Newsroom: National News Archive 2006

April 30 - May 6, 2006

Creating a ‘High Performance Community’ in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Star - Hot Springs,SD,USA
... It was part of our participation in the National Network for Technology Entrepreneurship and Com-mercialization, otherwise known as N2TEC...

A million little pixels
Pitch Weekly - Kansas City,MO,USA
... technology company called Kozoru. He is standing at the front of a room at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center. His audience is...

Female 'Angels' Offer Rare Perspective
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... who invested $23.1 billion in about 50,000 deals last year, according to a report on women and angel investing released last week by the Kauffman Foundation...

Venture financing making a comeback
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Venture financing appears to have bounced back in the Bay Area, a signal that the innovation economy in the region has recovered from the dot-com malaise...

Unexpected Benefits
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
... leap. Carl Schramm is president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, and a contributing editor.

Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Skyrocket
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
... However, Daryl Williams, director of minority entrepreneurship at the Kansas City, Mo.-based Kauffman Foundation, warned that attention should also be paid...

Catching the Web in a Net of Neutrality
Washington Post - United States
... Brookings Institution. He is also vice president for Research and Policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Mo.

Wichitan Jabara wins national business award
Wichita Business Journal - Wichita, KS
Fran Jabara will add another honor to his lengthy resume next week in Washington, D.C. -- Small Business Person of the Year from the Small Business Council of America...

Competition spawns companies
MSNBC - USA
... future economic development of the city and the region," said Michelle Eisenberg, the associate director of Temple's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute. ...

New KTEC program aims to raise entrepreneurs
MSNBC - USA
... not compete with, programs such as the Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP) and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's FastTrac educational series...

World Bank urges increased investment in commercial innovation
Southeast European Times - MD,USA
... ECA) options to foster productivity and growth by creating a favourable environment for the application of knowledge in the economy via innovation and learning...

Tech Transfer 101: Region's Research Universities Learning How to ...
eNotes - Seatle,Washington,USA
... Research Triangle Park as examples of booming marriages of academia and entrepreneurship. ... can't provide the key ingredient â€" the innovation that arises...

Finding jobs in 'creative' culture
Boston Globe - United States
... Some 150 people are expected at ''The Innovation Agenda: Growing the Creative Economy in Massachusetts," a conference from 8 am to 6 pm at Hawthorne Hotel and...

Angel Investing Needs More Than Just a Few Good Women
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
... represent a largely untapped source of capital for start-up entrepreneurs, according to a new report released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation...

Intellectual property: The property of innovation and creativity
Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
... of my personal and professional interest in entrepreneurship, the arts, and technology, I was pleased to discover that the spirit of innovation and creativity...

Back to Skoll
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA,USA
... Foundation is betting that investing in the power of innovation can create ... investing in scholarship, research, and training for social entrepreneurship at...

Studies raise red flags Hiring “flat as a pancake”
Gwinnett Business Journal - Lawrenceville,GA,USA
... Another document raising some eyebrows came from the Boston Consulting Group with sponsorship from the Missouri-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation...

Got Brains? Compete in the Gwinnett Innovation Challenge 2006
Gwinnett Business Journal - Lawrenceville,GA,USA
... The Gwinnett Innovation Challenge is championed by a number of local leaders with a long history of support for innovation, entrepreneurship and civic service...

Beauty plan becomes reality
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... entrepreneurship class taught by Keith Schneider, a professor in NKU's Entrepreneurship Institute ... as part of a grant proposal to the Kentucky Innovation Network...

Babson inks partnership with University of Ulster
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Provost Mike Fetters. Babson will initially focus on two areas: technological entrepreneurship and agribusiness. The partnership...

Entrepreneurship for all majors
UNI Northern Iowan - Iowa,USA
A new certificate in entrepreneurship will be offered next year to non-business majors. ... “That’s the really vital activity for entrepreneurship...

Teen Entrepreneurs Celebrate Business Success
FOX News - USA
... did a little networking — and a little celebrating — in Times Square Tuesday night, during the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s annual...

May 7 - 13, 2006

The Start-Up as the First Step Up
New York Times - United States
... Financed in part by Pequot Capital, a hedge fund, and philanthropic groups including the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Goldman Sachs Foundation and the ...

Social entrepreneurs garner $105,000 in competition
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The winners of the inaugural Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition (SEIC) were announced late Wednesday. The SEIC is ...

Angel fund to focus on women and minority businesses
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA
... She noted that an April 28 report issued by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which promotes entrepreneurship, said there are only six women angel networks ...

Mayor Littlefield Awards Great Ideas Winners
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA
... opportunity to harness their creativity, imagination, and innovation,” said Mayor ... move forward with inventions, discoveries in science and entrepreneurship. ...

A presidential pat on the back
Cincinnati Post - OH,USA
If the goal was to tout American innovation, entrepreneurship and global competitiveness, then President Bush couldn't have picked a more appropriate place...

Edwards: Research money needed to keep Oregon ahead
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
... Edwards was addressing the Austin Entrepreneurship Program’s signature event, “Commercializing Technology Innovations in a Global Context.” His audience...

Reduced Time-to-Market: A Major Driver of R&D Outsourcing
Dr. Dobb's Journal - USA
... This reinforces similar findings by Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation, which in a report released recently found that intellectual capital and university ...

More than $100,000 in awards distributed to help region's social ...
News from Washington University in St. Louis - Saint Louis,Washington,USA
On Wednesday, May 10, the winners of the inaugural Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition (SEIC) will be announced at a special awards ceremony ...

Angel Fund by and for women
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA
... wealthy people who invest on their own or in groups - only 8 percent are women, said a report last month by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City ...

Promoting Entrepreneurship Initiatives Within Stern
Stern Opportunity (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... The EEX club is focused on promoting entrepreneurship initiatives within Stern. It currently has1,100 members between full-time, part-time, and alumni....

Dobbins teacher wins top-educator award
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
ONE BY ONE, a handful of the seniors in Carolyn C. Monson's entrepreneurship class at Murrell Dobbins High stood to give presentations of the early research...

Alumnus donates $1 mil for Thunderbird's center
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... Family business, innovation and creativity, and corporate ventures are some of the aspects of global entrepreneurship the center will address, Hisrich said....

A young entrepreneur in deed
Kansas.com - KS,USA
... He really has grasped the idea of entrepreneurship, Chenoweth said. Adams wants to go to Hutchinson Community College to study business. ...

Committing to excellence
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... The chamber also partnered with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to offer the Mr. K trophy to the top business of the year in honor of Kauffman’s ...

Entrepreneurial Community Endorses Easley Budget Recommendations
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The Association was formed in 2004 and has advocated for a variety of policy changes aimed at supporting North Carolina's innovation economy. ...

New businesses get a boost
Gwinnett Business Journal - Lawrenceville,GA,USA
... The competition, organized by Gwinnett-based Intelligent Systems Corporation, was created to encourage innovation in entrepreneurship. ...

Student entrepreneurs take home thousands of dollars
UI Argonaut Online - Moscow,ID,USA
... s Vandal Innovation and Enterprise Works. VIEW was launched last fall by the deans of UI’s eight colleges in an effort to encourage student entrepreneurship ...

May 14 - 20, 2006

Support effort to beef up US science, technology edge
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... billion over the next 10 years on research and development, improved math and science education, and incentives to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation....

Cultivating ideas on rural future
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... Rural development: Can rural population loss be slowed? Can entrepreneurship help rural counties? ... Themes include food systems and innovation....

High School Students Compete in National Entrepreneurship ...
Mongabay.com - USA
SAGE—Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship—was founded by California State University, Chico business professor Curt DeBerg and hosts...

Learning Social Entrepreneurship on the Streets of New York
OnPhilanthropy.com - New York,NY,USA
After a successful second year, the program is well on its way to establishing a successful history of social entrepreneurship....

Teens win entrepreneurship award for magnetic driving signs
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
(National) May 18, 2006 - A group of young girls is about to make a lot of money. WIS first introduced you to the Drive Safe company last year....

Ease kids slowly into your business
USA Today - USA
... It's nurture, Langowitz says. Entrepreneurship is about gauging opportunities and taking risks. "Both of these are areas that can be taught," she says...
 
Program aims for tech stars
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... venture capital field. She co-founded and led the Kauffman Fellows Program under the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The program...

Creation Nets: Getting the Most from Open Innovation
CFO.com Magazine - New York,NY,USA
...greater value than more conventional models of innovation can. The case for creation nets has its foundation in the speed of change in today's global economy...

Skills, Jobs, Competitiveness and Innovation
Always On - USA
... from your intellectual property laws to your fiscal policy, rule of law... economy, the place where innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship take...

Startups gather $1M in private investments
Pittsburgh Business Times - PA, U.S.A
... day window," said Matt Harbaugh, director of external finance for Innovation Works. ... of the increasing momentum of the region's early-stage technology economy.".

For academia, patents mean BIG $$
Eetasia.com (subscription) - USA
...The Larta Institute (Los Angeles), a nonprofit that tries to link academia and the private sector, is partnering with the Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City) to...

Eight traits of successful entrepreneurs
Richmond Register - Richmond,KY,USA
... Judith Cone, vice president of entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a $1.7 billion organization in Kansas City, Mo., that does research...

Cal State Fullerton serves small businesses
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA
The entrepreneurship programs at USC and UCLA perennially rank among the Top 20 nationally, while Cal State Fullerton is listed as fourth tier, limited...

Entrepreneurs Converge on New York for Workshop Spawned by Podcast
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA
Venture Voice, the leading podcast on entrepreneurship, is assembling top flight entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to lead a full-day interactive crash...

Immigrant women and entrepreneurship
Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly (subscription) - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
According to a 2004 study released in January 2005, immigrant women not only make up the fastest growing group of business owners in the United States, but...

Four Finalists Named in Georgia Technology Entrepreneurship ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
A field of more than 50 preliminary entrants from across Georgia has been narrowed to four finalists in the inaugural...

Plans will lift skills, help close wage gap
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... to increase investments in research and development, strengthen education from kindergarten through college and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation...

Patent payoff
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... Weiss, 59, views innovation as a new paradigm for American companies – and a resource as... a way for US companies to compete in a global economy where foreign...

May 21 - 27, 2006

Dream of Business Growth Realistic For Few When SBA Involved ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... An Expert studies led by Dr. Tim Bates (“Minorities and Venture Capital, A New Wave in American Business”) for the Kauffman Foundation supports the...

College grads tackle challenges of entrepreneurship
Providence Business News - Providence,RI,USA
It was the product. After months of development, the college students concluded that the gloves would require people to squeeze...

Migrant start-ups outpace natives'
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Immigrants have a higher propensity for starting businesses than native-born Americans do, according to a new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation....

Study: Entrepreneurship Programs Are Growing at Universities
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA
A study by Indiana University's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and several other partners shows that the universities nationwide offering...

Where are the new firms?
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... For an area that prides itself on being a hotbed for entrepreneurship, Miami-Fort Lauderdale was surprisingly average when it came to creating new businesses...

Study Shows Start-ups Getting Grayer
AXcess News - Carson City,NV,USA
By Staff. (AXcess News) Reno, NV - A recent study by the Kauffman Foundation shows that more older entrepreneurs are starting businesses than ever before and a... 

Tutor's plan is NFTE, judges say
Pittsburgh Business Times - PA, U.S.A
... business was voted the best of a group of young entrepreneurs in the second annual National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Greater Pittsburgh...

New study finds nation's entrepreneurial centers growing in ...
Indiana University - Bloomington,IN,USA
Entrepreneurship programs at universities and elsewhere have been -- excuse the expression -- entrepreneurial over the last 15-20 years...

Student business plan startup wins Lyles Center competition
Fresno State News - Fresno,CA,USA
... to low- and middle-income families won a competition cosponsored by California State University, Fresno’s Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship....

Taylor fund promotes innovation
Marion Chronicle Tribune - Marion,IN,USA
... and Innovation is a Christ-centered organization that encourages the passions of students and faculty through innovative research, entrepreneurship and...

SIFE hailed as it takes leave of KC
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... Hallmark Cards Inc., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, KPMG, William T. Kemper Foundation, Sprint Nextel Corp., InkCycle Inc., Betty Hanicke, Perfect Commerce...

Owning The Future: National Association of Women Business Owners...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... rewards girls ages 12 to 18 who demonstrate entrepreneurship, are taking ... alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence...

Looking for a few good entrepreneurs
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
According to a report released today (PDF) by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Washington ranks near the bottom of the list when it comes to...

US economic statistics need update
MarketWatch - USA
... enabling the government statistical agencies to access business tax records to get a better sense of the dynamic process of new business formation, he said....

Providing a spark for local innovation
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
... held an online discussion on the topic. Participants called for more mentors to help foster entrepreneurship and develop leaders.

Innovation: Definitions May Differ, But End Result Is the Same ...
Local Tech Wire - Fort Mill,SC,USA
... Commented Lea, “When it comes to innovation, they are not competing. It’s part of the personal process. ... “The global economy is shifting to small...

IU's Kelley School hosting world’s leading entrepreneurship ...
Indiana University - Bloomington,IN,USA
... This year's consortium is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a private, nonpartisan foundation that works with partners to advance...

US Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) Highlights the Vitality of '' ...
TMCnet - USA
... a new website; attract entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors to Central New Jersey; and promote policies favorable to innovation and entrepreneurship. ...

15 area businesses to compete in INNOVATE Illinois Challenge
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
... Representatives of the Southern Illinois Entrepreneurship Center, the southernmost host of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity contest...

Survey analyzes business startups
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Immigrants started businesses last year at a higher rate than native-born Americans did, a national survey by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found....

State Champions Compete for USA Entrepreneurship Title: Winner to...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
In partnership with City University of New York Institute for Virtual Enterprise, Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) will conduct...

Kauffman: Missouri, Kansas rank low for business creation
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
... African-Americans were the only big ethnic or racial group to experience a year-to-year increase in the rate of entrepreneurship, the report showed....

May 28 - June 3, 2006

Where to find entrepreneurial America
U.S. News & World Report - USA
But just how entrepreneurial are we? Well, thanks to a new study from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, we may have an answer....

Home Grown
Hawaii Business Magazine - Honolulu,HI,USA
... Susan Tai, Director of the Small Business Development Center of Kauai, says, "There's definitely an increasing trend toward entrepreneurship and small-business... 

Government programs can boost small-business success
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
... these companies are scientists trying to commercialize a newly discovered innovation and who ... He has published more than 50 papers on entrepreneurship and small...

Treasury awards $600M in GO Zone credits
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... Stonehenge is partnering with the Kauffman Foundation to provide coaching for minority entrepreneurs in a center at 327 North Blvd....

Students learn entrepreneurial skills
Black Hills Pioneer - Spearfish,SD,USA
... of technology entrepreneurship faculty, professionals and entrepreneurs from around the United States. The purpose of N2TEC is to raise the level of innovation...

Venture Capital Firms, Entrepreneurs and Corporate Investors to ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... The Venture Forum sponsors include: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, NIH, Advanced Technology Program, Morrison Foerster...

Young professionals organize to fill a void
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
NewvaConnects hopes to help attract and retain twenty- and thirtysomethings to bolster the region's "innovation economy.". Perhaps...

Entrepreneur course starting to look familiar
Huntsville Times - Huntsville,AL,USA
... The FastTrac New Venture program, sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, aims to help would-be entrepreneurs launch a successful business....

Risk Capital in OECD Countries: Past Experience, Current Situation ...
Black Enterprise - New York,NY,USA
... In general, the fostering of entrepreneurship is seen as a desirable objective in most OECD countries. Policy makers believe that a high rate of company...

Leaders push ideas for urban research center
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... Cities with a strong research-driven innovation economy - unlike Milwaukee - can point to a chain reaction that begins with researchers and their ideas; risk...

State ranks low in entrepreneurs
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
According to a report Tuesday by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Washington ranks near the bottom of the list when it comes to entrepreneurial activity...

Entrepreneurship: It's A Mom's World
Newtown Bee - Newtown,CT,USA
By John Voket. Nearly half of the privately held businesses in the United States are owned by women, says the Center for Women's Business Research....

Black entrepreneurs bucked trend for start-ups in 2005
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... last year. The slowdown is consistent across almost all demographics, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found in its study. The... 

New Curriculum Focuses on High-School Entrepreneurs
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
High school teachers now have free online access to entrepreneurship course materials, under a new program launched by the National Federation of Independent...

Teen Entrepreneurs Headed to China
Inc.com - New York,NY,USA
... "The teams all did a marvelous job of combining entrepreneurship with community ... The students are judged on the creativity and innovation of their projects, and... 

Innovate St. Louis wants to focus on growing industries
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
... "A community that has a healthy set of startups and encourages entrepreneurship and innovation will, in the long run, be better off than those without it."

Entrepreneurs and Academics Team Up at Entrepreneurship Conference
dBusinessNews Boston (press release) - Boston,MA,USA
WELLESLEY -- Sixty-six leading entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship professors are gathering in teams at Babson College to create intellectual and practical...

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