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Kansas City Videos from the Kauffman Labs Education Ventures Program at The Ewing Muriel Kauffman Foundation are now available on the foundation's website. The Education Ventures Program on June 7 marked the culmination of a fourth-month program in which 23 aspiring entrepreneurs immersed themselves in the Labs’ intensive, hands-on curriculum … read more

Kansas City We're onto our last category of the day at the Kauffman Labs Venture Showcase, "Lifelong Learning," which features five companies. The panelists for this category are: Wil Agatstien – Executive Director Center for Entrepreneurship University of California, Davis; Advisory Group Member, Kauffman … read more

Kansas City Following a lunch keynote presentation by Frederick Hess, PhD, titled "Today's Context for Education Entrepreneurship," three of the Labs' participants shared their reflections of participating in the program. While the other 14 have come out of it with a product to show, these three participants either pivoted drastically on the idea or dropped their … read more

Kansas City Today, the 16 companies that have been working the past four months in Kauffman Labs' Education Ventures Program are presenting their work to a panel of experts onstage and an audience at the Kauffman Conference Center. Each founder has eight minutes to present and seven minutes to field questions and … read more

Kansas City A pool of more than 1,000 applicants was whittled down to 45 finalists, and from there 23 founders of 16 companies embarked on an intensive, four-month journey as part of the Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation's Education Ventures Program. And those founders didn't just dip their toes in the water. … read more

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

Kansas City Here's a great upcoming event for the folks in Kansas City (and honestly, the entire region, although registration is capped around 150!) Bo Fishback and the team at the Kauffman Foundation are announcing Ignite Kansas City to be held ... read more