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  1. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    13 hours ago
    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.
    US No Longer Top 10 in Prosperity - Entrepreneurship.org
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    US No Longer Top 10 in Prosperity
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  3. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    13 hours ago
    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.
    US No Longer Top 10 in Prosperity - Entrepreneurship.org
    www.entrepreneurship.org
    US No Longer Top 10 in Prosperity
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  5. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    13 hours ago
    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.
    US No Longer Top 10 in Prosperity - Entrepreneurship.org
    www.entrepreneurship.org
    US No Longer Top 10 in Prosperity
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  7. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    Yesterday
    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!)
    1814 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO - Google Maps
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  8. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    Monday
    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."
    Tony Tjan of Cue Ball, on Accepting New Ideas
    www.nytimes.com
    Tony Tjan, chief executive and a founder of Cue Ball, a venture capital firm in Boston, suggests waiting before criticizing someone else’s new idea.
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  10. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 12
    "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
    Photo: "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
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  11. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 12
    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.

    http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/kauffmans-hottest-trending-content-in-2012-research-reports-infographics-and-video-sketchbooks.aspx
    Photo: 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. http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/kauffmans-hottest-trending-content-in-2012-research-reports-infographics-and-video-sketchbooks.aspx
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  13. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 11
    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.

    https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9632PLQ
    Photo: 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. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9632PLQ
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  16. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared Ewing Marion Kauffman School's photo.
    December 11
    Take a look at the construction of the new Ewing Marion Kauffman School in Kansas City — it's progressing nicely!
    Construction of the new Kauffman School and campus at 63rd Street and The Paseo is progressing nicely.

    Taking a closer look at middle school building this week was Paul Greenwood (left), head of the Kauffman School, and several leaders of the Kauffman Foundation.

    Enrollment for the 2013-14 school year begins online Jan. 9.

    http://kauffmanschool.org/en/Enroll/Enroll-Here.aspx
    Photo: Construction of the new Kauffman School and campus at 63rd Street and The Paseo is progressing nicely. Taking a closer look at middle school building this week was Paul Greenwood (left), head of the Kauffman School, and several leaders of the Kauffman Foundation. Enrollment for the 2013-14 school year begins online Jan. 9. http://kauffmanschool.org/en/Enroll/Enroll-Here.aspx
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  19. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 10
    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
    Photo: 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
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  21. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 6
    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
    Photo: 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
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  22. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 6
    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.aspx    See More
    Photo: 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.aspx
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  24. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 5
    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
    Photo: 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
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  27. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 4
    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.aspx    See More
    Photo: 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 innovative 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.aspx
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  28. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    December 4
    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.
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  31. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    December 3
    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.
    Job Hopping Is Down and the Wage Gap Is Up Between Young and Old Companies
    www.huffingtonpost.com
    As the labor market begins to recover and loosen up, job applicants will naturally have more options of potential employers -- including whether to sign on at a large, established firm or to look for work at a startup instead.
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  33. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 3
    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.aspx    See More
    Photo: 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 and 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.aspx
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  37. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    December 3
    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.
    Photo: Doug Voigt, director of Urban Design and Planning at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, presented an innovative plan to restore the Chicago population to the Lake Michigan shoreline by renovating the almost abandoned property.
    Photo: Sly James, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, welcomes attendees to City Age, a conference on December 3 put on by the Summit on the New American City to discover how to make cities engines of innovation and job creation.
    Photo: Bobby Watson, jazz alto saxophonist, kicked off the morning session at the City Age conference.
    Photo: A panel discusses “The Metropolitan Return: The value in America’s infrastructure” at the City Age conference in the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts on December 3, 2012.
    Photo: "We have to stop thinking about things just as privatization projects. There is a private and public project to everything.” Thomas Green, managing director of infrastructure finance at Citigroup
    Photo: “We aren’t sustainable in the long run, so [our cities] need to start adjusting now. Education is the key to innovation and the future.” Cind Wallis-Lage, president of Global Water Business at Black and Veatch
    Photo: Panelists Brad Guilmino, chief financial consultant at HNTB; Cindy Wallis-Lage, president of Global Water business at Black and Veatch; Sly James, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri; Thomas Green, managing director of infrastructure finance at Citigroup; and Allison Taylor, vice president of Sustainability Siemens discuss the importance of innovation in both the private and public sectors of the city.
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  38. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared Kauffman Labs's status.
    December 3
    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!
    On Monday, December 3 at 7 p.m. at Snow & Company (1815 Wyandotte), LaunchKC, the Kauffman Foundation and CityAge will be hosting a KCStartup City Welcome in connection with the CityAge Conference. Join us!
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  39. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    December 3
    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.
    Kansas City Region Developing Networking, Funding Resources Needed to Succeed as an Entrepreneurial.
    www.kauffman.org
    Kansas City's potential as a center of innovation is the topic of a new paper "Entrepreneurial Community in Kansas City: From Fragmented to Collaborative?" released today by the Kauffman Foundation.
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  40. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    December 1
    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.
    Top of Mind with Thom Ruhe - Entrepreneurship.org
    www.entrepreneurship.org
    Top of Mind with Thom Ruhe
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  41. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation shared a link.
    November 30
    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?
    Ranking the Worlds Top Startup Ecosystems - Entrepreneurship.org
    www.entrepreneurship.org
    Ranking the Worlds Top Startup Ecosystems
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