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Daryl Williams, the Kauffman Foundation's director of minority entrepreneurship said that they couldn't just go on with the original plan and ignore what was going on in New Orleans and the area around it. He further said when Katrina hit, people asked them about what they were going to do to help those entrepreneurs, but they had not thought about it. But Mr. Williams got in gear. After two more visits to the region, Mr. Williams went back to Kansas City and drew up the Katrina Urban Entrepreneur Partnership, borrowing from the core program but tailoring the new one to the needs of hurricane-affected small businesses.