entrepreneurship

The report highlights six key priorities - identified by the womens brain trust - that should be addressed over the next three to five years to bring women entrepreneurs into the fold and inject new vibrancy into our economy.

The report is designed to help the Community Entrepreneurship Focus Area Task
Force better understand: the market for rural entrepreneurship (place and people); the issues associated with promoting entrepreneurship in this market; efforts to address these issues; and the implications for future Kauffman Center activity in this arena.

The report explores the opportunities emerging in the field of social entrepreneurship for the Kauffman Center by exploring the challenges and opportunities, current resources available to social entrepreneurs, and venture philanthropy for non-profit enterprises.

The paper is divided into the following four parts: origins of minority enterprise programs; trends in education and employment; sources of venture capital funding for minority enterprise; and recommendations to accelerate minority high technology enterprise.

The report identifies changes in entrepreneurship education in terms of four key audiences: students, faculty, administration and entrepreneurs.

The paper outlines the development of an entrepreneurial culture in the U.S. Capitol region and the formation of a regional industrial cluster.

The fourth major report from the National Commission on Entrepreneurship finds there is often a disconnect between government policies to encourage entrepreneurship and the actual practice of launching fast growing companies. The report also sets out key policy implications based on these different characteristics to educate policymakers about the vitally different characteristics of entrepreneurs and traditional small business owners.

The National Commission on Entrepreneurship report reveals large concentrations of high-growth companies in less familiar areas such as Elkhart, IN, and Provo, UT. The report also provides a framework for economic development officials to look at the success stories within their labor market areas to better understand of how to expand the possibilities of entrepreneurship within their region.

The report by the National Commission on Entrepreneurship details how and why networks of entrepreneurs nurture economic growth in communities across the country. The report notes that regions which have developed strong entrepreneurial economies tend to possess several key ingredients — well-organized local networks along with strong universities, access to equity capital and an advanced public infrastructure

The report outlines an analysis of and identifies the current status of the K-14 education market that is relevant to entrepreneurship education. The report also provides a brief scan of the current status of entrepreneurship education within the broader K-14
education market.