Sponsors

National sponsors

About SAP
Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software. Founded in 1972, SAP (which stands for "Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing") has a rich history of innovation and growth as a true industry leader. SAP applications and services enable more than 183,000 customers worldwide to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. With revenue (IFRS) of €12.5 billion for the year 2010, SAP has more than 55,000 employees and sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide. SAP is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE, under the symbol "SAP."

About the Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private nonpartisan foundation that works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies and improve human welfare. The Kauffman Foundation aims to open young people's eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurship education, raise awareness of entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and find alternative pathways for the commercialization of new knowledge and technologies.

The Foundation also focuses on initiatives in the Kansas City region to advance students’ math and science skills and improve the educational achievement of urban students. For more information, and to follow the Foundation on Facebook and Twitter, visit www.kauffman.org.

Forum sponsor

About Steelcase, Inc.

For more than 100 years, Steelcase has been bringing human insight to business by studying how people work, wherever they work. Those insights can help organizations achieve a higher level of performance, by creating places that unlock the promise of their people. Our goal is to help organizations create spaces that support how they work. Our passion is to help people love how they work.

Session sponsor

About Solomon Edwards

As a national business advisory and staffing solutions firm, SolomonEdwards understands and celebrates the success of entrepreneurs. Our customized solutions provide companies with the right combination of talent and expertise to achieve their business objectives. We assist with public offering readiness and execution, transaction support and integration, business process improvement, finance and accounting optimization and regulatory compliance requirements. We operate in seven major cities and maintain a global network of partners to serve clients through business advisory, interim staffing and professional search. SolomonEdwards is not a registered public accounting firm.