October & November 2022 Virtual Events Hosted by the Kauffman Foundation

Data Dive: Year 1 Findings from the NORC Entrepreneurship in the Population (EPOP) Survey
October 27, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. CDT | Register

Join us for a Data Dive into a new survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and funded by the Kauffman Foundation. NORC scholars will discuss their first-year findings as part of a 5-year, cross-sectional, nationally representative survey designed to capture an accurate measure of entrepreneurship status among the U.S population.

This extensive survey of more than 30,000 participants seeks to understand the pathways people take toward business ownership, as well as the factors that support and inhibit entrepreneurship in the United States. The survey data provides estimates of engagement with entrepreneurial activities in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., and in the 50 most populous metropolitan areas across the nation.

In this forum, we will examine initial themes from this timely survey and next steps for researchers and policymakers seeking to understand entrepreneurship in the population.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Quentin Brummet, Ph.D., Senior Research Methodologist

• Karen Grigorian, Vice President

• Sarah Barrett, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer

Register for the October 27, 2022 Entrepreneurship Issue Forum

Early Stage Professional Development Series
October 28, 2022 | 1:00 p.m. CDT | Register

Emily Landry, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Washington and Lee University highlights the job market, the first year as a professor as well as her experiences and learnings as an early career faculty member. 

Register for the October 28, 2022 session

Early-Stage Research Professional Development Series
November, 18 2022 | 1:00 p.m. CST | Register

The Kenan Institute’s Managing Director, David Knowles, and Director of Research Services, Ashley Brown, share about how the Kenan Institute partners with academic researchers to translate and disseminate research, as well as the value that research has on both business and policy audiences. They discuss ways that PhD students and early career researchers can work with their institutions to develop and promote their research. They will also be joined by Travis Howell, assistant professor of strategy at UC Irvine and former Kenan-Flagler PhD student, who will speak to his experience in supporting translational work during his time as a PhD student. The session includes a short presentation and then time for Q&A. Samples of the Institute’s work in translational entrepreneurship research can be found here.

Register for the November 18, 2022 session