a new Startup Ecosystem Index that ranks the top 20 startup ecosystems around the world.
Can you guess which cities made the cut?Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
While looking into the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) awards, our team found eight key things on why these companies succeed.
This might be useful for you, entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs.- ActivityDecemberPeople Who Like ThisVisits12515