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The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, also known as the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurship, is a leading indicator of new business creation in the United States, [1] [non-primary source needed] which has been cited in academic journals such as Small Business Economics. [2] [3]
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kauffman Foundation) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, private foundation based in Kansas City, Missouri. [4] It was founded in 1966 by Ewing Marion Kauffman, who had previously founded the drug company Marion Laboratories. The Kauffman Foundation works with communities to build and support programs that ...
Carl J. Schramm (born 1946) is an American economist, entrepreneur, author, former President of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and University Professor at Syracuse University. He is the author of the book Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do, [4] published by Simon & Schuster.
The Kauffman Foundation analyzed the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the U.S. and found that 67% secured funding through personal savings or bank loans, followed by 34% that secured funding ...
Kauffman established the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation [8] in the mid-1960s with the same sense of opportunity he brought to his business endeavors, and, with the same convictions. Kauffman wanted his foundation to be innovative – to fundamentally change people's lives.
Costello was on the start-up team of the Kauffman Foundation's entrepreneurship center, [3] where for eight years she directed its efforts in venture capital, angel investing, entrepreneur support programs, and programming to accelerate high potential women entrepreneurs. She played a leading role nationally in obtaining greater financial ...
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Kansas City, Missouri, established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. The Kauffman Foundation’s mission is to create “a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the ...
That includes partnership with Sherman’s businesses, including the Royals, to provide work-study jobs — an element Sherman embraces because he believes it helps create generational change.