

Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship Leads to Worldwide Initiative
Last week, the Kauffman Foundation participated in the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington and looks forward to providing expertise and guidance for the E-Mentor Corps and other initiatives announced by President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Summit.
In addition, the Foundation will continue ongoing efforts to shape the next generation of entrepreneurs through its existing programs, like Global Entrepreneurship Week, happening November 15 - 21, 2010. Read the closing remarks at the Summit>>Watch Secretary Clinton Endorse Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2009>>
Read the Remarks, Share Your Ideas. As an entrepreneur, we want to hear from you about these global initiatives. Post your ideas to BuildAStrongerAmerica.com>>
Grading the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship
Featured Content from Growthology.org: Tim Kane, senior fellow in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation, was on a discussion panel at the Washington, DC Summit on Entrepreneurship last week. In his blog post Kane grades the content of the summit noting, "In ten years, the most important outcome of the summit will simply be there was a summit at all." Read the post>>
SHARE THIS STAT - Only 18 percent of Build a Stronger America members lost jobs at their businesses last year, compared to 36 percent of entrepreneurs nationally who have lost jobs. Source: Build a Stronger America member poll.


