A continuing study by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation hopes to determine what startup decisions make a difference.
The private, nonprofit foundation that focuses on advancing entrepreneurship and innovation has been following nearly 5,000 businesses nationwide since they were founded in 2004.
Some of their initial research shows:
• Nearly 60 percent of the businesses had no employees their first year. About 25 percent had two or more employees, and less than 4 percent had more than 10 employees.
• Thirty-seven percent had no revenue in their first year of operation. But about 45 percent had a profit and about 17 percent had profit in excess of …read more

Just came across EntrepreneurshipWeek USA which is coming February 24th-March 3rd. It’s being launched by the Kauffman Foundation.
From The Kauffman Foundation website, “The vision of the Kauffman Foundation is to foster a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities.”
Although I hadn’t heard of EntrepreneurshipWeek before today (and I have no clue why they spell it without a space between the two words “entrepreneurship” and “week”) it looks like there are a lot of activities planned, including plenty for young entrepreneurs. I’ve said it before – if you want to keep …read more