Kauffman Foundation News Releases

International Think Tank to Discuss the Development of High-Growth Businesses and Ties to Innovation & Intellectual Assets

05/01/2008
An economic development organization representing 30 nations including the United States is holding an international workshop in Kansas City on innova...

New Study Challenges Popular Perception of Founder Makeup of Technology and Engineering Companies

05/01/2008
Challenging the perception of American technology entrepreneurs as 20-something wunderkinds launching businesses from college dorm rooms, a new study ...

Entrepreneurial Activity Remained Strong in 2007 With Major Shifts Among Men, Women and Immigrants, Says Kauffman Foundation Study

04/24/2008
The rate of entrepreneurial activity among women dropped sharply in 2007 while the activity rate among men and immigrants surged, according to the 200...

56 Nations Join Global Entrepreneurship Week

04/15/2008
A first-ever worldwide entrepreneurship event that is expected to involve millions of young people is taking shape. Fifty-six countries have currently...

Rand Study Finds Economic Burden of Health Insurance Increasing for Small Employers Providing Health Insurance

04/04/2008
The economic burden of providing health insurance for workers increased more for small businesses than for large ones from 2000 to 2005, but the spike...

New Kauffman Foundation Study Offers Insights Into the Earliest Years of a New Business

03/12/2008
Understanding the characteristics of new business formation and sustainability can help lead to policies that encourage entrepreneurial businesses, w...

Video Captures Robots in Action

03/12/2008
The Kauffman Foundation was on hand to record all three days of the Great Kansas City Regional FIRST Robotics competition. See the six-minute video de...

Kauffman Foundation and Social Science Research Network Announce Top Downloaded Entrepreneurship Papers of 2007

03/04/2008
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Social Science Research Network (SSRN) are pleased to announce the top downloaded entrepreneurship papers of ...

NGA Issue Brief Highlights State Strategies for Supporting Entrepreneurship

02/27/2008
The National Governors Association (NGA) has released an Issue Brief that explores the benefits of early-stage investments by "angels"?wealthy individ...