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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. Ecosystems need to intentionally build and nurture a startup community.

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

TechCrunch

In doing so, they’re participating in an economic revival that could change the destiny of the depressed Atlantic region. Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. Outsiders were surprised by the sudden upsurge in exits, but momentum had been building for some time.