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July 19, 2006 12:39 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Gulf Coast Minority Business Owners Welcome New SBA Administrator

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Newly sworn-in SBA Administrator Steve Preston met with over 150 African-American business owners in New Orleans today to discuss progress of the Urban...
May 23, 2006 09:17 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Kauffman Foundation Study on Entrepreneurial Activity Shows Entrepreneurs Increasingly Foreign-Born and Getting Grayer

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 23, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Immigrants far outpaced native-born Americans in entrepreneurial activity last year, while African Americans were the only major ethnic or racial group to...
March 07, 2006 09:15 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Angel Capital Education Foundation Annual Summit to Meet for the First Time in NYC, April 26-28

NEW YORK and KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Leaders of more than 120 angel groups from the United States and Canada, representing more than 5,000 individual angel investors, will join...
February 21, 2006 08:30 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Kauffman Foundation Program Seeks to Assist Minority-Owned Businesses Hit by Hurricane Katrina

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is spearheading a major new initiative to help position minority-owned businesses for opportunities related to the...
October 03, 2005 10:00 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Disney Online and Kauffman Foundation's 'Hot Shot Business' Exposes 'Tweens' to the Excitement and Challenge of Entrepreneurship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Oct. 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- To say that Ethan, a sixth-grader from Lincoln, Nebraska, has been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug is something of an...
September 28, 2005 11:00 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Kauffman Foundation Announces iBridge Application To Help Universities Disseminate Research, Develop Collaborations to Increase U.S. Innovations

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 28, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today unveiled the iBridge(tm) program, a Web-based platform designed to facilitate the licensing and sharing of...
September 27, 2005 11:00 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Kauffman Foundation Innovation Conference Seeks to Spur University Innovation, Entrepreneurship

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 27, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, along with the Technology Transfer Society, will convene a three-day conference, Advancing Innovation and...
September 22, 2005 09:30 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

More Than 500,000 New Businesses Launched Each Month Says New Kauffman Foundation Study

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 22, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- More than half a million new businesses are started each month with the number of businesses started by immigrants and Latinos showing strong start-up...
September 06, 2005 10:00 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Universities Missing Opportunities to Advance Innovation

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- University laboratories hold great promise for spurring high-impact entrepreneurship but are not reaping the full benefits of their research efforts,...
July 26, 2005 09:30 ET | Source: Kauffman Foundation

Kauffman Foundation Study Debunks Charter School Real Estate Risk

KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 26, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- A new study conducted by researchers at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation aims to debunk the widespread belief among landlords and real estate...