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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

Ecosystem Builder Hub

And yet, our economic policies espoused by governments and traditional economic development approaches continue to focus on attracting big businesses. It’s time for a radical rethink in how we do economic development. This focus needs to stop.

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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Identifying and filling these cultural competency gaps benefits your entire community, and it is an essential component of continued economic and social progress. These resources can help you get started: IEDC’s Playbook for Equitable Economic Development.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. In his book “Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers are Changing the Game , ” Pitts recounts how in March 2011 Salesforce purchased New Brunswick-based social media monitoring company Radian6 for approximately $300 million.

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

When Mucker launched back in 2011, our founding partners, who had left Silicon Valley for LA, set out to prove that high-growth companies can be built anywhere. Image Credits: Nashville 2018 Regional Economic Development Guide. Our portfolio from this past decade is a testament to this very narrative.

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What makes a successful and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem? (Part 2)

Forward Cities

Economic Development Quarterly, 32(2), 119-134. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Playbook Draft 3.0 2019) [link]. Harper-Anderson, E. Intersections of Partnership and Leadership in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Comparing Three US Regions. The post What makes a successful and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem?

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

He left traditional media at the top of his game to be the founding CEO of Next New Networks, one of the first digital video startups, backed by Spark Capital and bought by YouTube in 2011. It’s important to know that Latinos are now an economic powerhouse and if you want your company to grow you need to reach this audience.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations.

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