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Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery

Carl Schramm, CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, comes to Nesta

In Innovation policy

20 May 2011

Nesta, London

Carl Schramm, CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, one of the world's largest foundations devoted to entrepreneurship joined Nesta for an evening seminar on entrepreneurship and economic recovery.

Schramm is known internationally as an expert on entrepreneurial innovation, job creation and economic growth and the Economist has hailed him as "the evangelist of entrepreneurship". Carl was joined on stage by Nesta's Geoff Mulgan.

Carl and Geoff discussed the role of high growth businesses and entrepreneurship in economic recovery.