January 3, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage … read more
January 3, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Carl Schramm, the president and CEO of the The Ewing Marion Kauffmann Foundation, today announced that he is stepping down from his post at the Kansas City, Mo.-based foundation. Kauffman Foundation trustee Benno Schmidt has taken over as the organization's interim president, and the search for a new president and CEO will begin this year. During a decade with Schramm at its helm, the Kauffman Foundation revamped its Kauffman … read more
December 13, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) late last week introduced The Startup Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation aimed at jump-starting the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses.The act outlines a five-prong approach to job creation based on the proven track record of entrepreneurs. Those five pro-growth principles are: Reducing regulatory … read more
November 14, 2011 by Michael Stacy
In 123 countries around the world and several cities across the Silicon Prairie, today marks the start of the fourth annual Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), sponsored by the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foudation. Globally, more than 25,000 partner organizations will host 40,000 events in a week-long … read more
September 14, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Within five years, Kansas City will represent the pinnacle of entrepreneurship in the United States, at least if the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce has its way. The Chamber on Tuesday announced "the making of America's most entrepreneurial city" as one of its "Big 5" ideas for the Kansas City area over the next five years. In a press conference at the Liberty Memorial, the Chamber unveiled those ideas and the champions … read more
September 8, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Lest entrepreneurs toiling away on nascent ventures begin to lose hope or start to doubt the importance of their undertakings, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today supplied a nice dose of motivation — and reminder of the importance of entrepreneurs — in the form of a three-minute video. Sure, the video is intended less as a motivational tool and more an educational piece to promote the Startup Act, a proposal the Kauffman Foundation unveiled in July that's designed to jump-start the U.S. economy and increase job creation by accelerating the growth of startups. The video's release today comes on the heels of a U.S. Department of Labor … read more
July 19, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Days after releasing findings from a study that showed lagging job creation from new businesses, the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today outlined a new initiative aimed at jump-starting startups and, in turn, the economy as a whole. (Image, left, from kauffman.org.) Kauffman president and CEO Carl Schramm and vice president of research and policy Robert Litan presented a proposal to spur the ailing U.S. economy and increase job creation … read more
June 2, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City PIPELINE alumni continue to dig into their pockets to help fuel the future of entrepreneurship in the region. PIPELINE president and CEO Joni Cobb said Wednesday that past participants of the Kansas-based entrepreneurship program for innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs have have raised an additional $55,000 since presenting a check for $160,000 to PIPELINE in late April. That brings total alumni donations during the current fundraising push … read more
May 31, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Startup Open, a competition that recognizes startups with high-growth potential, has launched its search for the 50 most promising new startups around the world, to be announced in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2011. The "GEW 50" will be announced on Oct. 15, with those companies subsequently competing for the top honors and prizes. Kansas City's Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation founded … read more
April 19, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on Thursday announced a matching "challenge" grant of up to $800,000 to initiate a regional expansion of PIPELINE … read more