Kenan Institute Board of Advisors Chair Karen A. Popp is the recipient of the inaugural Award for Services to Diversity, bestowed by the Global Investigations Review (GIR).
The Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, in partnership with Infinia ML, an advanced machine learning company that delivers transformative automation solutions and data science to enterprise businesses, will host a cross-sector symposium on Friday, Nov. 30 to advance the field of machine learning. Academic and business leaders will come together with students to connect the possibilities of cutting-edge ML research with the realities of practical implementation.
Fifteen students from Kenan-Flagler Business School have been selected as members of the third class of undergraduate Kenan Scholars. The two-and-half-year program, sponsored by the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, brings together business school majors and minors who have exhibited outstanding leadership on campus and in the community.
“I realized that a lot of us come from very different backgrounds, but we all share a desire to make the world a better place.”
The Kenan Institute will host an exclusive conversation with Roger McNamee, a long-time Silicon Valley insider currently on tour for his new book "ZUCKED: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe."
Many people dream of starting their own business. But before they can make their dream a reality, one of the first and most important decisions they must make is whether to go it alone or partner with someone they may, or may not, already know. Which approach is better?
A growing body of rigorous academic literature empirically demonstrates that high-skilled immigrants provide a range of long-lasting and material benefits to the U.S. economy through entrepreneurship and innovation.
The symposium is hosted by the Active Management Research Alliance (AMRA), a multi-university initiative promoting research on active portfolio management strategies and alternative investments.
This symposium will bring together 100 of North Carolina’s leading software executives and investors for a half-day session of discussions and insights on the challenges and opportunities facing participants in the Triangle’s burgeoning tech ecosystem.
Founders often face a fundamental tension. On one hand, founders usually desire to retain as much control over their firm as possible. On the other hand, they often lack the competencies required to lead their companies through later stages of growth. But do founders actually listen to these team members? Or do they just continue to listen to their own intuition?
Five individuals from the fields of economics and entrepreneurship will spend a year strengthening collaboration between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, contributing to the schools’ teaching missions, and providing at least one major public lecture or performance.
Sharecare Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Arnold shared his vision for the future of digital healthcare in the United States as part of the Dean’s Speaker Series on Nov. 8 at the Kenan Center in Chapel Hill.
The most important economic challenge of our time is the large, and growing, wealth gap. Increasing income disparities and declining opportunities have diminished America's middle class. On Nov. 6-7, the Closing the Wealth Gap conference was held at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill.
In partnership with Vista Equity Partners, NCIF hosted the inaugural Software Growth & Investment Symposium on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The event brought together members of the Triangle’s burgeoning tech ecosystem to learn from leading software executives and their investors about proven approaches to scaling from $10 million to $100 million annual recurring revenue.
Networks of serial entrepreneurs, investors, and their affiliated companies play a critical role in driving entrepreneurial behavior, investor focus, and innovation hot spots within specific industry sectors and are critical for shaping the character of robust regional economies.
Kenan Scholar JoLynn Smith reflects on the KIFE 2020 keynote address from Backstage Capital Founder Arlan Hamilton and argues that the venture capital space needs to adopt more of Hamilton's "disruptive" strategies.
One of the long-standing damages of institutional racism in the United States has been a bleak economic outlook for African Americans. In this Kenan Insight, we ask whether today’s activism might prove to be a defining moment in turning the tide for Black economic futures, and if so, who will play the key roles in creating lasting change.
The Entrepreneurship Center’s final Luminary Talk highlights Jessica McDonald, a three-time NWSL Champion and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion that currently plays forward for the North Carolina Courage and the U.S. Women's National Team.
Please join us for an exclusive conversation with the President of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker on Wednesday, March 3. This virtual experience is part of the Dean’s Speaker Series, hosted by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Doug Shackelford.
Please join us for an exclusive conversation with Harvey Gantt, architect, politician and former mayor of Charlotte, on Thursday, Oct. 29. This virtual experience is part of the Dean’s Speaker Series, hosted by Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Doug Shackelford.