Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

  • “Go be an entrepreneur,” new Kauffman Sketchbook urges

    Need a kick in the entrepreneurial pants? Look no further than the latest installment in the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Sketchbook Series. In the video, which was released earlier this month, serial entrepreneur Geoffrey Clapp encourages entrepreneurs to stop talking and start doing. …

  • To map KC “tech universe,” professor asks companies to complete survey

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a professor from the University of Bern (Switzerland) are asking Kansas City startups to complete a survey that will help show how the city’s tech industry is connected. The survey, which closes in late January, is a continuation of work that Heike Mayer, a professor of economic geography, began…

  • Watch 24 companies present at Kauffman’s Demo Day (Video)

    More than 20 companies kicked off Global Entrepreneurship Week earlier this month by taking part in the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s second Startup@Kauffman Demo Day. “I think Mr. (Kauffman) would’ve absolutely loved this event,” Kauffman Foundation’s Cameron Cushman said, noting the event combined Kauffman’s love for entrepreneurship and love for Kansas City. Though the event…

  • Join us tonight at 6 for a BIG Global Entrepreneurship Week shindig

    If you caught the Startup@Kauffman Demo Day or helped break a world record for speed networking, your Global Entrepreneurship Week fun has only just begun. Tonight, Silicon Prairie News is …

  • Here’s the Global Entrepreneurship Week schedule for the Silicon Prairie

    Global Entrepreneurship Week turns 5 this year, and people in 130 countries are getting in on the celebration. Billed by its organizers as “the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare,” GEW is a week-long, worldwide series of…

  • Watch the Startup@Kauffman Demo Day live stream

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation begins its celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week today with the second rendition of Startup@Kauffman Demo Day at its Kansas City, Mo. headquarters. For those who can’t attend the event, a live stream (above) will be available throughout the day. The broadcast began around 8:15 a.m. and will run until 2:50…

  • 24 startups to pitch Monday at Startup@Kauffman Demo Day

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has announced a lineup of 24 startups slated to present Monday at the second Startup@Kauffman Demo Day, an event that will serve as the official opener for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Kansas City. It will be the second such event hosted this year by the Kauffman Foundation, following a Demo…

  • Lesa Mitchell: We all must engage women in entrepreneurship (Video)

    When Lesa Mitchell stepped on stage Oct. 12 at Thinc Iowa 2012, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s vice president of innovation and networks sported a shirt — green, and emblazoned with “MIT” in large, white letters — that required a disclaimer. Mitchell, who gave a talk on women in entrepreneurship, explained that MIT is not…

  • Brad Feld outlines “Boulder Thesis” in Kauffman Sketchbook (Video)

    Brad Feld spoke earlier this month at Thinc Iowa, and we will release full video from Feld’s talk sometime next week. But for those who didn’t catch the former and can’t wait to see the latter, we have something to hold you over, courtesy of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and its…

  • Kansas City to host sixth Startup Weekend event Nov. 16-18

    The return of Startup Weekend Kansas City is less than a month away. Kansas City’s sixth Startup Weekend event will take place Nov. 16-18 at the Ewing Kauffman Foundation (4801 Rockhill Road), providing participants the experience of launching a business over the course of one weekend. As at other Startup Weekend events, things in Kansas…